WE MAKE
BOLD POSSIBLE
The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is a top-ranked engineering school set apart by our entrepreneurial culture and education programs that integrate fundamentals with real-world applications. We know how to collaborate across labs, disciplines and industries to solve the toughest problems facing society.
Our Mission
We educate tomorrow's innovation workforce; conduct relevant research that drives innovation; and ensure our breakthroughs get transferred to society.
This is how we make bold possible
Diversity
Diversity is essential to innovation. Here at the Jacobs School of Engineering, we are creating and strengthening culture-building initiatives aimed at equity for all students, faculty and staff.
News
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History
Our engineers and computer scientists have broken boundaries and set trends from the earliest days of UC San Diego back in the early 1960s. We are a proud part of UC San Diego's ever-evolving academic community.
Map and Directions
Visit us in La Jolla, California. We are a campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in San Diego. This is technology's perfect climate.
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Recent News
Computer Vision Expert Wins Prestigious Frontiers of Science Award
August 27, 2025
Hao Su, a faculty member in the UC San Diego Department of Computer Science, received a prestigious ...
UC San Diego Computer Scientists Win Best Paper Award at SIGGRAPH 2025
August 27, 2025
Computer science faculty member Tzu-Mao Li and his research team won a best paper award at SIGGRAPH ...
Gift Expands UC San Diego Efforts to Teach Engineering Problem Solving at Scale
August 27, 2025
More than 5,300 high school students in the San Diego region have already benefitted from an innovat...
The Jacobs School Represents at San Diego Comic-Con
August 25, 2025
From discussing the best invention to examining the way AI has been represented in movies, Jacobs Sc...
Researchers Identify Weak Points in Diamond Fusion Fuel Capsules
August 20, 2025
Scientists have uncovered how diamond — the material used to encase fuel for fusion exper...