University of California Santa Barbara

History, Affiliations and Rankings

University of California Santa Barbara, USA is a public research university. The origin of the University of California Santa Barbara goes back to the Anna Blake School. The school was founded at the end of the 19th century in the year 1891. At that time, it was used to offer education in the fields of home economics and industrial arts. The university was renamed by the state at the beginning of the 20th century and became Santa Barbara State Normal School. In 1921, the university was renamed again and became Santa Barbara State Teachers College. Ultimately, the university achieved its current name in 1958. The university is accredited by WSCUC. University holds the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation. QS World University ranking 2022 places the institute at #146. THE 2022 University Ranking ranks the university at #68. US News and World Report  2022 ranking University of California Santa Barbara secured the #28 position in the National Ranking & #67 in the global university ranking.  The motto of the University of California  Santa Barbara is “Let there be Light”.

Campus, Courses and Infrastructure

University of California Santa Barbara is one of the universities belonging to California ten campus university system. The academic structure of the UCSB is divided into 5 schools. The university's campus has 4 parts within it. The east is the central portion of the university where all the academic schools and undergraduate accommodation exists. Apart from the main campus, the university has 3 more campuses named Storke, West, and North campus. All the buildings of the university have a stunning infrastructure where students get a chance to study with world-class facilities. Besides academics, the university also encourages students in sports like soccer, golf, swimming, tennis, water polo, volleyball, athletics and boating. At present, the university offers around 200 graduate and undergraduate degree programs in fields like Film and media, anthropology, social sciences, mathematics, environmental science, psychology, engineering, languages, and sports. Art, Engineering, Language, sports and philosophy.

Accomplishments and Alumni

University of California Santa Barbara is part of the best 62 research intensives in the USA and Canada got elected to the membership of the prestigious Association of American Universities. The university houses an outstanding team of faculty members that are very passionate to achieve academic excellence. Physicist Paul Hansma UCB laboratory is well known as the birthplace of practical scanning microscopes mainly atomic force microscopes. The Koegel Autism Center at UCSB Gevirtz Graduate School of Education is recognised by National Research Council as state of art treatment centre for autism in the USA. UCSB sports system is part of NCAA 1 UCSB was ranked No. 10 on Princeton Review's 2022 Top 50 Green Schools list. The university has produced 6 Nobel Laureates. Some of the most famous alumni include Walter Kohn (1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry), Steve Aoki (Dj, Musician and Grammy Nominee), and Salud Carbajal (U.S. Congressman). 

Student Diversity and Visiting Companies

Annually approximately 26,000 students enrolled at the University of California Santa Barbara for Undergraduate Graduate and research-based programs.  The Female- Male student ratio is 55-45 at UCSB.  Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Oracle, Intel Corp., Salesforce, Amazon Web Services, Procore Technology, AppFolio. Inc. is some of the world-known companies that visit the University of California Santa Barbara to provide job opportunities. Most of the university's alumni are well-recognised worldwide.