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Stop At Nothing

To be at the forefront of medicine.

To create a brilliant future.

To lead the way to a cure for cancer.

To inspire change in your community.

As one of the nation’s premier public research universities and Orange County’s only academic health system, we stop at nothing to improve lives through groundbreaking research, academic achievement, thoughtful public service, exceptional patient care and cutting-edge treatments.

UCI is fiercely dedicated to enhancing lives in our community and beyond through rigorous academics and cutting-edge discoveries. Here are a few of our latest accomplishments.

Accelerating World-Changing Research

UCI pioneered an interdisciplinary approach like no other, and our model of extreme collaboration puts us ahead of the curve. Our researchers are working on what matters to all of us: saving the planet; securing data privacy; solving mysteries of the brain; living longer, happier lives; and making our region one of the most prosperous, global innovation hubs.

At the Heart of O.C.'s Medical Technology Ecosystem

UCI’s Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center enters new era with latest philanthropic gift

Forecasting Flooding

Environmental threat is already affecting coastal California, but modeling helps communities develop solutions

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Research

TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS

Leveraging the strength of the entirety of UCI’s academic enterprise, we continue to redefine how new medical breakthroughs are discovered; how personalized, compassionate healthcare is taught; how patients are treated; and how communities are empowered for mental and physical health.

UCI Takes a Unique Approach to Researching Orange County’s Third-Leading Cause of Death

At UCI MIND researchers from 19 different fields are working toward ridding the world of Alzheimer’s disease

A Vision Visionary

UCI’s acclaimed Donald Bren Professor of Ophthalmology, Kris Palczewski, is blazing a trail of innovative research

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Health and Wellness

Making a Local Impact

Through a multitude of public service projects, arts programs, off-campus lectures, legal aid initiatives, wellness clinics, youth outreach efforts and community partnerships – to name but a few – UCI demonstrates its commitment to engaging with and improving the surrounding community.

UCI’s Global Economic Impact Starts Locally

$7 Billion in annual economic impact to Orange County

Partners in Community

How UCI is preserving our local natural habitats and raising the bar in sustainability

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Community

Advancing the American Dream

At UCI we make a world-class education available to all talented, hardworking students, regardless of background. In so doing, we remind the country that great universities can reinvigorate the American dream by becoming the most powerful engines of social mobility ever created.

Her Place To Shine

The idea of a deaf opera singer might seem improbable, even impossible, but Leslie Lopez is used to defying the odds

UCI Receives Most Applications In Campus History

School is top UC choice for in-state, first-generation students for 4th consecutive year

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American Dream

Exploring the Human Experience

From illuminating the human experience in all its diversity to the evolution of artificial intelligence and machine learning through human narratives and knowledge, UCI is deepening the world’s understanding of what it means to be human.

A Fresh Perspective on the AAPI Experience

UCI students employ photovoice technique to document reality in O.C.’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community during pandemic

A New Home for California Art

Location chosen for Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art. UCI’s North Campus site provides outdoor vistas to complement indoor masterpieces.

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Human Experience