Ranked 158th in the 2020 U.S. News World University Rankings
Ranked 15th among U.S. public universities by Washington Monthly in 2020
The university's computer science programs rank 37th in the world in the CSRankings rankings
Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Dr. Richard R. Schrock
Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Barry Clark Barish
The University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside or UCR) is a world-class comprehensive research university and a renowned American public university, known as a Public Ivy and a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities and the International Forum of Public Universities.
It is one of the most influential public university systems in the world, one of the ten schools in the University of California system, and the fastest-growing university in that system. The university places great emphasis on research and carries on the University of California's proud academic tradition.
UCR maintains rigorous academic standards and is home to one of the world's top agronomy departments. The Bourns College of Engineering is also highly regarded in academic circles; according to the 2019 U.S. News World University Rankings, its engineering discipline ranked 69th globally (1st in the normalized citation impact index), and its graduates rank 30th nationally in salary.
The university's other departments also enjoy an excellent reputation, with research results from many departments reaching world-class levels. The School of Business Administration and its Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and the Graduate School of Education are all well known.
