University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

At UC Santa Barbara, we offer a dynamic environment that prizes academic inquiry and interpersonal connection to inspire scholarly ambition, creativity, and discoveries with wide-ranging impact. We’re inquisitive and curious, community-driven and globally-focused. Across our campus, you’ll find independent thinkers and consensus builders, Nobel Laureates and leaders chasing noble causes. But no matter how you define us, we are above all Gauchos — diverse in our pursuits, yet connected in our collective drive toward excellence.

The University of California, Santa Barbara is a leading research institution that also provides a comprehensive liberal arts learning experience. Teaching and research go hand-in-hand at UC Santa Barbara. Our students are full participants in an educational journey of discovery that stimulates independent thought, critical reasoning, and creativity. Our academic community of faculty, students, and staff is characterized by a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration that is responsive to the needs of our multicultural and global society. All of this takes place within a living and learning environment like no other, as we draw inspiration from the beauty and resources of our extraordinary location at the edge of the Pacific Ocean.

Each of UC Santa Barbara’s five schools offers graduate and/or undergraduate majors, degrees, and credentials. With more than 200 options altogether, discover one (or many!) that match your passion.

You’re high-achieving, and so are we. UC Santa Barbara’s top rankings are a product of our numerous acclaimed programs across three colleges. Meet your academic match and excel away. You got this.

A tier one research university, UC Santa Barbara is renowned for impact across the disciplines. Same goes for our faculty, who are as accessible as they are distinguished. See for yourself. Come make your mark in one of our 50-plus master’s degree or Ph.D. programs.

UCSB offers master’s degree and Ph.D. tracks in diverse disciplines, with top programs in engineering, the sciences, social sciences, humanities, education and the arts. Many of them are inherently interdisciplinary, such as Materials Science, Global and International Studies, and Media Arts and Technology.

A world-class education and the opportunities, resources, and support for career attainment — that’s what we provide our graduate students. We strive to cultivate individual strengths and talents and welcome every student as our partner. We value collaboration and discovery across disciplines and recognize the critical role of diversity in realizing our potential for excellence and innovation.

Achieve your professional dreams or enhance your UCSB degree. Immerse yourself in the UC Santa Barbara way. Rub shoulders with world-renowned researchers, distinguished faculty and top students from across the globe while taking courses and certificate programs for academic credit, professional development and personal enrichment.

Essential skills to compete in today's job market, opportunities for career advancement and lifelong learning for students of all ages — UCSB Extension provides those things and more. We connect the campus with our growing entrepreneurial base and, with our international programs, connect visiting scholars and professionals with UCSB's world-class research and faculty, helping to shape the future of our community here at home and across the globe.

Advance on your career goals or take them to new heights in our Technology Management Program, a one-stop training shop for professionals and undergrads striving for technical innovation and entrepreneurship. We are innovative and entrepreneurial and the world knows it. UC Santa Barbara is a tier one research university, globally renowned — and ranked — for our impact across the disciplines. Our advances are changing lives and paving the way to a better future.

Get hands on from the get-go. Our faculty are famously accessible and infinitely eager to connect with curious, motivated undergraduates. Explore different fields and learn your way around a lab. Boost your abilities and build your network. You may create new knowledge on the way.

To us, an education extends far beyond the classroom. From our 500 student organizations to our record-setting Gaucho soccer crowds, UC Santa Barbara is culturally enriching and socially engaging. There’s no community like the Gaucho community. Socially engaged and inclusive, global-minded and environmentally aware, open and supportive. In short, we’re dynamic as all get out. With hundreds of student organizations, a culture of giving back, and a drive to pay it forward, UCSB isn’t just somewhere to stay and to study — it’s a place to grow and thrive. Welcome home.

Studying isn’t the only key to success at UCSB. Health is crucial, too. We foster a learning and living environment that’s good for the whole you — mind, body and spirit — to nurture your academic development, resilience, and well-being.

Career Services is here to help the students and recent graduates of the University of California identify and fulfill their career goals. We serve as the bridge between their college experience and employment or graduate school, helping them apply what they have learned. We look forward to serving you better, so visit us often to stay current with all the latest happenings at Career Services.

Experiential work-based learning, such as internships, research and volunteering complements academic preparation so that students can become more confident and competitive for full-time jobs, graduate school, and other post-graduation goals.