A few UCSD facts:

UCSD is ranked the 8th best public university in the US.

The National Research Council ranks UCSD 10th in the nation in the quality of its faculty and graduate programs. (The top ten, in order, are: UC Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, CalTech, Yale, Chicago, Cornell and UCSD.)

UCSD is ranked 13th in the world by a study by Shanghai Jioatong University. This is ahead of the University of Tokyo, University of Pennsylvania, and UCLA, among others. 20,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students.

Most popular undergraduate majors: biology, computer science, economics, psychology, political science, electrical engineering, communications, applied mechanics and engineering, bioengineering, chemistry and biochemistry.

Eight Nobel Prize winners on the faculty; 10 past and present faculty are Nobel Laureates. Only 45 years old, but already one of the top research universities in the United States: seventh in the U.S. in federal research dollars

 

English Language Programs

Short and long term programs aimed at quickly teaching students basic through advanced English skills. Courses cover fun conversation up to rigorous academic preparation.

 

Certificate Programs

Programs for international professionals and students alike. These classes vary in length from 10 weeks to 9 months, with different areas of focus including Business Management, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, and TEFL.

 

Design-Your-Own (DYO) Programs

DYO programs enable non-admitted students to attend a full-time program of regular UCSD or UCSD Extension courses, or a combination of English language and UCSD or UCSD Extension courses.

 

Summer Session

For students with strong English skills who wish to attend university level classes during the summer.

 

Housing Options

Choosing the right place to live during your time at UCSD is very important. If you're not happy with your living arrangements, you won't enjoy your time here-- and that almost certainly means you won't learn as much.

 

We have five types of housing:

Host Family Living with an American family. Immersion in American life.

Off-campus Apartments Carefree independence