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).
The Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California-San Diego in La Jolla, CA, established in 1986, stands as one of the world's oldest and most respected centers for the interdisciplinary study of the mind. It uniquely integrates perspectives from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, anthropology, and philosophy to explore complex cognitive processes. Research spans fundamental areas like perception, memory, language, reasoning, and their neural underpinnings. Home to renowned faculty and state-of-the-art facilities, the department offers comprehensive programs dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of cognition and preparing students for diverse careers.
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