Success in graduate school requires care and attention to all aspects of your life: health and wellness, community, career development, personal and professional relationships, and security and safety. UCSF is committed to providing a full range of resources and services to help you succeed. To learn more, explore the selected resources below or visit the Student Success website for a full list of offerings.
Life at UCSF
Want to learn more about life, community, and student resources at UCSF? Explore below and visit the Student Success Center for information.
Community at UCSF
Housing
Family services
Transportation
Academics
Provides tools for academic and clinical success through workshops and individual consultations.
Works with students who have disabilities to determine and coordinate reasonable accommodations.
Provides resources to develop your career, community and wellness.
Provides tools for academic and clinical success through workshops and individual consultations.
Works with students who have disabilities to determine and coordinate reasonable accommodations.
Provides resources to develop your career, community and wellness.
Health & Wellness
General wellness information, including workshops, can be found on the Student Health Wellness page.
Provides high-quality, culturally responsive, holistic mental health care and wellbeing services to assist learners in achieving academic and professional success as well as lifelong health. Find information about mental health services, primary care and information about the UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP).
If you are in a life-threatening crisis situation, go to the nearest ER. ER locations are listed at: https://studentmentalhealth.ucsf.edu/crisis
The CARE Program provides free, confidential support to any UCSF affiliate including students, staff, faculty, post docs and researchers who have experienced harassment, abuse or discrimination related to identity and to any UCSF affiliate who has experienced interpersonal violence such as sexual assault, dating/intimate partner violence, sexual harassment or stalking. This program also has a dedicated CARE Advocate for Racial Justice who provides confidential support, assistance and advocacy on behalf of UCSF community members who are experiencing discrimination based on their race, ethnicity and/or national origin and other protected categories.
For UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP), visit the Student Mental Health Insurance page.
For Family Leave Questions, including Parental and Medical Leave, and how that will affect your course of study, please contact the following leads for guidance:
- Clair Dunne, Clinical Research Programs Administrator: [email protected]
- Eva Wong-Moy, ETS PhD and Health Data Science: [email protected]
Spiritual Care Services facilitates religious rituals and personal spiritual practices and provides emotional support and exploration of issues that are of meaning and value to patients, their families and loved ones, and UCSF faculty, staff, and students. Meditation rooms can be found at Mission Bay, Parnassus and Mt. Zion.
Career Development
The UCSF Office for Career and Professional Development (OCPD) offers trainees general information sessions for planning diverse career paths and offers one-on-one counseling sessions to students and recent graduates.
UCSF OCPD also offers student mentorship.
The UCSF Office of the Ombuds offers mediation and conflict management services to faculty, administrative staff and all enrolled students at UCSF.
The UCSF Office for Career and Professional Development (OCPD) offers trainees general information sessions for planning diverse career paths and offers one-on-one counseling sessions to students and recent graduates.
UCSF OCPD also offers student mentorship.
The UCSF Office of the Ombuds offers mediation and conflict management services to faculty, administrative staff and all enrolled students at UCSF.