Undergraduate News

Outstanding engineering, computer science undergraduates honored with Awards of Excellence

June 9, 2026

These six students were selected from the more than 1,300 graduating undergraduates in the Jacobs School of Engineering class of 2026 to receive Awards of Excellence from their academic department.  Full Story

Students Get an Intro to AI in First AI Major Class at UC San Diego

April 30, 2026

More than 100 undergraduate students enrolled in UC San Diego’s new AI major took their first major-specific course, CSE 25: Intro to AI, over winter quarter. The class aims to introduce AI principles that the students will see repeatedly over the next four years, and level the playing field between students who may have taken AI coursework on their own, and students for whom this is all new material. Full Story

Ten Pieces of Non-Technical Career Advice for Engineering and Computer Science Students

March 25, 2026

At a new event focused on student success and career readiness at the Jacobs School of Engineering, alumni and faculty shared non-technical career advice with current students. Full Story

New Creative Robotics Course Merges Engineering and Art

March 19, 2026

Engineering and visual arts students channeled and evoked emotions through robots they created as part of an experimental Creative Robotics course at UC San Diego.  Full Story