University of California Davis Graduate Studies

The University of California Davis Graduate Programs of Study are post-graduate programs offered by the University of California Davis. The division consists of over 90 programs,[1] offering masters and doctoral degrees and post-doctoral courses. The programs educate over 4,000 students[2] from around the world.

History

The University of California graduate division[3] has a long history, particularly at the Berkeley, Davis, and San Francisco campuses. Graduate education has been a major feature of the academic focus for over 80 years. This academic tradition began in the fall of 1925, when 12 students received graduate degrees from the College of Agriculture through a partnership with the graduate division of the University California at Berkeley.[4][5] Over the years, the programs continued to grow, interact and collaborate. The first graduate degrees were awarded from the UC Davis campus in June 1949.[6]

In 1961, autonomous Graduate Divisions and Graduate Councils were established on all University of California campuses to provide focused oversight of their graduate programs.[5]

Academics

A key feature of graduate education at UC Davis is the graduate group. The core elements of a graduate group include an emphasis on "shared research interests among faculty and students; flexibility to grow and quickly change to reflect emerging areas of interdisciplinary knowledge and technology; and an acceptance that many research questions transcend traditional academic departmental boundaries."[7] UC Davis offers more graduate groups than any other campus in the UC system.

Rankings

    • Biological Sciences: Ecology/Evolutionary Biology, #3
    • Biological Sciences, #19
    • Chemistry, #35
    • Computer Science, #34
    • Earth Sciences, #20
    • Economics, #32
    • English, #26
    • Engineering, #31
    • Engineering: Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical, #26
    • Engineering: Biological/Agricultural, #7
    • Engineering: Biomedical/Bioengineering, #18
    • Engineering: Chemical, #29
    • Engineering: Civil, #10
    • Engineering: Computer, #31
    • Engineering: Electrical/Electronic/Communications, #40
    • Engineering: Environmental/Environmental Health, #14
    • Engineering: Materials, #26
    • Engineering: Mechanical, #35
    • Fine Arts, #27
    • Fine Arts: Ceramics, #12
    • History, #27
    • History: U.S. Colonial History, #9
    • Mathematics, #34
    • Physics, #29
    • Political Science, #23
    • Political Science: American Politics, #19
    • Political Science: Comparative Politics, #15
    • Political Science: Political Methodology, #15
    • Psychology, #21
    • Sociology, #31
    • Statistics, #27

Following a comprehensive survey of US doctorate programs, the National Research Council released results in 2010 ranking UC Davis graduate programs among the nation's best. Among the top five percent were graduate programs in Spanish, entomology, agricultural and resource economics, plant biology, ecology, and nutritional biology. Approximately one-third of UC Davis graduate programs ranked in the top 25 percent in their respective fields.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "UC Davis Grad Studies : Graduate Programs". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  2. ↑ "UC Davis Student Population Headcount -- Fall 2013". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  3. ↑ "UC Davis Graduate Studies".
  4. ↑ "UC Davis Grad Studies : History of Graduate Studies". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "University of California History Digital Archives". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  6. ↑ "UC Davis Grad Studies : Our Graduate Program History". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  7. ↑ "UC Davis Grad Studies : Graduate Groups". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  8. ↑ "University of California--Davis : Graduate Programs : Graduate Degrees : US News". US News and World Report. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  9. ↑ "National survey of Ph.D. programs released :: UC Davis News & Information". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.

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