The 10th campus in the prestigious University of California system, UC Merced is diverse, growing and committed to those ideals that serve the state, nation and world through research, education and public service.
The University
UC Merced is the first new American research university in the 21st century, with a mission of research, teaching and service. The campus opened September 5, 2005, in the Central Valley of California. The university is about an hour north of Fresno, two hours south of Sacramento, two hours southeast of San Francisco and the Silicon Valley, and 90 minutes west of Yosemite National Park.
Current Schools
Planned Schools
- School of Management
- School of Medicine
UC Merced offers a growing list of majors, minors and graduate programs taught by more than 120 full-time faculty, visiting professors and lecturers, who have come to us from some of the world's top-ranked universities.
