Your Pathway to Success
Innovative. Interdisciplinary. Inclusive. UC Santa Cruz’s brand of education is all about creating and imparting new knowledge, collaboration as opposed to individual competition, and promoting student success. At UCSC, academic rigor and experimentation offer the adventure of a lifetime – and a lifetime of opportunity.
Find Your Program
What subjects inspire you? What careers can you picture yourself in? Use our online search tool to help you explore our wide range of exciting majors, and view videos directly from the departments!
Academic Programs
- Your major or your program is your main academic subject area, usually requiring significant coursework. When you graduate, your major will appear on your diploma.
- Within your major, there may be a choice of concentrations, which offer options for deeper study in a particular area within your major.
- Your minor is an additional area of focus with a set number of courses, usually a smaller number than are required for your major.
Find Your Passions and Reach Your Goals!
A distinctive feature of UC Santa Cruz is its emphasis on undergraduate research. Students work with professors in their labs and often co-author papers with them!
Why study for four years when you can get your degree in three? We offer pathways for students to achieve their goals faster, saving their families time and money.
Take advantage of the extraordinary opportunities at UC Santa Cruz. Study for a quarter or a year abroad, or do an internship in Santa Cruz or a Silicon Valley company!
Many UC Santa Cruz alumni started their own companies based on research or ideas they had while studying here. What’s the first step? Networking! We can help you with the process.
Since we are a Tier 1 Research Institution, opportunities abound for well prepared students from all backgrounds. Research the many ways we can offer you additional enrichment!
Much more than just beautiful places to live, our 10 themed residential colleges are intellectual and social hubs with plenty of leadership opportunities, including college student governments.
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