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University of California, San Diego
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<p>The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or UCSD) is a <a href="/facts/Public_university/Avsc2TmM">public</a> <a href="/facts/Land-grant_university/hCRoj5g0">land-grant</a> <a href="/facts/Research_university/Joe4e6SF">research university</a> in <a href="/facts/San_Diego/YFUP7gB9">San Diego</a>, California, United States. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing <a href="/facts/Scripps_Institution_of_Oceanography/WJX2h16Y">Scripps Institution of Oceanography</a> in <a href="/facts/La_Jolla/f9wkX2n0">La Jolla</a>, UC San Diego is the southernmost of the ten campuses of the <a href="/facts/University_of_California/M9AWowUd">University of California</a>. It offers over 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, enrolling 33,096 undergraduate and 9,872 graduate students, with the second largest student housing capacity in the nation. The university occupies 2,178 acres (881 ha) near the <a href="/facts/Pacific_coast/0IfMySPX">Pacific coast</a>. </p><p>UC San Diego consists of 12 undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools as well as 8 undergraduate <a href="/facts/Residential_colleges/qr4camNh">residential colleges</a>. The university operates 19 organized research units as well as 8 School of Medicine research units, 6 research centers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and 2 multi-campus initiatives. UC San Diego is also closely affiliated with several regional research centers such as the <a href="/facts/Salk_Institute_for_Biological_Studies/eY7raMMp">Salk Institute for Biological Studies</a>, <a href="/facts/Scripps_Research/aAlctR0k">Scripps Research</a>, <a href="/facts/Sanford_Burnham_Prebys/bMxsdr1p">Sanford Burnham Prebys</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Sanford_Consortium/n1VsmRQv">Sanford Consortium</a>. </p><p>UC San Diego is considered a <a href="/facts/Public_Ivies/QXrSCAVJ">Public Ivy</a>. It is <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education/xyYmXgJ6">classified</a> among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". </p>