Research and Innovation
Our curiosity never wavers. Nor does our desire to shape new fields and transform lives.
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A world-class education taught by award-winning faculty with an ocean backdrop. We are here to launch you on your journey to success.
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UC San Diego freshmen and transfer students come from all over California and throughout the world—ready for challenge and discovery
Graduate and Professional
Work alongside world-class experts—and become one. Join our thriving community of graduate and professional scholars.
Medical and Pharmacy
Invent the future of care through the education and research opportunities are offered through UC San Diego’s School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Whether you’re a freshman, transfer or graduate student, the UC system has one of the most generous and progressive financial aid programs in the nation.
Our thriving student life
Music festivals and Greek life, beach parties and experimental performances—there are plenty of ways to unwind.
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You'll want to come visit.
Come for the tour, stay for the beach!
Can't make it out here?
Continue the nontradition.
This is our nontradition: A continued, collective effort to transform the student experience, our campus and, ultimately, humanity itself. And it’s why we have embarked on an ambitious $2 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign.
Discover MoreUpcoming Events
Nov. 16, 2017
ArtPower presents David Sedaris
Nov. 17 - 20, 2017
The Green Cockatoo
UC San Diego in the news
October 5, 2017
A Flip Flop Revolution: From Algae Surfboards to Sustainable Shoes, a Campus Innovation That Could Change the World
September 11, 2017