About UCSC
UCSC History - 1965
Fifty Ways to be Amazing
From its beginning, UC Santa Cruz was hailed by then-UC President Clark Kerr as "the most significant educational experiment in the history of the University of California." It still is. more »
UCSC Exquisite and Unique Campus
Gwen Jourdonnais shares why UC Santa Cruz is an Exquisite campus.
UCSC International Reputation for Academic Excellence
Facts & Figures
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The University of California, Santa Cruz, has earned a national reputation for challenging the status quo through its research, teaching, and public service, which are routinely cast through a lens of environmental stewardship and social justice. Reflecting California’s diverse culture, 16,000 undergraduate and 1,600 graduate students are drawn by the opportunity to pursue new ideas in world-class facilities nestled in a redwood forest with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean and less than an hour from Silicon Valley. UC Santa Cruz has more than 120,000 Banana Slug alumni who embody the progressive and bold spirit of the campus.
