Discover our programs
In the inspiring environment of a public research university, our engineering programs, students, instructors, and centers have a world-class reputation. We are shaping the engineers who will build a better world.
With our talented faculty, robust resources, and proximity to Silicon Valley, we offer more than just an education. Whether you’re interested in a master’s, Ph.D., or professional certificates — we have the engineering programs to make your biggest ideas a reality.
#2
top public colleges for engineering salaries
(Wall Street Journal, 2023)
R1
Designated Research 1 university
(Carnegie Research Foundation)
Top 15
public university for making an impact in the world
(Princeton Review, 2024)
The graduate student experience
Find the information and support you need in your first year as a BE graduate student.
Commitment to inclusion
UC Santa Cruz and Baskin Engineering are committed to creating educational equity that will lead to real, transformative change. We are one of only two institutions in the nation that holds the honor of being a Hispanic Serving Institution, an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution, and member of the Association of American Universities.
Recent news
Three UCSC alumni named in Forbes 30 Under 30
Baskin Engineering graduate alumni Aviv Elor and Ash Robbins—co-founders of virtual reality startup Immergo Labs—were named in Forbes 30 Under 30, featuring the world’s most influential young entrepreneurs.
- New study gives conservationists a simpler, general approach for predicting an ecosystem’s tipping point and what comes next
- Highlighting a handful of graduates who are ready to make a difference
- A new unique capstone project involves both undergraduate and graduate students.
- UC Santa Cruz's eDNA Explorer secures $1 million to bring ecosystem-assessment tool to British Columbia
- The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute celebrated the 25 year anniversary of the human genome draft sequence and UCSC Genome Browser with a symposium celebrating the future of genomics in medicine
- New study tests neural networks’ ability to handle ‘gray swan’ events.
