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The graduate program was ranked fifth (or sixth, depending on which method used) among physics program in the 2011 study by the National Research Council. [10] U.S. News & World Report ranked the graduate program tenth in the country across all subfields, third in Condensed Matter Physics, fifth in Quantum Physics, eighth in Elementary Particles/Field/String Theory, and ninth in Cosmology ...
The 2022 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked UC Santa Barbara as the 7th best public university and tied for the 32nd best university in the United States. [43] Money magazine ranked UC Santa Barbara 30th in the U.S. out of the 744 schools it evaluated for its 2019 Best Colleges ranking. [65]
The UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering maintains a highly selective admissions process. As of 2024, the College reported an overall acceptance rate of approximately 9%. [9] Acceptance rates vary among specific programs: Computer Engineering: 7% of applicants admitted [10] Electrical Engineering: 9% of applicants admitted [11]
The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) is a research institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara dedicated to theoretical physics. KITP is one of 20 Kavli Institutes . The National Science Foundation has been the principal supporter of the institute since it was founded as the Institute for Theoretical Physics in 1979.
Julia Banzi, Ph.D. Ethnomusicology, member of the Al-Andalus Ensemble, [34] expert on Andalusian music and women's ensembles of the Arab world John Dearman , Grammy Award -winning classical guitarist, member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ), Director of Guitar Studies
Craig Wilson – U.S. Olympic water polo goalie silver medalist in 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games; participant in 1992 Games; Michael Young – retired five-time (2004–2008) MLB All-Star shortstop for the Texas Rangers and 2006 MLB All Star Game MVP; Barry Zito – three-time (2002, 2003, 2006) MLB All-Star pitcher and 2002 American League Cy ...
Convergence is the magazine of Engineering and the Sciences at UC Santa Barbara. Sponsored by the College of Engineering, the Division of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences in the College of Letters and Science, and the California NanoSystems Institute, Convergence was begun in early 2005 as a three-times-a-year print publication.
University of California, Santa Barbara Jean Marie Carlson (born 1962) is a professor of complexity at the University of California, Santa Barbara . She studies robustness and feedback in highly connected complex systems , which have applications in a variety of areas including earthquakes, wildfires and neuroscience.