The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is the southernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California, and offers over 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, enrolling 33,096 undergraduate and 9,872 graduate students. UC San Diego is considered to be among the best universities in the world. Several publications have ranked UC San Diego's biological sciences and Computer Science departments to be among the top 10 in the world. The university occupies 2,178 acres (881 ha) near the coast of the Pacific Ocean, with the main campus resting on approximately 1,152 acres (466 ha).
The University of California-San Diego School of Medicine in La Jolla, California, established in 1968, is a globally recognized leader in medical education, research, and patient care. Deeply integrated with UC San Diego Health, it forms a comprehensive academic health system offering a rich environment for learning and discovery alongside world-class physicians and researchers. The school provides a wide array of programs, including a comprehensive MD program and various PhD and master's degrees, focused on training future medical professionals and advancing medical knowledge. Consistently ranked among the nation's top medical schools, it is known for its transformative research, innovative education, and compassionate clinical care, playing a crucial role in the region's healthcare landscape and contributing significantly to biomedical science.
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