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The University of California Davis Graduate Programs of Study are post-graduate programs offered by the University of California Davis. The division consists of over 90 programs,[1] offering masters and doctoral degrees and post-doctoral courses. The programs educate over 4,000 students[2] from around the world.

History

The University of California graduate division[3] has a long history, particularly at the Berkeley, Davis, and San Francisco campuses.[clarification needed] Graduate education has been a major feature of the academic focus for over 80 years. This academic tradition began in the fall of 1925, when 12 students received graduate degrees from the College of Agriculture through a partnership with the graduate division of the University California at Berkeley.[4][5] Over the years, the programs continued to grow, interact and collaborate. The first graduate degrees were awarded from the UC Davis campus in June 1949.[clarification needed][6]

In 1961, autonomous Graduate Divisions and Graduate Councils were established on all University of California campuses to provide focused oversight of their graduate programs.[5]

Academics

A key feature of graduate education at UC Davis is the graduate group. The core elements of a graduate group include an emphasis on "shared research interests among faculty and students; flexibility to grow and quickly change to reflect emerging areas of interdisciplinary knowledge and technology; and an acceptance that many research questions transcend traditional academic departmental boundaries."[7] UC Davis offers more graduate groups than any other campus in the UC system.

Rankings

  • 4th among 162 of “America's Coolest Schools” 2013, Sierra magazine's seventh annual ranking of the greenest universities (a publication of the Sierra Club).[8]
  • 1st among U.S. universities in the number of faculty papers written in the fields of ecology and the environment,[9] agriculture,[10] food science and technology,[11] and plant and animal sciences.[12]
  • Tied for 1st among research universities (with UC Berkeley and Penn State) as the top producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars, 2012-13.[13]
  • 3rd among global organizations for the number of citations in peer-reviewed journals in the field of plant and animal sciences – surpassed only by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the INRA, the national research organization of France.[12]
  • 7th among public universities (The Best Colleges, "Top 50 Colleges and Universities in America 2014").[14]
  • 7th among the 20 Best Colleges for Socially Conscious Students (Best Colleges Online 2012).[15]
  • 8th among U.S. universities based on its contributions to society (Washington Monthly 2011).[16]
  • 8th among public research universities nationwide and 38th among public and private research universities (U.S. News & World Report's 2013 "America's Best Colleges").[17]
  • 14th among U.S. colleges for "Best Value Colleges for 2012" (The Princeton Review 2012).[18]
  • 13th in research funding among U.S. ranked public universities[19] and 21st for public and private universities[20] (National Science Foundation 2012).
  • Among the top 10 centers for biomedical research (The Hartwell Foundation 2012).[21]
  • Ranked among the top 50 universities in the world, according to the Institute for Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China (2012).[22]
  • One of 62 North American universities admitted to the prestigious Association of American Universities.[23]
  • U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Graduate Schools 2015" ranked several UC Davis graduate programs among the top in the nation:[24]
    • Biological Sciences: Ecology/Evolutionary Biology, #3
    • Biological Sciences, #19
    • Chemistry, #35
    • Computer Science, #34
    • Earth Sciences, #20
    • Economics, #32
    • English, #26
    • Engineering, #31
    • Engineering: Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical, #26
    • Engineering: Biological/Agricultural, #7
    • Engineering: Biomedical/Bioengineering, #18
    • Engineering: Chemical, #29
    • Engineering: Civil, #10
    • Engineering: Computer, #31
    • Engineering: Electrical/Electronic/Communications, #40
    • Engineering: Environmental/Environmental Health, #14
    • Engineering: Materials, #26
    • Engineering: Mechanical, #35
    • Fine Arts, #27
    • Fine Arts: Ceramics, #12
    • History, #27
    • History: U.S. Colonial History, #9
    • Mathematics, #34
    • Physics, #29
    • Political Science, #23
    • Political Science: American Politics, #19
    • Political Science: Comparative Politics, #15
    • Political Science: Political Methodology, #15
    • Psychology, #21
    • Sociology, #31
    • Statistics, #27

Following a comprehensive survey of US doctorate programs, the National Research Council released results in 2010 ranking UC Davis graduate programs among the nation's best. Among the top five percent were graduate programs in Spanish, entomology, agricultural and resource economics, plant biology, ecology, and nutritional biology. Approximately one-third of UC Davis graduate programs ranked in the top 25 percent in their respective fields.[25]

References

  1. ^ "UC Davis Grad Studies : Graduate Programs". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  2. ^ "UC Davis Student Population Headcount -- Fall 2013" (PDF). University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  3. ^ "UC Davis Graduate Studies".
  4. ^ "UC Davis Grad Studies : History of Graduate Studies". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  5. ^ a b "University of California History Digital Archives". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  6. ^ "UC Davis Grad Studies : Our Graduate Program History". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  7. ^ "UC Davis Grad Studies : Graduate Groups". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  8. ^ "University of California, Davis is one of Sierra magazine's Top 10 Coolest Schools. #CoolSchools". Sierra Club. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  9. ^ "12.26.2010 - U.S. Institutions: Most Prolific in Environment/Ecology, 2005-09 - ScienceWatch.com - Thomson Reuters". Sciencewatch. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  10. ^ "02.13.2011 - U.S. Institutions: Most Prolific in Agricultural Sciences, 2005-09 - ScienceWatch.com - Thomson Reuters". Sciencewatch. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  11. ^ "06.06.2010 - U.S. Institutions: Most Prolific in Food Science & Technology - ScienceWatch.com - Thomson Reuters". Sciencewatch. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  12. ^ a b "2008 Apr - Most-Cited Institutions in Plant & Animal Science, 1997-2007 - ScienceWatch.com". Sciencewatch. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  13. ^ "Top Producers of U.S. Fulbright Scholars by Type of Institution, 2012-13- Global - The Chronicle of Higher Education". Chronicle. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  14. ^ "Top 50 Colleges & Universities in America for 2014". The Best Colleges. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  15. ^ "20 Best Colleges for Socially-Conscious Students - Best Colleges Online". The Best Colleges. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  16. ^ "National University Rankings 2011 : Washington Monthly". Washington Monthly. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  17. ^ "U.S. News ranks UC Davis No. 8 public university :: UC Davis News & Information". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  18. ^ "University of California--Davis". Princeton Review. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  19. ^ "NCSES HERD FY2012 DST 34". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  20. ^ "NCSES HERD FY2012 DST 20". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  21. ^ "The Hartwell Foundation - 2012 Top Ten Centers of Biomedical Research Individual Biomedical Research Awards". The Hartwell Foundation. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  22. ^ "Shanghai Jiao Tong university rankings revealed : General : Times Higher Education". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  23. ^ "Association of American Universities". Association of American Universities. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  24. ^ "University of California--Davis : Graduate Programs : Graduate Degrees : US News". US News and World Report. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  25. ^ "National survey of Ph.D. programs released :: UC Davis News & Information". University of California, Davis. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
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