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UC Merced opened Sept. 5, 2005, as the newest campus in the University of California system and the first American research university of the 21st century. Situated near Yosemite National Park, the campus significantly expands access to the UC system for students throughout the state, with a special mission to increase college-going rates among students in the San Joaquin Valley. It also serves as a major base of advanced research, a model of sustainable design and construction, and a stimulus to economic growth and diversification throughout the region.

UC Merced offers a growing list of majors and minors, and graduate programs taught by more than 250 tenure-track faculty members, visiting professors and lecturers, who have come to us from some of the world's top-ranked universities.


SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING


school of natural sciences


SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES AND ARTS


PLANNED SCHOOL

Ernest & Julio Gallo Management Program

No. 93 among all national universities

No. 38 among public universities

No. 8 among all universities in economic diversity

No. 4 among all universities in social mobility

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