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Research and Innovation
Our curiosity never wavers. Nor does our desire to shape new fields and transform lives.
Learn moreAttend UC San Diego
A world-class education taught by award-winning faculty with an ocean backdrop. We are here to launch you on your journey to success.
Learn moreUndergraduate
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 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.
Learn more72° and sunny almost all year round.
You’ll want to come visit.
Come for the tour, stay for the beach!
Can't make it out here?
Interested in learning about the art, history and architecture of our campus? Visit our guided Public Tours page for details.
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
Oct 26-27, 2018
Haunted Aquarium: Sea Monster Mash
Oct 31, 2018
Halloween Costume Contest
Nov 13-16, 2018
International Education Week
