Our mission
We educate tomorrow's technology leaders.
We conduct leading edge research and drive innovation.
We transfer discoveries for the benefit of society.
GOALS
- To leverage our world renown to pursue engineering and computer science for the public good.
- To pursue interdisciplinary research that solves challenges no lab, discipline or industry can solve alone.
- To provide world-class theoretical and hands-on education and leadership training at scale.
- To be relevant to our industry partners now, and also 10 years from now.
- To strengthen our climate and culture of inclusion, equity and diversity.
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We Are Safer During and After Earthquakes Thanks to UC San Diego’s Shake Table
June 3, 2025
Homes, offices, parking garages, bridges and other structures across the United States are safer dur...
Media resources for upcoming tests of a 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building at the UC San Diego earthquake simulator
May 30, 2025
Media resources for upcoming tests of a 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building at the UC San Die...

10-story Steel-framed Building to be Put to the Test on UC San Diego Earthquake Simulator
May 28, 2025
A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator...

Computer Science Professor Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
May 21, 2025
Russell Impagliazzo, a professor in the UC San Diego Department of Computer Science and Engineering,...

Maximizing pressure in laser-driven shock experiments
May 19, 2025
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the University of Califor...