University of California, San Diego

The University of California, San Diego (also referred to as UC San Diego or UCSD) is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States.

One of America's Public Ivies, UCSD is the seventh oldest of the ten University of California campuses, and offers over 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, enrolling about 23,000 undergraduate and about 5,500 graduate students from the United States and around the world.

Ranking

UCSD is considered to be a Public Ivy.  In addition, the University of California, San Diego is currently ranked 14th in the world and 12th nationally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.The 2012 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked UC San Diego as the 37th best university in the nation, and the 8th best public university in the United States.

In 2011, QS World University Rankings ranked UCSD 77th overall in the world, coming 14th in Life Sciences and Biomedicine.

Colleges & Programs

UC San Diego is a large, primarily residential research university. The university is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. UC San Diego granted 6,137 bachelors degrees, 1,071 masters degrees, 491 doctorate degrees, and 129 medical degrees in 2010-2011.

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• School of Medicine
• Institute of Engineering in Medicine
• Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
• Jacobs School of Engineering
• Rady School of Management
• Skaggs School of Pharmacy

Campus

When the campus opened in 1964, it consisted only of Revelle College and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Today, UC San Diego includes 761 buildings that span 2,141 acres (866 ha) in the north part of San Diego. The main campus occupies only 1,200 acres (490 ha), while natural reserves cover the remaining 941 acres (381 ha). The San Diego Freeway passes through the campus and separates the UC San Diego Medical Center and Mesa apartment housing from the greater part of the campus.

2012-2013 Catalog

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