San Francisco Advantage
ACADEMICS
Connect With San Francisco
The city of San Francisco isn't just a backdrop to our campus; it's a part of our campus. Come connect with the city. Soak up its energy. Celebrate its diversity. Work with neighbors on community-service projects. Explore internships and jobs and thousands of things to learn and to do and to love. Come change the world from here.
Make the City
Your Classroom
Come to USF and take community-engaged learning classes. These classes put you to work at local nonprofits and other organizations. They enable you to change the world not just after you graduate but right now.
Apply Learning, Create Change
Come to USF and make a difference — like securing campus housing for immigrants in need.
Secure an Internship
Come to USF and land an internship (aim for three internships in four undergraduate years) in every field that you can imagine — technology, finance, government, health care, education, the arts, hospitality, social services...
Gain Real-World Skills
Meet the USF graduate who secured an internship through his class. Now it's his full-time job.
Zac Clark ’23
Runs a nonprofit that serves unhoused people in San Francisco
Support Your Neighbors
When people receive a backpack, they don’t just say ‘thanks’ and walk away. We get to know them and we hear their stories.”
Zac Clark ’23
Runs a nonprofit that serves unhoused people in San Francisco
Serve
the City
Volunteer in the community. Take service-learning courses. Take seminars on the cultures of San Francisco. Learn in the city. Learn from the city.
Engage With the City
Support children, young people, and families in the Western Addition neighborhood. Improve literacy, address health disparities, and build relationships, all while learning San Francisco's history.
Meet the City
Get to know the city in a first-year seminar. Courses are designed and taught by faculty with a special passion for the topic, and most include excursions into the city.
Serve the Community
Dive deep into a social issue. For one academic year, collaborate with Bay Area nonprofits and community partners to create meaningful change.
Learn in the Community
Apply classroom knowledge to support local organizations, communities, and neighbors in San Francisco. Join initiatives and programs that promote the common good.
Connect, Build, and Thrive in San Francisco
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