From California, for Californians.
We educate the next generation of health care professionals, deliver world-class care and create research breakthroughs to benefit all Californians. We serve as a model for the nation and the world in health care.
Fueling the economy
The UC system generates $82 billion in economic activity for the state. Nearly half of that economic impact comes from UC's academic health centers. In addition to being a significant employer, our extensive programs and community partnerships support small business growth throughout the state, while our many pathway programs train Californians for health care careers and foster upward economic mobility.
Improving access to care
Although we care for people from 99 percent of the state’s zip codes in a year, we know many Californians still face challenges to getting the care they need. We’re taking actions to improve access by reducing barriers to care, investing in community partnerships, expanding and modernizing our facilities, supporting telehealth programs, and continuing to train health care professionals of the future.
Caring for Medi-Cal members
We serve as an essential part of California’s health care safety net system, providing high quality care to those in need regardless of their individual health insurance circumstances. Our academic health centers together are one of the state's largest providers of Medi-Cal outpatient and inpatient care. Plus, our health professionals serve Medi-Cal members in many partner locations across the state.
Training the next generation
Across 21 health professional schools, we lead the nation in health care education. Our academic health centers complement those programs by serving as teaching hospital training settings for the next generation of health professionals. This collaborative and cross-disciplinary enterprise trains highly qualified professionals, while providing innovative education opportunities for the next generation of health care professionals -- from nurses to physicians, dentists to pharmacists, veterinarians to optometrists and public health experts.
Improving lives through health professional training, care delivery and research
Through a comprehensive network of 21 health professional schools, 6 academic health centers and ground-breaking medical research, UC addresses health care needs of Californians and delivers impacts for the nation and the world, including $5.9 billion in in community engagement investments and uncompensated care.
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19,300 health professional students and residents
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2.5 million patients annually
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4,900 clinical trials
Featured systemwide initiatives
Putting pharmacists at the center is benefiting patients
Across the University of California, pharmacists are transforming how patients experience care—and the latest UC Population Health Annual Report shows why their role has never been more essential.
How UC PRIME is training doctors for California's communities
UC Programs in Medical Education (UC PRIME) is an innovative training curriculum, focusing on addressing health care workforce shortages and meeting the needs of California’s communities. The program, which began at UC Irvine in 2004, has since grown to 10 programs across 8 campuses, including the six UC schools of medicine.
UC academic health centers are nationally recognized for high-quality patient care
Our academic health centers have once again been honored for their commitment to delivering quality inpatient and outpatient care.
With more than 100 health care pathway programs across the UC system, students gain early awareness and introductions to careers in the health care field.
UC pathway programs open doors to health care careers for California students
The University of California remains committed to developing future health care professionals to meet the state’s workforce shortages by offering various paths that lead to successful careers across health professions.