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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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