University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, Santa Barbara
motto	"Fiat Lux"
founding	1891
Sponsorship	state
place	near Santa Barbara , California , USA
Students	23,497 (2017)
University sports	Gauchos
Networks	Association of American Universities
Website	www.ucsb.edu

Storke Tower, UCSB

campus

Henley Gate (east entrance)

The University of California, Santa Barbara ( UCSB ; German University of California, Santa Barbara ) is a research university and one of the 10 universities of the University of California Systems . The campus is located on US Highway 101 near Goleta, a suburb of Santa Barbara about 10 kilometers to the west .

UCSB is one of the Public Ivy Universities, which stand for excellent research performance and high-quality teaching. The university is divided into five colleges and offers more than 200 courses. UCSB is one of the top five public universities in the United States. In the National Universities , UCSB was ranked 37th and 24th among the best global universities according to the 2018 US News & World Report ranking. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings , UCSB reached 53rd place in 2018 and 45th place in the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2017.

UC Santa Barbara has twelve national research centers, including the renowned Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Center for Control, Dynamical-Systems and Computation (CCDC-UCSB). There are currently six Nobel Prize winners , one Fields Medalist, 39 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 27 members of the National Academy of Engineering and 34 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences researching and teaching at UCSB .

UCSB is a member of the Association of American Universities , an association of leading research-intensive North American universities that has existed since 1900. In 2017, 23,497 students were enrolled.

history

In 1891 the small Anna Blake School was founded for teacher training. In 1944 she was accepted into the network of the University of California. From 1944 to 1958 the name was Santa Barbara College of the University of California .

In 1969, UCSB took part in the Arpanet , the forerunner of today's Internet . Together with three other research institutions, this makes it one of the first four participants to be connected with one another using Internet technology.

Sports

The sports teams call themselves the gauchos . The university is a member of the Big West Conference .

Others

With Isla Vista Beach and Goleta Beach, the campus in the south has two separate sandy beaches located on the Pacific Ocean . There are two golf courses in the north. The campus is directly connected to national air traffic through the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport .

Since 2001 the university has regularly organized the International Capture The Flag (iCTF) IT security competition , in which universities from all over the world take part.

Personalities

Professors

• Nobel Prize Winner
  • David Gross , Nobel Laureate, Physics 2004
  • Alan Heeger , Nobel Prize Winner, Chemistry 2000
  • Walter Kohn , Nobel Prize Winner, Chemistry, 1998
  • Herbert Kroemer , Nobel Prize Winner, Physics, 2000
  • Finn Kydland , Nobel Prize Winner, Economics 2004
  • Shuji Nakamura , Nobel Prize Winner, Physics 2014

• Other current and former professors
  • Richard Exner , literary scholar
  • Brian Fagan , anthropologist
  • Michael Gazzaniga , neurologist
  • Stefan Thomas Gries, linguist
  • Garrett Hardin , Human Ecology
  • Harold Marcuse , historian
  • Shuji Nakamura , materials scientist
  • Paul Orfalea , founder of Kinko’s
  • Ralph G. Pearson , chemist
  • Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker , environmental scientist
  • William W. Murdoch , ecologist

Other employees and guest lecturers

• Dana DeArmond , visiting professor, porn actress

Graduates

(Selection)

• Steve Aoki , American electro house DJ and music producer
• Robert Ballard , oceanographer, discovered the Titanic
• Benjamin Bratt , actor
• Leroy Chiao , astronaut
• Bernd Jürgen Fischer , Albanologist
• Jack Johnson (musician) , musician
• Jason Lezak , Olympic Champion (swimming)
• José Hernández , astronaut
• Philipp Richardsen , musician
• Todd Rogers , Olympic and World Champion (beach volleyball)
• Barry Zito , baseball player

Web links

• Official website (English)

Commons : University of California, Santa Barbara  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved February 15, 2018 (American English). 
2. ^ Academic Departments & Programs - University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 
3. ↑ The Top Five . In: The UCSB Current . ( ucsb.edu [accessed September 28, 2018]).
4. ^ US News & World Report: National University Rankings. 2018, accessed February 15, 2018 . 
5. ↑ US News & World Report: 2018 Top Public Schools. 2018, accessed February 15, 2018 . 
6. ^ University of California, Santa Barbara | Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2017 | Shanghai Ranking - 2017. Accessed February 15, 2018 . 
7. ^ University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved February 15, 2018 (American English). 
8. ↑ About UCSB: Points of Pride - University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Welcome to KITP | KITP. Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Center for Control, Dynamical Systems and Computation | UC Santa Barbara. Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 
11. ↑ About UCSB: Our Mission - University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 
12. ^ About UCSB: Introduction - University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 

Coordinates: 34 ° 24 ′ 47.2 "  N , 119 ° 50 ′ 42.2"  W.