UC’s ten campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara provide exciting environments that foster world-class educational and research opportunities and generate a wide range of benefits and services. The UC family includes more than 220,000 students, more than 170,000 faculty and staff, and more than 1.5 million alumni.

The University of California is one of the finest research universities in the world. Its academic offerings span 150 disciplines, with more departments ranked in the top 10 nationally than at any other public or private university.

The University's fundamental missions are teaching, research and public service. The California Higher Education Master Plan established an admissions principle of universal access and choice, assigning UC to select its freshmen students from the top one-eighth (12.5%) of the high school graduating class and CSU from the top one-third (33.3%).

Students wishing to apply for admission to the fall term must submit an application between November 1 and November 30 at UC Pathways Web Site (www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad)

Start your research at the UC Systemwide Home Page (http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/).

The UC and CSU list of "a-g" approved course list is on the UC Doorways Web Site (https://doorways.ucop.edu/list/).

Click on the Guide to "a-g" requirements to learn more about the subject requirements. UC considers the subject requirements to be effective preparation for undergraduate work at the University.