University of California, Santa Cruz, public, coeducational institution in Santa Cruz, California, and part of the University of California System. The campus in Santa Cruz was founded in 1965. The university confers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in a variety of fields. It offers courses of study in the arts and sciences, the fine arts, business, computer science, computer engineering, performing arts, law, natural resource management, and religious studies. Research facilities at the school include the Center for Nonlinear Science, the Institute of Marine Science, the Institute of Tectonics (Santa Cruz), and the Institute for Particle Physics. Undergraduate students belong to one of eight residential colleges, providing them with the combination of a small-college atmosphere and all the advantages of a larger university.
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