Welcome to UC San Diego!

Megan SchuckAcademic Advisor

Extension International Programs

Where is San Diego?

UCSD and San Diego

The Ten UC Campuses

Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles MercedRiverside San DiegoSan Francisco Santa Barbara Santa Cruz

2nd largest city in California

7th largest city in United States

Population: 1.3 million in city; more than 2.8 million in county, (County Area: 12,000 km2)

San Diego

Mission Beach

Downtown San Diego

Mission Beach

La Jolla Shores

America’s #1 City for Business:

San Diego

Forbes Magazine/Milken Institute survey

■ Most-diversified high-tech economy

■ Biotech, communication, software, and information technology

UC San Diego and

Surrounding Area

Many beaches are walking distance

UC San Diego

UC San Diego was founded in 1960 and celebrated its 50th anniversary during the 2010-2011 academic year.

UCSD

#2 University in the US by the Washington Monthly #5 in R&D expenditure #1 undergraduate bioengineering program #14 in annual world-class university ranking (2013) by

Shanghai Jiao Tong University #10 in the field of Engineering /Technology and

Computer Sciences (2012) by Shanghai Jiao Tong University

6 Nobel Prize winners on current faculty #1 Surf School in the United States by Surfline

Top-Ranked University

UC San Diego Student Center

The Geisel Library• Contains several

specialized campus library holdings

• Has over 3 million bound volumes

• Has over 25,000 paper and electronic journals

• The Geisel Library is the symbol of UCSD

• The Super Computer Center

The Business Schools• The Rady School of

Management– Executive and MBA

programs– Brings together business

and technology

• The Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS)– Focusing on business

and area studies for the Pacific Rim.

– Training business people and government officials

The Arts• The Theatre and Dance Department

– Ranked #3 in the nation– Students have the opportunity to work at

the famous La Jolla Playhouse on campus.

• Department of Music– Faculty and students frequently perform

together in concerts, on recordings, and at national and international venues.

• Department of Visual Arts– One of the most highly ranked art

programs within a university in the country

– Includes: Painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, computing in the arts, film, video, photography, and criticism

A History of Faculty and Alumni Nobel Prize Winners

at UC San Diego

Year  Recipient  Department

1934 Harold Urey Chemistry1962 Francis Crick Physiology/Medicine1963 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Physics1970 Hannes Alfvén Physics1974 George Palade School of Medicine1975 Renato Dulbecco School of Medicine1975 Walter Kohn Chemistry1990 Harry Markowitz Economics1995 Paul Crutzen Scripps Institute1995 Mario Molina Chemistry/Biochemistry1996 Rolf Zinkernagel Pathology2002 Sydney Brenner School of Medicine Robert Engle Economics2003 Clive Granger Economics2008 Roger Tsien Chemistry/Biochemistry

Extension International

Programs and the English Language

Institute

UC San Diego Extension International Programs

• English Language Institute

• Certificate Programs

• University Credit Programs

University and Professional Studies

(UPS)• 12 units (full-time) UCSD or Extension courses and Academic Advising

• Official UCSD or UCSD Extension transcript

• Credit may be transferred to another American university or college or the home institution

• Eligibility to apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT) after three (3) consecutive quarters (9 months)

Nils Nilson, Norway

Class planning for the UPS program

• To view possible classes for the quarter of your UCSD attendance, go to:

http://students.ucsd.edu

• Then, click on “Full Schedule of Classes.”

Select Search Term

On this screen you can search courses by: subject, department, code, section id, by professor or course title. On the right side of the screen you can select courses based on level such as: lower division, upper division and/or graduate.

When you have made your selection of the below categories, click the ‘Search’ button1. Quarter2. Subject/Department 3. Level

EXAMPLE: If you searched for Winter Quarter 2013, ANTH-Anthropology, course # 1-99 and 100-198, your results would look like this:

UC San Diego Extension International Programs

For more information about any of our programs, please email:

ups@ucsd.edu