The University has outstanding academic programs, faculty, libraries, and research facilities. Whether you want a broad liberal arts education, preparation for graduate study, or training for a particular profession, the University probably has a program to meet your needs. It also includes important information about admission and selection policies. The University is renowned for its academic and professional programs at the graduate and postgraduate levels. Qualified college graduates may continue their studies in most academic fields at the graduate level.
All campuses offer master of arts, master of science, and doctor of philosophy degree programs.
Some professional programs are open to qualified upper division undergraduates, but most accept only qualified students who have completed their undergraduate work. Each campus also has unique academic programs and features that set it apart. The ninth campus, San Francisco, is devoted to the health sciences. It offers professional programs of study in the fields of dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, and dental hygiene, and academic programs at the graduate level in the health and social sciences. Students may not enroll at this campus until they have completed a minimum of two, and usually three or more, years of college level work at some other institution of higher education.