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| Motto | Fiat lux Let there be light |
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| Type | Public medical school |
| Established | 1968 |
Parent institution | University of California, San Diego |
| Dean | Steven Garfin (interim) |
Academic staff | 1,425 full- and part-time |
| Students | 475 M.D. students 788 residents 299 graduate students |
| Location | , , United States 32°52′34″N 117°14′13″W / 32.876°N 117.237°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | medschool.ucsd.edu/ |
The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is the graduate medical school of the University of California, San Diego, a public land-grant research university in La Jolla, California. It was the third medical school in the University of California system, after those established at UCSF and UCLA, and is the only medical school in the San Diego metropolitan area. It is closely affiliated with the medical centers that are part of UC San Diego Health.