UC Merced Graduate Studies Presentation: SFSU

Greetings Iqbal,

Thank you for stopping by the UC Merced Graduate Division table at CSU Long Beach. UC Merced provides students the University of California's disctinctive world-class education, while adding a special blend of small academic programs, interdisciplinary research and personalized attention from award-winning faculty. 
 UC Merced professors and researchers have acquired more than $185.7 million in grants and contracts, one of the highest per-capita in the country. With more than 400 graduate students and a rapidly growing graduate student population, it is no wonder UC Merced is attracting the best and brightest scholars from all over the world. UC Merced provides competitive financial support and resources. About 95 percent of our graduate students receive funding in the form of fellowships, teaching assistantships (TA), and graduate student researcher (GSR) assistantships.

Our programs are designed to prepare students for careers in academia, industry, government or private research organizations.  We offer the following graduate degrees:

School of Engineering
Biological Engineering and Small-Scale Technologies (M.S., Ph.D.)
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (M.S., Ph.D.)
Environmental Systems (M.S., Ph.D.)
Mechanical Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)

School of Natural Sciences
Applied Mathematics (M.S., Ph.D.)
Chemistry and Chemical Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)
Physics (M.S., Ph.D.)
Quantitative and Systems Biology (M.S., Ph.D.)

School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Art
Cognitive and Information Sciences (Ph.D.)
Psychological Sciences (Ph.D.)
Social Sciences (Public Health and Sociology) (M.A., Ph.D.)
Political Science (M.A., Ph.D.)
Interdisciplinary Humanities (M.A., Ph.D.) 
 
Graduate study at UC Merced will involve working closely with one or more professors, please visit “Our Faculty” page in order to familiarize yourself with our faculty expertise and identify potential faculty mentors that you would like to work with.   

Sincerely,

Iqbal Atwal
Graduate Recruitment, Retention & Outreach Manager
Graduate Division

Useful Links for Prospective Students:

Financial Support
How to Apply
Virtual Tour UCM
Graduate Student Services
Our Faculty

For more information on a particular program contact the school’s coordinator:

School of Engineering
Tomiko Hale
thale2@ucmerced.edu
(209) 228-4586

School of Natural Sciences
Paul Roberts
proberts@ucmerced.edu
(209) 228-4673

School of Social Sciences Humanities & Art
Mitch Ylarregui
mylarregui@ucmerced.edu
(209) 228-4105

For general inquiries, contact the Graduate Division office at:
grad@ucmerced.edu
(209) 228-4723

Planning a Visit?
Campus Visit can be scheduled online, by phone and by email. Call us at (209) 228-6316, email us at tours@ucmerced.edu or visit tours.ucmerced.edu to make reservations using our online calendar.