James Fraser, PhD, has been named the new chair of the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, our home department at UCSF. Fraser has served as vice dean of research for the UCSF School of Pharmacy since 2022 and has been a professor in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, a joint department of the UCSF Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, since 2013. Congratulations!
Our program ranks #4 in the US!
The UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering has once again been ranked 4th in the nation by US News & World Report!
BioE awarded NIH training grant
The UC Berkeley – UC San Francisco Graduate Program in Bioengineering has been awarded a 5-year T32 grant from the National Institutes of Health to support 18 PhD students per year during their first year of study. The Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award will provide full support for incoming students while they […]
11 UCSF Research Specialties Rank in Top 10
UC San Francisco has 11 specialties ranked in the top 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities 2021 rankings. This year’s rankings, released Oct. 20, highlight UCSF’s continuing strength in health sciences research. UCSF ranked second in Immunology and Neuroscience; third in Cell Biology, Clinical Medicine and Microbiology; fourth in Molecular Biology and Genetics; fifth in Infectious Diseases and Surgery; sixth in Biology and Biochemistry, and Oncology; and 10th in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health.
UCSF Hospital among top in the nation
UCSF Health’s Medical Center was rated #8 nationally, #3 in California and #1 in the San Francisco metro area. The hospital ranked among the top 10 hospitals nationwide in 10 specialty areas: cancer; diabetes and endocrinology; geriatrics; nephrology; neurology and neurosurgery; ophthalmology; psychiatry; pulmonology; rheumatology; and urology. In addition, UCSF Medical Center was noted as the Best in the West in diabetes, neurology and neurosurgery, rheumatology and urology.
BioE #4 grad program in US
US News and World Report has ranked the UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering FOURTH among bioengineering graduate programs in the US. UC Berkeley remains the #3 engineering school, and UCSF the #6 overall medical school.
BioE leaps into national Top Five
US News and World Report has ranked the UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering FOURTH among bioengineering graduate programs in the US. Go BioE!
BioE moves up to #6 in the US!
New rankings from US News & World Report placed our bioengineering graduate program tied for 6th best in the nation, up from 7th for the past two years.
UCSF hosting 2016 Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium
UCSF will be hosting the annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, “Bioengineering Precision Medicine”, June 13-15, 2016. Stay tuned for more details.
Both schools receive top rankings
The Bioengineering Graduate Program was once again ranked 7th in the nation by US News and World Report.
Happy 30th, BioE
On April 26, 2014 alumni, faculty, and students celebrated the 30th anniversary of the UC Berkeley – UC San Francisco Graduate Program in Bioengineering. See photos and videos of the event online.
Program ranked 7th best in the U.S.
New rankings from US News & World Report placed our bioengineering graduate program tied for 7th best in the nation, up from 10th for the past several years.
New Bioe master’s degree approved
August 10, 2012 – The new Master’s in Translational Medicine degree, joint between UCSF and UC Berkeley, has been approved by UC President Mark Yudof.
BioE Graduate Program Ranked in Top 10!
US News and World Report has named the UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering one of the TOP TEN graduate programs in the US.