About UCR

The University of California, Riverside is one of ten campuses of the University of California, the preeminent public university system in the world. Located in the heart of Southern California, the 1,200-acre park-like campus at the foot of Box Springs Mountains is minutes from renowned desert resorts, beaches, and winter sports venues. This is an ideal setting in which to study, work and live, in a community steeped in rich heritage, offering a dynamic mix of arts, entertainment and natural resources.

UC Riverside has a long history of research contributions with an unbroken string of scientific innovations impacting everything from crop management, to dance theory, to pioneering genomics, to quantum mechanics. UCR is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities — air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history and culture. UCR gives every faculty member, student and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.

UCR is a member of NCAA Division I and participates in the Big West Conference. The university has 301 men and women student athletes competing in 17 sports, including soccer, volleyball, cross country, basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, golf and track and field.

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Statistics (2007)

Enrollment (Fall 2007): 17,187 total, 15,041 undergraduates and 2,146 graduate students. This reflects a 3.7% increase in incoming Freshmen and 2.9% increase in transfer students over last year.

About 60% of graduates complete a bachelor's degree within four years, with the remaining graduates finishing within one additional year or less.

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Employment:

• 646 faculty members, supported by 250 lecturers and visiting professors
• 19 organized research positions
• 1407 teaching and research assistant positions
• 4322 nonacademic staff positions

About Working at UCR

The University of California is a welcoming community of professionals. We recognize the importance of enabling people to explore engaging career opportunities. The University invests in the community's future through employee training and career development, access to resources, over $730 million in new buildings and facilities, and living a healthy lifestyle. Work-life balance is an integral part of our supportive community.

UCR is an exciting place to work. We take pride in our nationally-recognized diversity, working together to prepare the next generation of world leaders and to support pioneering research with economic, scientific and social impact on real-world challenges faced by Californians and society at large. Educators, researchers and staff who work at UCR are part of a university on the rise, powered by an entrepreneurial spirit, a record of innovation and results and a commitment to excellence and collaboration across disciplines.

Quite simply, UC Riverside is the best kept secret for careers in Southern California.

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Academic Programs

UC Riverside offers Bachelor degree programs in 78 majors, 50 Master's degree programs, 38 Ph.D. Programs and 17 state teaching credentials.
 
There are five academic units and a School of Medicine in planning stages. Currently, the Division of Biomedical Sciences partners with UCLA to offer a path to a medical degree. University Extension offers continuing education to the community as well as English instruction to thousands of international students each year.

• A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
• Bourns College of Engineering
• College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
• College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Graduate School of Education

Distinctions

• Ranked #15 among the nation's colleges and universities on social relevance by Washington Monthly College Guide 2007
• Ranked #39 among top public universities by U.S. News & World Report 2007
• Named one of the top 123 Best Western Colleges and one of America's Best Value Colleges by Princeton Review's "America's Best Value Colleges, 2008"
• Ranked the 100th Best Value in Public Higher Education in the nation by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine
• Alumnus Nobel prize winner: Richard Shrok '67 (2005 Prize in Chemistry)
• Alumnus Billy Collins '71, Poet Laureate of the United States (2001)
• The only Math Blended Program in the UC system and one of two in California allows undergrads to earn a teaching credential in one year instead of two.
• First of its kind doctoral program in dance history and theory in the U.S.
• Ten UCR baseball players were drafted by the major leagues in June 2007
• Women's basketball team were back-to-back Big West champs in 2006 and 2007, and participated in the NCAA Division I Tournament
• UCR ARTSblock combines the UCR/California Museum of Photography, the Sweeney Art Gallery and the planned Culver Center for the Arts on one block in downtown Riverside.
• Among a handful of universities (Stanford, Carnegie-Mellon, USC, Brown, etc.) to offer an undergraduate major in public policy
• The world's largest collection of publicly-available Science Fiction housed in Rivera Library
• National and international faculty leaders in their fields, including a MacArthur Foundation Fellow (winner of the prestigious "genius award"), 159 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows, more than 50 Guggenheim Fellows, and seven National Academy of Science Fellows
• The third most diverse undergraduate student population in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2007."

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Regional and Community Impact

UC Riverside has a combined economic impact in the state of California of nearly $1 billion, with more than 70 percent of this economic activity benefiting Inland Southern California. UCR is the only public research university in this area. Not only is the campus a robust economic engine, but through the creation of new knowledge it also benefits the local regional and statewide economies by providing highly skilled workers and discoveries that can be applied to new products and services.

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