UC Santa Barbara offers students and scholars an opportunity to live and learn in a stunning setting on the shores of the Pacific. The campus's residential character, its unparalleled physical beauty, its location near a historic city whose cultural life is diverse and whose commitment to preserving the environment is legendary-all provide the setting for an internationally renowned academic community known for its excellence and innovation. A member of the Association of American Universities, this vibrant, energetic campus ranks with Harvard, Stanford, and UC Berkeley among the leading institutions of higher learning in the U.S. and Canada. Students know it as a friendly, welcoming place where their professors take the time to initiate them into the world of learning. Faculty comment on the strength of UCSB's academic programs and the quantity and quality of research that takes place here.

One of the nine campuses of the University of California, UC Santa Barbara's academic community consists of 16,000 undergraduates, 2,000 graduate students, and 900 faculty members. The campus's three colleges-the College of Letters and Science, the College of Engineering, and the College of Creative Studies-offer nearly eighty undergraduate majors and over thirty minors in addition to more than thirty graduate-level programs.

Biological Sciences at UC Santa Barbara
Last Modified 20-Mar-02