UC Riverside

Taking Your Education Personally

UC Riverside offers departments, colleges and degrees as dynamic and diverse as its student populace. Students and faculty work together to form a supportive learning environment that helps make a difference in the world through education and research.

UCR’s academic departments are organized into colleges, divisions and schools. Read on to learn more about each.

Colleges

There are three colleges at UCR, each encompassing wide-ranging subjects of study. These colleges are:

• Bourns College of Engineering
  With a goal of producing engineers with the knowledge to serve rapidly changing technology and conducting cutting-edge research, the college stands as a catalyst for industrial growth in Inland Southern California, the state and the world.
• College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
  With a total of 20 different departments, the vast array of human experiences stands as the focus for CHASS. This unique combination of the arts, humanities, and social sciences creates an environment that fosters both creativity and learning.
• College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences
  Thirteen different departments within three divisions covering the whole of physical, biological, mathematical and agricultural sciences make up this college. The University’s roots as a Citrus Experiment Station can be found within the college’s atmosphere of intimacy and excellence, diversity and distinction, and prestige and preeminence.

Schools

UC Riverside has a pair of stand-alone graduate/professional school programs.

• A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
  Featuring an innovative MBA program and an undergraduate interdisciplinary major in Business Administration, emphasis is placed upon students learning to work and compete in real-world business situations.
• Graduate School of Education
  A professional school responsible for linking research, instruction, and service in the field of education. GSOE faculty and students work with a number of programs designed to help educators at all levels take on today's toughest education challenges. Areas of emphasis include working more effectively with students with cognitive disorders, including autism.

Divisions

Each of the University’s divisions is an independent, yet subordinate, administrative unit.

• Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
  Under the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, the division oversees the Departments of Environmental Sciences, Plant Pathology, Nematology and Entomology.
• Division of Biomedical Sciences
  Working in conjunction with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCR students compete for a total of 24 seats made available each year in the joint program with the world-renowned medical school.
• Division of Life Sciences
  Under the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, the division oversees the Departments of Botany and Plant Science, Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Biochemistry, and Biology.
• Graduate Division
  An inter-college unit that oversees all of UC Riverside’s post-graduate programs and students.
• Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
  Under the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, the division oversees the Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Mathematics, and Statistics.
• Division of Undergraduate Education
  Provides campus-wide leadership for undergraduate education and instructional excellence. It develops student support programs to enhance the educational experience and student success through collaborations with the colleges and administrative units. It also provides instructional support programs that assist faculty in developing new approaches that enhance student learning.