WE MAKE
BOLD POSSIBLE
The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is a top-ranked engineering school set apart by our entrepreneurial culture and education programs that integrate fundamentals with real-world applications. We know how to collaborate across labs, disciplines and industries to solve the toughest problems facing society.
Our Mission
We educate tomorrow's innovation workforce; conduct relevant research that drives innovation; and ensure our breakthroughs get transferred to society.
This is how we make bold possible
Community
Sustaining learning, research and work environments where everyone is empowered to thrive is essential to innovation. Here at the Jacobs School of Engineering, we strive to do this each and every day.
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History
Our engineers and computer scientists have broken boundaries and set trends from the earliest days of UC San Diego back in the early 1960s. We are a proud part of UC San Diego's ever-evolving academic community.
Map and Directions
Visit us in La Jolla, California. We are a campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in San Diego. This is technology's perfect climate.
We power
emerging industries
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Recent News
Eight UC San Diego Researchers Elected 2025 AAAS Fellows
March 26, 2026
Eight researchers at the University of California San Diego have been elected 2025 Fellows of the Am...
Ten Pieces of Non-Technical Career Advice for Engineering and Computer Science Students
March 25, 2026
At a new event focused on student success and career readiness at the Jacobs School of Engineering, ...
New Creative Robotics Course Merges Engineering and Art
March 19, 2026
Engineering and visual arts students channeled and evoked emotions through robots they created as pa...
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March 18, 2026
A team of researchers co-led by UC San Diego engineers has demonstrated a new way to remotely contro...
Data, Fire and the Fight to Keep California Insurable
March 11, 2026
On February 12, the University of California San Diego Qualcomm Institute (QI) hosted the CalIT...