The Undergraduate Experience
Bond with classmates who share your interests. Network with professors who share their research. Expand your horizons with classes from all disciplines. Seize the energy of the city by the bay.
Come Learn to Change the World
Core Curriculum
Explore all of your options through the core curriculum, the heart and soul of our liberal arts education.
Honors College
Explore your interests in classes that dive deep. Work with people whose energy matches yours.
Study Abroad
Open your eyes to a world without borders. Whether it’s for studies, field work, internships, or immersions, venture abroad for as long as one week to an academic year.
Undergraduate Research
Join professors on research projects and connect with people making a difference.
Discover OurSpecial Programs
Step outside the curriculum. Join a living-learning community. At USF, we invite you to explore your passions.
Horizon Collective
Starting in your first semester at USF, find your people, your purpose, and your profession by tackling real-world projects in sustainability, AI, and health.
4+1 Programs
Honors College
Cross disciplines. Dive deep. Learn from world-renowned scholars, writers, artists, and scientists.
Pre-Health
In the Pre-Health Professions Advising program at USF, you receive guidance and support to prepare for a career in the health professions.
Black Achievement Success & Engagement
Grow, learn, discover, and thrive in academic and extracurricular programs for students of African descent.
Undergraduate Teacher Credential
Interested in teaching? Learn to thrive in urban classrooms and to become agents of social justice in your community.
Pre-Law
Gain the foundation needed for a successful legal career, with guaranteed admission to USF's Law School.
St. Ignatius Institute
Use your imagination, creativity, and critical analysis to promote the common good.
Fellowship Opportunities
USF students, faculty, and alumni have access to a wide range of fellowship opportunities like the Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall, and Truman.
Izaiah Tovar ’26
Biology
Make the most of your USF experience
USF is beautiful because the classes are so small and intimate. Stay after class, go to office hours, talk to your professors. That’s what got me to where I am today.”
Izaiah Tovar ’26
Biology
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Your Path to a Career in Health Professions Starts Here
University of San Francisco pre-health advisors are here to help with prerequisite courses, application recommendations, and career information.