Applying to UC? We’ve got answers to some of the top questions students ask, including tips on how to think about the narrative sections of the application, like the Personal Insight Questions. Ready ...

At home and abroad, the UC system is unrivaled. That’s according to new rankings from Times Higher Education, a U.K.-based publication. The World University 2027 rankings identified UC’s nine ...

Voting is one of the most powerful ways to shape our shared future. But even though college-aged voters are the ones with the most future ahead of them, they’re the least likely to vote. In the 2024 ...

Editor’s note: Some stories are worth coming back to. Originally published in 2024, this behind-the-scenes look at UC admissions is packed with insights for college-bound students, their families and ...

UC has goals to (1) produce 200,000 more undergraduate and graduate degrees on top of the 1 million already projected; (2)achieve a 90 percent overall graduation rate and eliminate gaps for Pell, ...

The University of California opened its doors in 1869 with just 10 faculty members and 40 students. Today, the UC system has more than 300,000 students and 265,000 faculty and staff, with 2.5 million ...

If you want to apply to the University of California, don’t let worries about cost get in your way. UC has one of the strongest financial aid programs in the nation, with more than half of California ...

These discoveries, many of which originated in federal funding, continue to shape daily life in surprising and amazing ways.

America is awesome at science. For as long as most of us have been alive, United States scientists have published more research, been cited more often by other scientists, earned more patents, and ...

A few years ago, UC Berkeley public health scholar Ziad Obermeyer found that an algorithm that affected health care for millions of patients routinely gave wealthier, white patients better access to ...

Having trouble focusing on your New Year’s resolutions? You’re not alone – people are more distracted than ever, says Gloria Mark, professor emerita of informatics at UC Irvine. In fact, most people ...

UC Berkeley and UCLA are the top two public universities in the country, with seven UC campuses in the top 25 and all nine undergraduate campuses in the top 45, according to the 2026 Best Colleges ...