UCSF (University of California, San Francisco) is a public research university in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1873 as a health sciences and medical school, UCSF now includes top-ranked graduate schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy. It is one of the 10 campuses of the University of California system and one of only four UCs that offer professional degrees in health sciences.
UCSF’s main campus occupies 155 acres (63 ha) on Parnassus Heights overlooking Golden Gate Park. The land was donated by Mrs. Henry D. Cogswell to be used for “the advancement of medical education and science” after she died in 1869; however, construction on the new campus did not begin until 1872. In 2015–2016, UCSF generated $8 billion in economic activity from its operations and facilities through direct spending by employees ($3 billion), procurements from outside suppliers ($1.6 billion), grants awarded to other institutions ($2 billion), indirect spending by employees ($800 million), spending on capital projects such as new buildings or renovations ($500 million), clinical care at UCSF Medical Center($1.5 billion).