University of California, San Diego

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The University of California, San Diego (UCSD or UC San Diego) is a public research university. It is in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States.[1] UCSD is part of the University of California system. It was founded in 1960 near the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.[2]

There were 22,048 undergraduate and 5,073 graduate students in Fall 2007. The university awarded 6,802 degrees in 2005/06.[3] The university is organized into six undergraduate colleges and six graduate divisions. It offers 125 undergraduate majors, 52 masters degrees, 51 doctoral programs, and four professional degrees.[4]

In 2012, UCSD was ranked the 15th best university in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.[5] The 2010 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked UC San Diego as the 35th best university in the nation.[6] UCSD is consistently ranked high in other college and university rankings. In 2010, the university ranked 1st nationally in The Washington Monthly.[7]

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  1. ↑ Getting to Know San Diego
  2. ↑ "San Diego: Historical Overview". University of California History Digital Archives. Archived from the original on 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  3. ↑ "Degrees Awarded" (PDF). University of California, San Diego. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  4. ↑ "University of California, San Diego Triton Stats" (PDF). University of California, San Diego. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2012". Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rankingsandreviews.com". Archived from the original on 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  7. ↑ "Washington Monthly: 2009 National University Rankings". Washington Monthly. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
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