For nearly 150 years, UC we know about ourselves and our world is the expansion of the horizon. Our campuses are regularly ranked among the best in the world, but our reach extends beyond campus boundaries.
Our students, faculty, staff and students exchange ideas, and to make progress every day and secrets to unlock the secrets of the universe. They engage with their local governments, California's schools service, protect the environment and to push the boundaries of space.
California, as well as the leading education and research
From all backgrounds, races and income, UC attracts the best and brightest. UC undergraduates come from all over California, and they work hard to make it to college. In fact, more than 40 percent of UC students come from low-income families.
UC's faculty are the drivers behind innovations in biotechnology, computer science, art and architecture - and they bring that knowledge, that greatness, directly to the classroom.
California thousands of jobs, billions of dollars in revenue, and countless everyday household items - more plentiful fruits and vegetables to compact fluorescent light bulbs - can be traced back to UC discoveries. Similarly, many of the state's major businesses are based on UC technology, our faculty established by or under the leadership of UC graduates.
UC is a part of your life, every day
In addition to world-class classrooms and labs, UC has dozens of museums, concert halls, art galleries, botanical gardens, observatories and maritime center - educational resources, community gathering places rather exciting. One and half million people UC Cooperative Extension agricultural extension advice and benefit from continuing education courses and educational programs located throughout the state.
in one sight
10 complexes
5 medical centers
3. National Laboratories
150 academic disciplines
600 bachelor's degree programs
233 000 students
190,000 employees
1.7 million living alumni
60 Nobel Prize
20,000 UC Extension Courses
Supported 430,000 jobs
$ 46 billion contribution to the economy of California
Secures $ 7 for every $ 1 in federal and private dollars in research funding provided by the state of California.
Campuses
ine UC campuses offer undergraduate and postgraduate education; A (UCSF) graduate / professional only. Other educational centers throughout California and beyond reach.
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC Merced
UC Riverside
UC San Diego
UC San Francisco
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz
All UC campuses utilize a graduate application.
Medical centers
The top-ranked UC medical centers provide broad access to specialized care, diagnostic support educational programs, and the development of new therapies. UC successes and news about health initiatives, visit UC Health.
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC San Diego
UC San Francisco
Facts:
UC medical centers and charity care provided $ 444 unreimbursed million in the previous year.
National Labs
Three national laboratories UC manages for the US has been involved in. 1943 after the Department of Energy.
Lawrence Berkeley
Lawrence Livermore
Los Alamos
Facts:
Thirteen laboratories affiliated with the Nobel Prize was awarded to the winners.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
UC's statewide network of researchers and teachers in California agriculture priority to science-based solutions to problems focusing on natural resources and human development.
4-H Youth Development Program
Agricultural Issues Center
California Institute for Water Resources
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
Integrated Pest Management Program
Master Gardener Program
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Facts:
UC Cooperative Extension's agriculture, natural resources, nutrition and youth development consultant based in more than 50 county offices in California.
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