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.

What We Mean

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

Our Goals

Diversity

Diversity is essential to innovation. Here at the Jacobs School of Engineering, we are creating and strengthening culture-building initiatives aimed at equity for all students, faculty and staff.

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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.

Our Story

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.

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Recent News

Five UC San Diego Researchers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards
January 17, 2025

President Joseph R. Biden announced this week the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award ...

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AI-driven Approach Reads Heart Cells' Inner Electrical Signals from the Outside
January 17, 2025

Researchers have developed a noninvasive method to monitor the electrical activity inside heart musc...

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Four Jacobs School Faculty Receive Award to Accelerate Innovation to Market
January 16, 2025

Stephanie Fraley, Nicole Steinmetz, Kiana Aran and Sheng Xu all received Accelerating Innovation to ...

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Six UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Faculty Named 2025 IEEE Fellows
January 16, 2025

Six faculty from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have been named 2025 Fellows of the I...

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Microbial Cell Factories May Help Get to the Root of Understudied Plant Molecules
January 16, 2025

A new tool could make it easier to study scarce and mysterious plant molecules. Researchers co-led b...

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