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Business/Managerial Economics

Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects

Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia

Technical and Scientific Communication

Computer and Information Sciences, General

Computer Science

Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation

Network and System Administration/Administrator

Educational Evaluation and Research

Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering

Computer Engineering, General

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Systems Engineering

English Language and Literature, General

Foreign Languages and Literatures, General

Linguistics

Comparative Literature

Applied Linguistics

Spanish Language and Literature

Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General

Plant Sciences, General

German Studies

Italian Studies

Ethnic Studies

Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies

Women's Studies

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Neuroscience

Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Biomedical Sciences, General

Molecular Biochemistry

Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology

Environmental Toxicology

Bioinformatics

Ecology

Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography

Mathematical Statistics and Probability

Computational and Applied Mathematics

Behavioral Sciences

Natural Sciences

Cognitive Science, General

Environmental Science

Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, General

Environmental Studies

Philosophy

Jewish/Judaic Studies

Physical Sciences, General

Astronomy

Astrophysics

Chemistry, General

Geology/Earth Science, General

Oceanography, Chemical and Physical

Physics, General

Psychology, General

Community Organization and Advocacy

Archeology

Econometrics and Quantitative Economics

International Economics

Political Science and Government, General

Sociology

Anthropology

Economics, General

Drama and Dramatics/Theater Arts, General

Documentary Production

Art/Art Studies, General

Art History, Criticism and Conservation

Music Performance, General

Music Theory and Composition

Musicology and Ethnomusicology

History, General

Legal Studies

Applied Mathematics

Mathematics, General

The University of California, Santa Cruz has earned worldwide distinction through its commitment to bold and progressive research and creative scholarship, innovative teaching in both graduate and undergraduate education, and engaged public service that benefits our communities and the planet. Since its founding, UC Santa Cruz has been on an unprecedented trajectory. From being the first to first in the world to assemble the DNA sequence of the human genome and make it publicly available to marking a new era in astronomy by being the first to observe merging neutron stars, UC Santa Cruz researchers and experts have been at the forefront of major achievements that advance humanity and our understanding of the world. A member of the American Association of Universities and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, UC Santa Cruz has had a commitment to social justice and environmental stewardship, values that are woven through research, scholarship and campus life. With 10 residential colleges, UC Santa Cruz combines the intimacy of a small, liberal arts college with the depth and rigor of a major research university. The campus provides unparalleled opportunities for students to learn through hands-on experience-in laboratories, art studios, and archives as well as through field research that spans the world. Its world-class facilities are in one of the most visually spectacular settings in higher education, a 2,000-acre redwood forest at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The campus serves over 19,000 undergraduate and graduate students at its residential campus, which is just 30 miles from Silicon Valley. UCSC's Silicon Valley Campus is a multidisciplinary teaching and research hub that is home to master's degree programs in Games and Playable Media and Natural Language Processing, engineering faculty, an incubator-accelerator program, and more.

Special Housing For International Students

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