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University of California - San Diego Campus Rankings 2025
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- UCSD Ranking Highlights
- UCSD University Ranking
- UCSD US News & World Report Ranking 2024
- UCSD QS Ranking 2025
- UCSD THE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2024
- UCSD ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
- UCSD Bloomberg Ranking 2023
- UCSD Course Ranking
- UCSD Student Reviews
UCSDRanking Highlights
Recognized globally as a leading global enterprise, University of California - San Diego Campus is dedicated to delivering academic excellence. The University of California - San Diego Campus has recieved an A+ rating by Shiksha Grading.
Even though there are multiple global ranking metrics available for students to check university rankings, what makes Shiksha Grading different is that Shiksha uses the aggregate of all the publicly available university and course rankings from top-ranking publishers and maps it into nine buckets, namely A++, A+, A, B++, B+, B, C++, C+, C. With this method, courses are graded on the basis of their availability at the college in a particular country and universities are graded by the countries.
Moving forward, according to 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, University of California - San Diego Campus ranks #72, showing a downgrade from its previous ranking of #62 in 2024. University of California - San Diego Campus also ranks #34 in THE 'University Ranking' category 2024. As compared to the last year, University of California - San Diego Campus witnessed a declining trend in its THE (Times Higher Education) ranking which stood at #32 in 2023. Furthermore, University of California - San Diego Campus ranks #28 in US News 'National University' category in 2024.
Check out more details on University of California - San Diego Campus ranking in the below content.
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UCSDUS News & World Report Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Global Universities | 21 | 20 | 21 |
| National University | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| Aerospace Engineering PG | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| Best Graduate Medical Schools | 28 | 32 | 21 |
| Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Biomedical Engineering PG | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Chemical Engineering PG | 48 | 47 | 42 |
| Civil Engineering PG | 17 | 25 | 27 |
| Computer Engineering PG | 13 | 10 | 12 |
| Electrical Engineering PG | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Entrepreneurship MBA | 34 | – / – | – / – |
| Graduate Business School | 94 | 102 | 78 |
| Mechanical Engineering PG | 23 | 23 | 17 |
| UG Business | 49 | 51 | 47 |
| UG Computer Engineering | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| UG Electrical-Electronic and Communications Engineering | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| UG Mechanical Engineering | 21 | 33 | 25 |
UCSDQS Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World University | 53 | 62 | 72 |
| Accounting and Finance | 101 | 101 | – / – |
| Architecture and Built Environment | – / – | 151 | – / – |
| Art and Design | 101 | 101 | – / – |
| Biological Sciences | 9 | 10 | – / – |
| Communication and Media Studies | 101 | 51 | – / – |
| Engineering and Technology | 45 | 49 | – / – |
| Global MBA | 151 | 151 | – / – |
| Law and Legal Studies | – / – | 251 | – / – |
| Masters in Business Analytics | 32 | 34 | – / – |
| Mathematics | 51 | 69 | – / – |
| Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | 51 | 79 | – / – |
| Medicine | 20 | 23 | – / – |
| Performing Arts | 51 | 51 | – / – |
| Pharmacy and Pharmacology | 13 | 10 | – / – |
| Physics and Astronomy | 51 | 54 | – / – |
| Politics | 22 | 25 | – / – |
| Sociology | 101 | 101 | – / – |
UCSDTHE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University | 34 | 32 | 34 |
| Arts and Humanities | 69 | 69 | 70 |
| Clinical and Health | 31 | 29 | 27 |
| Engineering | 31 | 37 | 41 |
| Life Sciences | 17 | 15 | 24 |
| PG Business and Economics | 32 | 31 | 33 |
| PG Computer Science | 33 | 33 | 36 |
| Psychology | 32 | 33 | 39 |
UCSDARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universities | 21 | 19 | 18 |
| Law | 76 | 101 | – / – |
| Mathematics | 31 | 45 | – / – |
| Physics | 76 | 51 | – / – |
| Political Sciences | 11 | 12 | – / – |
| Sociology | 76 | 101 | – / – |
UCSDBloomberg Ranking 2023
| Ranked by | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Business School USA | 71 | 70 | 53 |
UCSDCourse Ranking
As per the University of California - San Diego Campus subject ranking 2024, many of the university courses are ranked among the top in the world. US News has ranked the University of California - San Diego Campus at #5 for Biomedical Engineering PG. Additionally, it is also ranked #8 for Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools by US News. QS has also ranked courses offered by University of California - San Diego Campus as top programs, namely Biological Sciences, Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Medicine, and Politics, etc. The programs offered by University of California - San Diego Campus are quite popular and are ranked at #10 - 25 by QS in 2024.
In addition to the global ranking bodies, Shiksha has also graded University of California - San Diego Campus streams, namely Engineering, Science, and Medicine & Health Sciences with A+ grades. Due to the availability of multiple rankings online which can prove to be overwhelming to students looking to study abroad, Shiksha Study Abroad launched Shiksha Grading. With its launch, students are no longer required to check multiple ranking details to know about the performance of a particular university.
Read on to know more details about University of California - San Diego Campus courses and subject rankings in the below article.
B.E. / B.Tech
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| US News & World Report - Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| US News & World Report - UG Computer Engineering | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| US News & World Report - UG Mechanical Engineering | 21 | 33 | 25 |
| US News & World Report - UG Electrical-Electronic and Communications Engineering | 14 | 15 | 13 |
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Both the university of california, san diego USA and IIT kanpur are highly regarded institutions for engineering programs. These two were highly ranked Universities so you have to prefer any of this.
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The cost varies according to courses
Undergraduate: Annual tuition fees range from INR 27.24 L to INR 45.06 L
Postgraduate: Annual tuition fees range from INR 22.42 L to INR 65.98 L
MBA: The first year tuition fee for an MBA/PGDM programme is INR 24 L to INR 44 L
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Documents required in the visa process for Indian students at University of California were
Passport, DS160, SEVIS fee receipt
l- 20 form, visa fee payment confirmation receipt, financial documents, interview appointment letter, marksheet or provisional certificate .
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Campus life at the University of California can be a fantastic experience .living on campus will lead to a more active campus life compared to living off-campus.
But some students prefer the independence of living off campus
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Answered 5 days ago
Yes, an average Indian student can join
you should have good grades like 70-80%
you should have proficient in english.
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