Joint Medical Program | UC Berkeley Public Health
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Joint Medical Program | UC Berkeley Public Health
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Joint Medical Program
Two world-class public universities. Two degrees.
Vision:
The UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP) advances health equity and social justice by educating a workforce of physicians who practice at the intersection of medicine, public health and community health.
Mission:
The JMP provides a unique integrated medical and research curriculum that develops outstanding physicians and collaborative changemakers with the skills to solve public health and health equity challenges and improve the wellbeing of patients and communities.
Curriculum
Residency Placements and Matches
Questions and Answers
Leadership, Faculty, and Staff
Admissions and Financial Information
The UC Berkeley–UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP) is a five-year graduate/medical degree program. Students spend their pre-clerkship years at UC Berkeley engaging in a unique medical curriculum centered around student-led inquiry while simultaneously earning a master’s degree (MS) in the Health and Medical Sciences at Berkeley Public Health. After two and a half years, students move across the Bay to UCSF to finish their medical education and receive their medical doctorate (MD).
The JMP attracts students who are dedicated to improving the world’s health through scholarly self-directed yet collaborative inquiry. This is reflected in both the
medical curriculum
and
master’s program
.
The Master’s program in Health and Medical Sciences (HMS MS) supports the JMP curriculum’s vision by adding to the traditional scientific education a framework of critical inquiry and humanism that affords students the intellectual, practical, and ethical skills to promote and lead change processes aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. Concurrently, students participate in an innovative student-led, faculty-supported Foundational Sciences curriculum through small group learning strategies like
Problem-Based Learning
(PBL) and Team-Based Learning (TBL), as well as a Clinical Skills curriculum, which integrates a structural and systems approach to patient care.
As part of the UC Berkeley campus community, each class of 16 students is supported by a multidisciplinary, close-knit, and inter-professional
team of faculty and staff
, committed to individualized support for students’ success.
Upon completion of the five-year program, JMP physicians are strong clinical thinkers, able to engage in understanding the broader issues surrounding medicine through inquiry. They have the skills to: 1.) conduct and interpret research, 2.) work well in multi-disciplinary teams, 3.) teach, and 4.) challenge and change assumptions for how we think about, contextualize and practice medicine within larger systems.
JMP News and Media
Newsroom
Dean Michael C. Lu elected to the National Academy of Medicine
October 20, 2025
Students In Focus
Student-led research finds link between ocean swimming and urinary tract infections
August 5, 2025
Students In Focus
Future doctors dive into health policy in Washington, DC
May 29, 2024
Newsroom
Dean Michael C. Lu elected to the National Academy of Medicine
October 20, 2025
Students In Focus
Student-led research finds link between ocean swimming and urinary tract infections
August 5, 2025
Students In Focus
Future doctors dive into health policy in Washington, DC
May 29, 2024
Faculty Highlights
Joint Medical Program’s Daniel Woolridge wins Emerging Health-Activist Award
October 17, 2023
Alumni In Focus
Professor Osagie K. Obasogie confronts the intersection of race, law, and public health
December 8, 2022
Faculty Highlights
Latinx Heritage Month: A new connection with my culture
October 13, 2022
Alumni In Focus
Alumna Christine Henneberg on her journey to becoming an abortion doctor
September 30, 2022
Faculty Highlights
Berkeley Public Health faculty receive coveted Guggenheim fellowships
April 11, 2022
Newsroom
UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Medical Program celebrates 50 years
March 31, 2022
Program Digest: Joint Medical Program
Join Us!
Apply
Support the JMP
Help us to train outstanding physicians committed to health equity and social justice through a variety of funds, including the JMP Diversity Fund, the JMP Student Services Fund, and the Kevin Mack Medical Education Leadership Support fund.
Give now
©2026 UC Regents; all rights reserved
Skip to main content
Joint Medical Program
Two world-class public universities. Two degrees.
Vision:
The UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP) advances health equity and social justice by educating a workforce of physicians who practice at the intersection of medicine, public health and community health.
Mission:
The JMP provides a unique integrated medical and research curriculum that develops outstanding physicians and collaborative changemakers with the skills to solve public health and health equity challenges and improve the wellbeing of patients and communities.
Curriculum
Residency Placements and Matches
Questions and Answers
Leadership, Faculty, and Staff
Admissions and Financial Information
The UC Berkeley–UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP) is a five-year graduate/medical degree program. Students spend their pre-clerkship years at UC Berkeley engaging in a unique medical curriculum centered around student-led inquiry while simultaneously earning a master’s degree (MS) in the Health and Medical Sciences at Berkeley Public Health. After two and a half years, students move across the Bay to UCSF to finish their medical education and receive their medical doctorate (MD).
The JMP attracts students who are dedicated to improving the world’s health through scholarly self-directed yet collaborative inquiry. This is reflected in both the
medical curriculum
and
master’s program
.
The Master’s program in Health and Medical Sciences (HMS MS) supports the JMP curriculum’s vision by adding to the traditional scientific education a framework of critical inquiry and humanism that affords students the intellectual, practical, and ethical skills to promote and lead change processes aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. Concurrently, students participate in an innovative student-led, faculty-supported Foundational Sciences curriculum through small group learning strategies like
Problem-Based Learning
(PBL) and Team-Based Learning (TBL), as well as a Clinical Skills curriculum, which integrates a structural and systems approach to patient care.
As part of the UC Berkeley campus community, each class of 16 students is supported by a multidisciplinary, close-knit, and inter-professional
team of faculty and staff
, committed to individualized support for students’ success.
Upon completion of the five-year program, JMP physicians are strong clinical thinkers, able to engage in understanding the broader issues surrounding medicine through inquiry. They have the skills to: 1.) conduct and interpret research, 2.) work well in multi-disciplinary teams, 3.) teach, and 4.) challenge and change assumptions for how we think about, contextualize and practice medicine within larger systems.
JMP News and Media
Newsroom
Dean Michael C. Lu elected to the National Academy of Medicine
October 20, 2025
Students In Focus
Student-led research finds link between ocean swimming and urinary tract infections
August 5, 2025
Students In Focus
Future doctors dive into health policy in Washington, DC
May 29, 2024
Newsroom
Dean Michael C. Lu elected to the National Academy of Medicine
October 20, 2025
Students In Focus
Student-led research finds link between ocean swimming and urinary tract infections
August 5, 2025
Students In Focus
Future doctors dive into health policy in Washington, DC
May 29, 2024
Faculty Highlights
Joint Medical Program’s Daniel Woolridge wins Emerging Health-Activist Award
October 17, 2023
Alumni In Focus
Professor Osagie K. Obasogie confronts the intersection of race, law, and public health
December 8, 2022
Faculty Highlights
Latinx Heritage Month: A new connection with my culture
October 13, 2022
Alumni In Focus
Alumna Christine Henneberg on her journey to becoming an abortion doctor
September 30, 2022
Faculty Highlights
Berkeley Public Health faculty receive coveted Guggenheim fellowships
April 11, 2022
Newsroom
UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Medical Program celebrates 50 years
March 31, 2022
Program Digest: Joint Medical Program
Join Us!
Apply
Support the JMP
Help us to train outstanding physicians committed to health equity and social justice through a variety of funds, including the JMP Diversity Fund, the JMP Student Services Fund, and the Kevin Mack Medical Education Leadership Support fund.
Give now
©2026 UC Regents; all rights reserved