UC Merced is the University of California system's newest campus and the nation's first research institution of the 21st century. Located in the agriculturally rich San Joaquin Valley.

A top-100 research university and the fastest-growing public university in the nation, UC Merced is on the cutting edge of sustainability in campus construction and design, and supports high achieving and dedicated students from the under served Central Valley and throughout California.

UC Merced’s three schools — the School of Engineering, School of Natural Sciences, and School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts — offer undergraduate and graduate programs, …

UC Merced is the newest campus in the venerable UC system. It's cutting-edge, growing, sustainable, focused on research, diversity, and community. It's the start of your future. Come …

UC Merced offers more than 60 undergraduate academic programs and 18 graduate programs taught by more than 400 full-time faculty members, visiting professors and lecturers, who come to Merced from some of the world's top-ranked universities.

If you're searching for an innovative and hands-on masters program in California, then check out what UC Merced has to offer. Our masters programs include Science, Engineering and more.

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Jan 21, 2025 · The University of California Undergraduate Application for Admission and Scholarships is available online at admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html. Students can apply to UC Merced and any number of the additional eight undergraduate campuses of the University of California with one application.

UC Merced students have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to help create the student life experience for those who will follow. They are invited to add to campus traditions, create new student organizations and activities, and offer ideas on student services, planning priorities and university growth and development.

UC Merced originated in a 1988 decision by the UC Board of Regents to begin planning for a new university in the San Joaquin Valley to meet long-term enrollment demand. After a process …