Feb 6, 2010 · The University California San Diego is one of the world's leading public research universities, located in beautiful La Jolla, California

The University of California, San Diego [a] (UC San Diego, or colloquially UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California, United States.

UC San Diego is transforming California and a diverse global society by educating, by generating and disseminating knowledge and creative works, and by engaging in public service.

Our campus at UC San Diego has plenty of obvious charms. But you’ll also find one of the world’s leading research universities—second in the world, to be exact—and over 130 undergraduate courses across five disciplines.

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As a member of the ten-campus family of the University of California, UC San Diego is widely recognized for its faculty and for its wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs that lead to the bachelor’s, master’s, MBA, EdD, MD, PhD, and PharmD degrees.

We’re a top ranked university with 160+ majors in the arts, humanities, sciences, engineering, social sciences and more! Majors and Schools

As one of the world's leading public research universities, UC San Diego attracts bold thinkers and creative achievers — the disassemblers of the everyday who come here to "Break Things Better."

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