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.
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emerging industries
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Bioengineering Alumnus Launches Venture Capital Fund Focused on San Diego MedTech Startups
July 16, 2026
Alumnus Garrett Smith is bringing his decades of experience across the innovation ecosystem back to ...
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July 15, 2026
For Parkinson's patients, the drug that restores movement can stop working reliably and cause in...
Open-Access Genetic Map Provides Reference for What Almost Every Stem Cell Gene Does
July 13, 2026
Bioengineers have developed a genome-scale reference map that details how individual genes cont...
New XPS Instrument at UC San Diego Gives Researchers a Closer Look at Material Surfaces
July 13, 2026
A new XPS machine at the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute is helping researchers advance work in batt...
Immune Cells Get Transformed into Fungus-Fighting Nanoparticles
July 9, 2026
Nanoparticles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising new way to fight...