Founded in 1965 and located in Irvine, Orange County, UC Irvine is a renowned public research university and a member of the Association of American Universities, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, and the International Forum of Public Universities.
Despite its relatively short history, UCI has earned a high academic reputation, ranking among the top ten public universities in the U.S. following UC Berkeley and UCLA. Five faculty members have won Nobel Prizes, including physicist Frederick Reines and chemist F. Sherwood Rowland, who both won in 1995, making UCI the first university where faculty members won Nobel Prizes in two different fields in the same year.
Other Honors
• In 2022, UCI's School of Education ranked among the top eight globally by U.S. News & World Report.
• UCI Medical Center has been rated one of the best hospitals in the nation for 22 consecutive years.
• Recognized for its sustainability efforts, UCI was ranked the top U.S. university for campus sustainability by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education in 2022.
• Ranked 33rd in the 2024 U.S. News Best Colleges ranking and 10th among public universities.
Popular Majors
• Social Sciences
• Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
• Engineering
• Psychology
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
UCI's game development and software engineering programs are nationally ranked 7th and 9th, respectively.
