WE MAKE
BOLD POSSIBLE
The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is a top-ranked engineering school set apart by our entrepreneurial culture and education programs that integrate fundamentals with real-world applications. We know how to collaborate across labs, disciplines and industries to solve the toughest problems facing society.
Our Mission
We educate tomorrow's innovation workforce; conduct relevant research that drives innovation; and ensure our breakthroughs get transferred to society.
This is how we make bold possible
Community
Sustaining learning, research and work environments where everyone is empowered to thrive is essential to innovation. Here at the Jacobs School of Engineering, we strive to do this each and every day.
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History
Our engineers and computer scientists have broken boundaries and set trends from the earliest days of UC San Diego back in the early 1960s. We are a proud part of UC San Diego's ever-evolving academic community.
Map and Directions
Visit us in La Jolla, California. We are a campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in San Diego. This is technology's perfect climate.
We power
emerging industries
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Recent News
NSF Funds New Center to Design Reliable, Self-Correcting Quantum Computers
August 27, 2026
A multidisciplinary team of researchers including computer scientists at UC San Diego has been award...
Zeinab Jahed Receives $1.9M NIH MIRA Grant to Study How Cells Sense and Repair Physical Damage
August 26, 2026
Chemical and nano engineering professor Zeinab Jahed has received a $1.9M National Institutes of Hea...
Engineering a Future With Purpose
August 21, 2026
For Roxanne Ehrig, the classroom and the track may seem like two different worlds, but each has taug...
This Thin Device Can Store Energy, Strengthen Structures and Be Recycled
August 20, 2026
Engineers developed a new type of supercapacitor that can do more than store electricity — it ...
A Practical Tool for Selecting Reliable PCR Primers
August 20, 2026
Bioengineers at UC San Diego have developed an online tool that helps biomedical researchers solve a...