The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB or UC Santa Barbara) is a top ranking public research university and part of the University of California system. It is one of only 62 research-intensive institutions elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities.
It is a comprehensive doctoral university and is organized into five colleges and schools:
- College of Letters & Science
- College of Engineering
- College of Creative Studies
- Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
- Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Rankings:
- 42nd overall among the “Best National Universities” and 11th among the “Top 50 Public National Universities” in the country, according to the 2010 "America's Best Colleges" guidebook by US News & World Report. It is tied at 42nd with UC Davis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution of New York and the University of Washington.
- The College of Engineering is ranked 34th on the U.S. News & World Report 2010 list of “Best Programs at Engineering Schools Whose Highest Degree is a Doctorate”.
- 49th globally in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2009.
- 27th in North & Latin America and 36th in the world (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2008). It is also ranked 18th for Natural Science & Math, "51 - 76th" for Social Sciences, and 13th for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences.
- According to the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, it is placed 141st in 2006, 117th in 2007, 98th in 2008.
- In the 2009 edition of USNWR "America's Best Graduate Schools", it is ranked highly in the following graduate programs:
- 10th in physics program
- 4th in condensed matter
- 7th in elementary particles/fields/string theory
- The College of Engineering was ranked 19th overall
- 9th in chemical engineering
- 5th in materials
- The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education was ranked 58th
- The Ph.D program in computer science was ranked 37th
- 12th in the listing of "Top 50 Public National Universities" in the country and 44th on the list of "Best National Universities" (USNWR 2009).
- 13th in the listing of "Top 50 Public National Universities" in the country, and 44th among all public and private National Universities (USNWR 2008).
- Placed as one of the Top 10 Party Schools (Princeton Review 2009).
- 228th in "America's Best Colleges"by Forbes in 2009.
- 59th of the "Top 100 Global Universities" by Newsweek Magazine in 2006.
- Named one of the country's "hottest colleges" in the Newsweek guide to America's best colleges.
- 18th in the NRC Ranking of Top Geosciences Doctoral Programs in the US (1995). It is placed 4th for Geography Doctoral Programs.
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In UK there are some newspaper rankings published every year by The Times Online, The Daily Telegraph, The BBC's Student Guide, The Complete Guide and The Guardian. In Australia the Good Universities Guide rating is a very useful handbook for anyone choosing a tertiary institution.
For more information please see University Ranking by Country.
For more information please see University Ranking by Country.
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