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Vision for Excellence

Building upon a long-standing tradition of public service, UC Davis Engineering has a visionary plan for the future in which innovative research and quality education will make life better for everyone.

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Ranked among the Top 20 U.S. public university engineering programs U.S. News & World Report 2012

Ranked among the Top 20 public engineering graduate schools U.S. News & World Report 2013

Ranked 3rd among top 50 engineering programs for percentage of female faculty U.S. News & World Report 2013

$87.1 million in research expenditures for 2011-12

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Founded in 1962

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7 Academic Departments »

15 Undergraduate Majors »

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10 Graduate Programs »

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202 Faculty »

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What Do Engineers Do?

Imagine life without such staples as air travel, cars, laser and fiber optics, radio, television, telephones, digital technology, computers and the Internet. Engineers may rightly claim a central role in the most dynamic 100 years of technical change in human history.

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3,852 undergraduates

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1,167 graduate students

21,500 Alumni »

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21 current and former faculty elected to national academies

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49 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Awards

102 new faculty since fall 2000