California University

The University of California, Santa Barbara (commonly referred to as UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a accessible analysis university and one of the 10 campuses of the University of California system. The capital campus is amid on a 1,022-acre (414 ha) website abreast Goleta, California, United States, 8 afar (13 km) from Santa Barbara and 100 afar (160 km) northwest of Los Angeles. Tracing its roots aback to 1891 as an absolute teachers' college, UCSB abutting the University of California arrangement in 1944 and is the third-oldest general-education campus in the system.

UCSB is one of America's Accessible Ivy universities, which recognizes top accessible analysis universities in the United States. The university is a absolute doctoral university and is organized into 5 colleges and schools alms 87 undergraduate degrees and 55 alum degrees. UCSB was ranked 37th a part of "National Universities", 8th a part of U.S. accessible universities and 28th a part of Best Global Universities by U.S. News & World Report 's 2016 rankings. The university was aswell ranked 39th common by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 38th common (tied for 17th common in engineering) by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2015.

UC Santa Barbara is a "very top activity" analysis university with twelve civic analysis centers, including the acclaimed Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Current UCSB adroitness includes six Nobel Prize laureates, one Fields Medalist, 29 associates of the Civic Academy of Sciences, 27 associates of the Civic Academy of Engineering, and 31 associates of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. UCSB was the No. 3 host on the ARPAnet and was adopted to the Association of American Universities in 1995.

The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos attempt in the Big West Conference of the NCAA Division I. The Gauchos accept won NCAA civic championships in men's soccer and men's baptize polo.