UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ

In Santa Cruz, California, there is a public land-grant research institution known as the University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC). It is one of the University of California system's 10 campuses. The campus is situated on 2,001 acres (810 hectares) of forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Monterey Bay, just outside the coastal town of Santa Cruz. UC Santa Cruz was established in 1965 with the goal of showcasing forward-thinking, interdisciplinary undergraduate education, cutting-edge teaching strategies, and cutting-edge architecture. Ten minor colleges that make up the residential college system were founded as a spinoff of the Oxbridge collegiate university system. The "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very High Research Activity" category includes UC Santa Cruz. It belongs to the most prominent grouping of research universities in the US and Canada, the Association of American Universities.

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English proficiency is required from all students, the students can take TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE. Following are the approximate test requirements

Students may require to take certain standardised tests for specific courses. SAT may be required to apply to Bachelors, GRE for Masters, and GRE and GMAT for MBA. Check the specific program websites for requirements or talk to our admission counselors for free

Minimum GPA requirement is 2.5, But certain programs may have higher requirements

- Undergraduates: 15,743
- Graduate Students: 1,592
- Undergraduate majors: 58
- Graduate studies: 41 fields
- Total alumni: more than 100,000
- In 2015, UC Santa Cruz was rated 2nd in the world for research influence by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
 

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At UC Santa Cruz, food and housing expenses are combined. In 2020, the average cost of living for students was $16,951.

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