Student Life

The Stanford School of Medicine is an integral part of a vibrant university community that offers a remarkable array of intellectual, cultural and recreational opportunities. Gathered together on one campus, the world-renowned schools of Medicine, Business, Law, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, and Humanities & Sciences share more than lecture auditoriums and research labs, but also cafes, gyms, bike paths, horse stables, museum exhibits and music halls.

The university's student body of more than 14,000 (split almost evenly between undergraduate and graduate students) and its distinguished faculty of over 1,700 enjoy a spirit of creative collaboration that promotes outstanding academic and artistic achievement. Volunteerism is also an important part of Stanford life, and many students seek or create service opportunities outside the campus to address the needs of local communities.

The School of Medicine has many partners, both on and off campus, with whom we develop and present challenging opportunities:

• The hospital and clinics of the prestigious Stanford Medical Center, as well as nearby Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System and county medical facilities, provide unparalleled opportunities in clinical patient care.
• Physician-scholars undertake scientific investigation in some of the country’s top graduate biomedical research programs at the medical school and on Stanford’s main campus
• Students may pursue concurrent graduate degrees at other schools at Stanford or through programs at other universities.
• Stanford’s Learning Tech team leads the nation in developing cutting-edge technologies for biomedical education.