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Scholars may enroll in individual courses or complete six courses required to earn the certificate. To learn more about the program, course offerings, certificate requirements, and fees, visit Online Certificate in Implementation Science.


If you are enrolled in a UCSF graduate program, please get in touch with your program manager about enrolling in ImS courses. Enrollment fees may be covered by tuition or training funds. 


ImS courses tend to fill before registration deadlines (see below). Seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis in the order in which payment is received. Credit card

payments are automatically reported to us within 24-48 hours. If you or your institution will pay by bank/wire transfer, please let us know by email so we can temporarily hold a seat for you until payment is received or the enrollment deadline has passed, whichever comes first. 

In Academic Year 2026 - 2027 the fee for each course is $2,900. A reduced fee of $2,250 is available for individuals affiliated with UCSF, San Francisco VA Medical Center, individuals based in countries designated as low- or lower-middle-income economies (LMIC), and individuals based in areas of ongoing armed conflict. Applicants seeking the reduced fee will be asked to provide support for their status. 


Enrollment deadlines:

  • Fall courses - August 15
  • Winter courses - December 1
  • Spring courses - March 1

If a deadline has passed, send us email to find out if you can still enroll. See the ImS program FAQ page for information about dropping courses/refunds, accessibility, expected time commitment, and other details. For all other questions: ImplementationScience@ucsf.edu.


NOTE: There is a $100 late enrollment fee applied if submission is received after the enrollment deadlines referenced above.

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As a Veteran's Administration employee, please use your personal email address as your 'Primary email address' below and use your va.gov email address as your 'Alternate email address'.  This allows us to link your course access to your personal email address and avoid potential access issues with your va.gov email address.


UCSF students


Masters/PhD/Certificate program
UC matriculated students who wish to register in specific DEB courses may apply each quarter as desired. Please be advised that the DEB courses are part of the UC Self Supporting Graduate Degree Programs, and as a result, course fees are assessed apart from, and in addition to, regular tuition and fees paid to the home campus. To cover the fees charged for the individual DEB courses, students will need approval and funding from their home campus/department. Payment for course fees will not be accepted from students. Only campus fund sources are allowable to pay for UC student enrollment in individual DEB courses.

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Discounted fees are available to individuals affiliated with UCSF, San Francisco VA Medical Center, individuals based in countries designated as low- or lower-middle-income-economies (LMIC), and individuals based in areas of ongoing armed conflict.

UCSF affiliation is defined as concurrent enrollment in a UCSF-sponsored residency or postdoctoral fellowship program; or a registered student in one of the UCSF professional schools or graduate programs; or individuals who hold full-time salaried UCSF faculty, academic, or staff positions.


Applicants seeking the reduced fee will be asked to provide support for their status. 

Courses may be taken individually or in pursuit of the certificate. To obtain the UCSF Online Implementation Science Certificate, learners must complete four required courses and two elective courses within five years.


Required courses:

  • IMS 245 Introduction to Implementation Science Theory and Design (Fall)
  • IMS 248 Community Engaged Research (Fall)
  • IMS 242 Program Evaluation to Enhance Implementation and Adaptation (Winter)
  • IMS 246 Designing Individual-Level Implementation Strategies (Winter) or IMS 247 Designing Interventions to Change Organizational Behavior (Spring)
Elective courses:
  • IMS 246 or IMS 247 (whichever is not taken to satisfy the intervention design course requirement)
  • IMS 249 Translating Evidence into Policy (Spring)
  • IMS 241 Study Designs for Intervention Research in Real-World Settings (Spring)
  • IMS 267 Qualitative Methods  (Winter)
  • IMS 243 Human-Centered Design (Fall)
  • IMS 250 Mixed Methods Research (Spring)


Course offerings by academic term:


Fall (September–December)

Winter (January–March)

Spring (March–June)

    Course fees

    Course Selection

    Select Course(s) for Fall 2026



    If you wish to select additional courses for this term, click the 'Add Course' link above.
    Select Course(s) for Winter 2027



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    Select Course(s) for Spring 2027





    If you wish to select additional courses for this term, click the 'Add Course' link above.
    Select Course(s) for Fall 2027




    If you wish to select additional courses for this term, click the 'Add Course' link above.
    Select Course(s) for Winter 2028



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    Select Course(s) for Spring 2028




    If you wish to select additional courses for this term, click the 'Add Course' link above.
    Select Course(s) for Fall 2028



    If you wish to select additional courses for this term, click the 'Add Course' link above.
    Select Course(s) for Winter 2029



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    Select Course(s) for Spring 2029



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    Payment options

    Bank/ACH/wire transfer instructions
    Please let us know of your upcoming wire payment via email to ImplementationScience@ucsf.edu. Include the student name, invoice number, and payment details (e.g., date, wire confirmation). Enrollment may only be confirmed after payment is received. 

    • ABA Routing No for Wires - 026009593
    • SWIFT Code - (for international wire transfers) - BOFAUS3N
    • ACH - ABA Routing No for ACH payments - 121000358
    • SWIFT Code - Not applicable
    • Bank and Bank Address:

    Bank of America

    2000 Clayton Road

    Concord, CA 94520

    Credit card instructions
    To make a secure payment by Visa or Mastercard, please visit: UCSF DEB Payconex
     

    Credit card payments are automatically reported to us approximately 24-48 hours later.

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    Administrator's information
    Please forward the invoice you will receive via email to your Program Administrator.
    • Request that they reach out to ImplementationScience@ucsf.edu to finalize your enrollment. 
    • We will work with your Program Administrator to confirm financial support for your course enrollment(s) and the account (COA/speedtype) from which the funds will be drawn. 
    • Unfortunately, your enrollment cannot be finalized until we receive this information from your Program Administrator
    • We recommend engaging them as early as possible to support your training needs.