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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By Shaping and Shrinking Light, Engineers Alter a Material’s Magnetic Properties
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A new approach that uses specially engineered light to switch the magnetic states of a material coul...
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Four undergraduate programs at the Jacobs School of Engineering ranked in the nation’s Top 10 ...

New Imaging Platform Maps Cell Type and Metabolic Activity Simultaneously
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UC San Diego Engineering Graduate Students Named Siebel Scholars
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Three engineering graduate students at UC San Diego have been named 2027 Siebel Scholars. The&n...

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...