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About the Campus

(As of May 2008)

UC Merced is the tenth campus in the University of California system and the first American research university of the 21st century. Interdisciplinary innovation, diversity, sustainability and personal interactions are the hallmarks of the UC Merced experience.

Authorized by California Legislature	1988
Opened for graduate students	2004
Opened for undergraduate students	2005

Schools	3
(Natural Sciences; Engineering; and Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts)

Planned Schools	2
(Management and Medicine)

Research Institutes (planned and actual)	4
(Sierra Nevada Research Institute; Merced Energy Research Institute; Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, and World Culture Institute)

Research

Source: UC Merced Office of Research
(April 2008 data)

Current Fiscal Year Funding (2008)	$13.1 million
Cumulative Funding Since 2003	$47.9 million

Giving Source: UC Merced University Relations (1998 – April 2008)
Cash	$62.4 million
Cash and pledges	$71.4 million

Faculty and Staff

Source: UC Merced Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis
(Spring 2008)

Ladder-rank Faculty	84
Lecturers	65
Other academic appointments	26
Staff (not including part-time and student staffers)	534

Dozens of faculty members and lecturers and hundreds of staffers serve the needs of our growing student body.

Alumni

Source: UC Merced Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis

Economic Impact

Source: UC Merced Business and Financial Services
(April 2008 data)

Class of 2006
Bachelor's Degrees	1
Master's Degrees	1

Student financial aid awarded since 2005	$16.8 million
Monthly payroll, April 2008	$5.1 million
Total expenditures in the San Joaquin valley since 2000 (Salaries, goods and construction awards)	$333.6 million
Total expenditures in California since 2000 (Salaries, goods and construction awards)	$910.6 million

Class of 2007
Bachelor's Degrees	55
Master's Degrees	1

Class of 2008 - Coming soon!