University of California, San Diego
- United States
- Founded 1960
Overview
The University of California, San Diego is a public land-grant research university in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States. Established in 1960, it is the southernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California.
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Key facts
| Founded | 1960Source: Wikidata (opens in a new tab) |
|---|---|
| Main location | San DiegoSource: Wikidata. Other campuses may not be listed. (opens in a new tab) |
| Students | 42,875 (2021)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Website | ucsd.edu (opens in a new tab) |
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People who studied here
- Angela Davis (opens in a new tab)American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)
- Khaled Hosseini (opens in a new tab)Afghan-American novelist (born 1965)
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (opens in a new tab)Nobel prize winning American and British structural biologist
- Benicio del Toro (opens in a new tab)Puerto Rican actor (born 1967)
- Susumu Tonegawa (opens in a new tab)Japanese biologist, neuroscientist (1939–2026)
- Bruce Beutler (opens in a new tab)American immunologist and geneticist
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