University

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, California, United States

Verified · last verified 2026-09-02

University overview

University of California-San Diego (UC San Diego) is a public research university located in La Jolla, California, and is a campus of the University of California system. It was established in 1960 and enrolled its first undergraduate students in 1964. The campus occupies approximately 1,200 acres near the Pacific Ocean. Its academic units include the Jacobs School of Engineering, the Halicioglu School of Data Science and Computing, the Rady School of Management, the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the School of Medicine, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Undergraduate students are affiliated with one of the university's undergraduate colleges.

Institution type

Public

Campus setting

Urban

Cost of attendance

Not available (2024–2025)

Undergraduate enrollment

34,948

Application platforms

Direct application

Current application deadlines

Regular decision · 2026–2027
2026-11-30

Majors

Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering · Engineering
Anthropology · Social Sciences
Applied Mathematics · Mathematics and Statistics
Area Studies · Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology · Physical Sciences

67 more majors are available with a free account.

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