| The University of California and most of its | | | | Civil, No. 2 for Environmental, No. 2 for Mechanical, |
| campuses are consistently ranked among the | | | | No. 2 for Computer Engineering, No. 3 for |
| best institutions in the nation and also rated highly | | | | Engineering Science/Engineering Physics, No. 3 for |
| in world university ranking. According to the US | | | | Materials, No. 4 for Electrical, No. 4 for Nuclear, |
| News & World Report Best Colleges 2009 | | | | and No. 5 for Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering. |
| issue, UC Riverside is ranked 9th, UC Irvine at | | | | University of California, Davis – it is rated |
| 14th and UC San Diego at 14th in its "up and | | | | 42nd among the top 4000 universities in the |
| coming universities" to watch for rankings. | | | | world by the Webometrics Ranking of World |
| In the U.S. News & World Report 2010 | | | | Universities in 2008. |
| rankings, the highest ranked UC campus in the | | | | University of California, Los Angeles – rated |
| public and private category is UC Berkeley – | | | | 30th in the Times Higher Education - QS World |
| ranked 21st among 262 public and private "national | | | | University Rankings 2008. |
| universities", followed by University of California, | | | | University of California, San Diego – rated the |
| Los Angeles (24th), and UC San Diego (35th). | | | | second best university in the nation by the |
| Both UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara are placed | | | | Washington Monthly's College Guide 2007. It is also |
| joint 42nd nationally. Following are the ranking | | | | selected as the "Hottest" science school by |
| profiles of some of the best ranking campuses: | | | | Newsweek. |
| University of California, Berkeley - ranked second | | | | University of California, Santa Barbara – rated |
| best in the country for its Undergraduate | | | | 36th among the world's best institutions in the |
| Engineering programs, according to the U.S. News | | | | Academic Ranking of World Universities 2008. |
| & World Report 2010 undergraduate | | | | Please refer to the relevant guide for more |
| rankings. It is placed in the Top five for the | | | | information on university ranking and the list of |
| following undergraduate departments: No. 1 for | | | | top universities in US. |