University of California, Riverside

The University of California, Riverside is a public research university in Riverside, California, and a campus of the University of California. A Citrus Experiment Station opened on the site in 1907; the general campus was established in 1954. It is a comprehensive UC campus with an agricultural heritage through citrus and Inland Empire agriculture, set east of Los Angeles.

Academic units include the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, the Bourns College of Engineering, the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, the School of Business, the School of Education, and the School of Medicine. Research centers that matter to graduate students include the Center for Environmental Research and Technology and agricultural and entomology facilities that descend from the citrus station. Strengths include entomology, plant biology, environmental engineering, chemistry, and business.

Enrollment is about 26,000 students, including roughly 4,000 graduate and professional students. The campus is among the more diverse in the UC system, and international students make up around 10 percent of enrollment. Faculty number more than 1,000. Chemist Richard R. Schrock, a Nobel laureate, is a Riverside undergraduate alumnus.

Graduate study includes M.A., M.S., M.B.A., M.D., and Ph.D. degrees under a U.S. departmental model with coursework and dissertation research. The campus uses the UC quarter calendar. Doctoral students are often supported by teaching and research assistantships. Riverside is an inland city with lower housing costs than coastal California and commuting ties to Los Angeles and Orange County.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University of California, Riverside lists 50 graduate programs across 25 subjects: 21 master's programs and 28 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in biology, mathematics and psychology. University of California, Riverside holds rank 336 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.