Prospective Undergraduates
Curious to see what life is like as a Jacobs School of Engineering student? Learn more about our six engineering departments and engineering and computer science majors, our Experience Engineering Initiative, and how you can study abroad and still graduate in four years.
Prospective PhD Students
Our graduate engineering programs consistently rank among the top in the nation. Admissions information for the PhD programs offered at the Jacobs School.
COSMOS High School Program
The California State Summer School for Math and Science is a four-week residential summer program open to current 8th-12th motivated high school students. Check out the Cluster topics (computers, climate change, tissue engineering....) and apply to join the fun!
Did you know?
The Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California San Diego offers excellence at scale in research, education, industry collaboration and technology transfer. The Jacobs School of Engineering ranks the #10 engineering school in the nation and #6 among public schools. A global thought leader, the Jacobs School of Engineering ranks #1 in the nation among public engineering schools for citations per publication. With 288 faculty and more than 9,100 students in six departments, the Jacobs School of Engineering is the second largest engineering school in California. Year after year, our graduates future-proof the innovation economy. Our entrepreneurial faculty lead teams that work across disciplines and industries to tackle the toughest challenges that no lab, department or company can handle alone. At the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, we make bold possible.