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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Recent News

A Battery Breakthrough Inspired by a Can of Compressed Air
May 8, 2025
Breakthroughs often begin with simple curiosities. In this Q&A, engineering alumnus Cyrus Rustom...

Breathing in Therapeutic Microrobots Treats Life-threatening Pneumonia in Mice
May 6, 2025
Engineers at the University of California San Diego found a new non-invasive way to deliver pneumoni...

Self-assembling Molecules Take the Spotlight at Research Expo 2025
May 5, 2025
Materials science and engineering Ph.D. student Liya Bi won the grand prize at the 43rd annual ...

A fully automated tool for species tree inference
May 5, 2025
A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego is making it easier for researche...

One Timed-release Capsule Could Replace Taking Multiple Pills
May 1, 2025
Managing complex medication schedules could soon become as simple as taking a single capsule each da...