The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge of the coastal community of Santa Cruz, the campus lies on 2,001 acres (810 ha) of rolling, forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean.A visit to University of California Santa Cruz represents just the start of the adventure when you use our Santa Cruz trip builder to plot your vacation.
Founded in 1965, UC Santa Cruz began with the intention to showcase progressive, cross-disciplinary undergraduate education, innovative teaching methods and contemporary architecture. The residential college system consists of ten small colleges that were established as a variation of the Oxbridge collegiate university system.
UC Santa Cruz is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". It is a member of the Association of American Universities, the most prestigious alliance of research universities in the United States and Canada.
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Our daughter was accepted to UCSC and we had not seen it yet. Our visits to the campus helped seal the deal and she will be a proud Banana Slug starting this Fall 2022. The campus is unlike...
Our daughter was accepted to UCSC and we had not seen it yet. Our visits to the campus helped seal the deal and she will be a proud Banana Slug starting this Fall 2022. The campus is unlike... more »
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If you need a place to walk , this is it! Park at the bottom of the hill and take off. It's a nice loop. Get a map, read about the history, take a tour. Visit the Grateful Dead museum in the...
If you need a place to walk , this is it! Park at the bottom of the hill and take off. It's a nice loop. Get a map, read about the history, take a tour. Visit the Grateful Dead museum in the... more »
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.. beautiful nature green surrounding the campus.. Peaceful, Nice n Cleanliness landscapes... Overall Beautiful buildings, n Dormitories
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Ahhh... The filming location for DEVS =)
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