Local Impact, National Influence, Global Reach

Nestled in 1,200 acres of coastal woodland near the Pacific Ocean, UC San Diego is a powerful magnet for those seeking a fresh, next-generation approach to education and research. Since its founding just over four decades ago, UC San Diego÷one of the 10 campuses in the world-renowned University of California system÷has rapidly become one of the top institutions in the nation for both higher education and research. UC San Diego's interdisciplinary ethos and tradition of innovation and risk-taking underlie its research strength and ability to recruit top scholars and students.

UC San Diego's annual revenues are $2.2 billion—24% of this from the federal government, and 12% from the State of California. Total campus enrollment for fall 2007 was 27,682. The campus received more than 45,000 applications for fall 2007 admission, the second highest application rate in the UC system and one of the highest in the nation. UC San Diego is an engine for regional economic growth. Faculty and alumni have spun off close to 250 local companies, including more than a third of the region's biotech companies.

UC San Diego's graduate and professional schools include the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the School of Medicine, the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Jacobs School of Engineering (graduate and undergraduate), and the Rady School of Management. The campus also is home to the San Diego Supercomputer Center, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts, the Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology (CISA3), the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and the Institute of the Americas.

With more than 26,000 employees and a monthly payroll in excess of $90 million, UC San Diego is San Diego County's third-largest employer, behind the federal and state governments. UC San Diego is a highly competitive employer, offering a wide array of family-friendly policies and services and a comprehensive benefits program. Family accommodation policies provide for childbearing leave, active service with modified duties, periods of flexible workload for assistant professors, leave without pay to care for family, and extension of the probationary period and deferral of academic reviews as family accommodations. Family-friendly services include the Partner Opportunities Program, child care, family recreation programs, confidential counseling, eldercare support, and lactation accommodations. The benefits program includes medical plan options, dental plan options, a vision care plan, life insurance, a group legal plan, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for employees and their families. A short-term disability plan and an employee-paid supplemental disability plan are available to employees only. Benefits also include pre-tax health care and dependent care spending accounts. Auto and homeowner insurance are also available.

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