Costs
The PhD Program is a minimum three-year course of study, requiring registration for approximately 12 quarters, although the total amount of time will depend on a particular student’s program and rate of progression. Student tuition and fees for the PhD program are posted by the Office of the Registrar and is subject to change without notice. Fees do not cover books, software, housing or personal costs.
Funding Opportunities
We evaluate funding on a case-by-case basis. To date, our students have a very strong track record of successful funding, with nearly all receiving full funding for tuition, fees and a stipend.
Graduate student stipends for the 2022-23 academic year is $44,000, with the expectation of approximately half-time work with a faculty member. We will work with accepted students to try to find sources of funding and we encourage applicants to alert us to potential faculty mentors.
Students use a range of sources to support their training and are strongly encouraged to seek independent funding through the following:
- UCSF faculty in their areas of interest for Graduate Student Research (GSR) positions on faculty grants
- Our two institutional training grants for students interested in:
- aging and chronic diseases
- using advanced data analytics for health disparities research - National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding opportunities
- UCSF Graduate Division merit fellowships
- Funding opportunities by research interest
- Public and private research institutions (F31 and F36 through the NIH).