Watch the UCSF Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs 2026 Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15, 2026, as we celebrate graduates of master's and PhD degree programs.
UCSF Graduate Division 2026 Commencement
Herbst Theatre in San Francisco
Friday, May 15, 2026 | 11 a.m. PDT
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Event Program
Academic Procession
Led by Wayne Steward, PhD, MPH, Commencement Marshal and Chair of the Graduate Council
Welcome
Nicquet Blake, PhD
Vice Provost and Dean
Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs
Presentation of Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
by the Associated Students of the Graduate Division
Commencement Address
Shaeri Mukherjee, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCSF
Conferral of Degrees
Sam Hawgood, MBBS
Chancellor, UC San Francisco
Master's
Artificial Intelligence and Computational Drug Discovery and Development
Biomedical Imaging
Clinical and Epidemiological Research
Genetic Counseling
Global Health Sciences
Health Data Science
Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership
Translational Medicine
PhD
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bioengineering
Biological and Medical Informatics
Biomedical Sciences
Biophysics
Cell Biology
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Epidemiology and Translational Science
Global Health Sciences
History of Health Sciences
Medical Anthropology
Neuroscience
Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Closing Remarks
Nicquet Blake, PhD
Recession
Music by San Francisco Brass Quintet