Our mission

We educate tomorrow's technology leaders.
We conduct leading edge research and drive innovation.
We transfer discoveries for the benefit of society.

GOALS

  • To advance engineering and computer science research and education for the public good.
  • To pursue interdisciplinary research that solves challenges no lab, discipline or industry can solve alone.
  • To provide world-class theoretical and hands-on education and leadership training at scale.
  • To be relevant to our industry partners now, and also 10 years from now.
  • To cultivate learning, researching and working environments where everyone can thrive.

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Recent News

By Building Virtual Cells, Researchers Aim to Design Better Microbes and Drugs
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Bioengineers are creating comprehensive digital twins of bacterial cells to better understand how to...

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January 14, 2026

An up to $25.8 million research project at UC San Diego, funded by ARPA-H and led by chemical and na...

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Compressed Data Technique Enables Pangenomics at Scale
January 12, 2026

Engineers at the University of California have developed a new data structure and compression techni...

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UC San Diego Engineer Elected Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
January 7, 2026

Abdoulaye Ndao has been named a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), one of the highest ...

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2025 Highlights at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
January 7, 2026

As we dive into a new quarter and a new year, we're taking a moment to reflect on some of our 20...

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