Since 2020, UC alumni and faculty have accounted for nearly 1 in 4 recipients of the prestigious fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation, which provides an $800,000, no-strings-attached grant to support the winner’s interests.

These discoveries span decades and disciplines, but they all have one important thing in common: They’ve all relied on competitive funding from the federal government.

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly every aspect of modern life.

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UC Berkeley emeritus professor John Clarke, UC Santa Barbara professor Michel H. Devoret and UC Santa Barbara professor John M. Martinis were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics for their contributions to macroscopic quantum tunneling.

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Ramsdell, who earned his bachelor’s degree from UC San Diego and his doctorate in microbiology and immunology at UCLA, was one of three researchers honored for their work on the human immune system.

UC has one of the strongest financial aid programs in the nation, with more than half of California undergraduates getting enough financial aid to cover all their tuition.

A UC San Diego seminar studies the pop icon in the context of fandom and culture.

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Seven UC campuses ranked among the top 25 public schools and multiple UC campuses earned top 5 rankings for social mobility and support for veterans.

Six University of California campuses are among the top 100 universities for entrepreneurship globally, with UC Berkeley claiming the No. 1 spot for the third year in a row.