Division Factsheet

The following information is a statistical snapshot of data representing the current makeup of the Division of Biological Sciences at UC San Diego.

Facts of Note

• UC San Diego Campus Profile
• UC San Diego Biology Ranks 8th in U.S. News Global Ranking (10/27/17)
• UC San Diego's Biological Sciences Programs Ranked Number One in the Nation (9/28/10) - National Research Council (NRC) Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs, conducted every ten years. 

Faculty

• 101  Faculty / 11 Professors of Teaching / 43 Adjunct Faculty in 4 Academic Sections:
  
  • Cell & Developmental Biology
  • Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurobiology
• 23 Members, National Academy of Sciences
• 20 Members, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
• 21 Fellows, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 13 Divisional  Endowed Chairs and Professorships
• 6   HHMI Investigators
• 1 HHMI Professors

Students & Research Scholars

• 5,580 Undergraduate Students in 7 Biology Majors:
  
  • Bioinformatics
  • Ecology Behavior & Evolution
  • General Biology
  • Human Biology
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular and Cell Biology
  • Neurobiology
• 160 Postdoctoral Scholars
• 202  Ph.D. Graduate Students
• 142 Masters Students

• 33,000+ living Biology Alumni

  • Alumni Nobel Laureates: Susumu Tonegawa (1987), Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (2009), and Bruce Beutler (2011)

Facilities & Resources

• 105 Research Laboratories
• 2 Research Centers
  • California Center for Algae Biotechnology (Cal-CAB)
  • Tata Institute for Genetics and Society
• 4 Organized Research Units
  • BioCircuits Institute
  • Center for Circadian Biology
  • Food and Fuel for the 21st Century (FF-21)
  • Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
• 302,610 square feet of research space, teaching labs, support space, and a multi-use Biology Field Station with 4 arable acres and associated greenhouses and research space

Updated: Summer 2018