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 leverage our world renown to pursue engineering and computer science 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 strengthen our climate and culture of inclusion, equity and diversity.

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Four undergraduate programs ranked in nation’s Top 10
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Four undergraduate programs at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering have been rank...

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Making Electronics More Resilient to Radiation
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Researchers at UC San Diego are part of a multi-institution team that received a $17 million award f...

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