The
University of California, San Diego (also referred to as
UC San Diego or
UCSD) is a
public research university located in the
La Jolla neighborhood of
San Diego,
California, in the United States. The university occupies near the coast of the Pacific Ocean with the main campus resting on approximately . Established in 1960 near the pre-existing
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is the seventh oldest of the 10
University of California campuses and offers over 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, enrolling about 22,700 undergraduate and 6,300 graduate students. UC San Diego is one of America's
Public Ivy universities, which recognizes top public research universities in the United States. UC San Diego is a highly regarded research institution, ranked 14th in the world by the
Academic Ranking of World Universities, 19th in
U.S. News & World Report 's 2016 global university rankings, 21st in the world by the
Center for World University Rankings, 39th in the world by the
Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and 44th overall in the world by
QS World University Rankings. UC San Diego is also ranked 9th among public universities and 38th among all universities in the United States according to
U.S. News & World Report.