The Political Science Department at the University of California-San Diego in La Jolla, CA, offers a rigorous and comprehensive exploration of political life. Known for its analytical and methodological depth, the department provides students with a deep understanding of political systems, behavior, and theory, fostering strong critical thinking skills. Faculty are actively engaged in research across diverse subfields, creating a dynamic intellectual environment. The department offers a general major, eight undergraduate concentrations, and two minors, alongside a nationally ranked PhD program focused on research careers. Students benefit from opportunities like research projects, internships, and study abroad, preparing them for varied paths in academia, government, law, and other sectors.
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The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is the southernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California, and offers over 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, enrolling 33,096 undergraduate and 9,872 graduate students. UC San Diego is considered to be among the best universities in the world. Several publications have ranked UC San Diego's biological sciences and Computer Science departments to be among the top 10 in the world. The university occupies 2,178 acres (881 ha) near the coast of the Pacific Ocean, with the main campus resting on approximately 1,152 acres (466 ha).
