University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public university in Irvine, California. University of California, Irvine offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and professional degrees. The university holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest pillow fight, when 4,200 pillow-wielding students participated in an organized event on campus during its 2014 Welcome Week.

  • Irvine also prides itself on its environmental and sustainability credentials – it has been ranked the no.1 greenest college in the nation, in successive years, by Sierra magazine.
  • UCI is one of 65 universities in the U.S. and Canada elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities.
  • In 2019, Money magazine ranked UCI the #1 best colleges in the nation. The university is the first public institution to top the publication’s annual rankings
  • UCI is ranked No. 8 on Money's list of “Best Colleges for Transfer Students.”
  • Forbes recognizes University of California, Irvine as one of America's Best Employers for Diversity, 2020. UCI ranks 18th overall and 4th in education.
  • UCI is rated as "Best Regional College" by The Princeton Review, 2018.
  • For the 20th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has recognized UCI Medical Centre as one of America’s Best Hospitals (2020).

University of California Global Ranking Highlights

The table below represents the rank of the university given by some prestigious agencies:

Agency Ranking
THE 98
QS 210
CWUR 80
US news best global university 78

As we can see in the above table, the University of California is ranked in the top 100 universities world-wide by at least three universities. It shows that the university has the capacity to give good education and can get better with few improvements.

University of California National Ranking Highlights

For 2021,U.S. News & World Reportranked UC Irvine tied for 35th among best universities in the U.S.,for 8th among public universities, 2nd in "Top Performers on Social Mobility",42nd in "Most Innovative Schools",61st in "Best Undergraduate Teaching", and 175th in "Best Value Schools".

  • Money magazine ranked UC Irvine 13th in the country.
  • In 2019,ranked UCI 3rd out of the 300 Best Value Colleges, based on Return on Investment.
  • In 2017,ranked UCI 26th out of the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in the nation, and 5th in California.
  • In 2018,ranked UCI 1st in its "Coolest Schools" in America list for campus sustainability and climate change efforts.
  • In addition, many of UCI's graduate programs are ranked in the top 50 of the 2020U.S. News & World Report.

Table given below is ranking of university of California, Irvine in US:

Agency Ranking
THE 80
QS 41
Niche 100

University of California Subject Wise Ranking by US News

Following are the ranking indicators that are used by the agency

  • Global research reputation - 12.5%
  • Regional research reputation - 15%
  • Publications - 10%
  • Books - 2.5%
  • Conferences - 2.5%
  • Normalized citation impact - 10%
  • Total citations - 5%
  • Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited - 12.5%
  • Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited - 10%
  • International collaboration – relative to country - 5%
  • International collaboration - 5%
  • Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field - 5%
  • Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers - 5%

Global level ranking of subjects provided by university of California, Irvine:

Subject Ranking
Arts & Humanities 104
Biology & Biochemistry 159
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems 215
Cell Biology 159
Chemistry 116
Clinical Medicine 161
Computer Science 65
Economics & Business 180
Electrical & Electronic Engineering 205
Endocrinology & Metabolism 160
Engineering 232
Environment/Ecology 60
Geosciences 21
Immunology 153
Materials Science 293
Mathematics 143
Microbiology 186
Molecular Biology & Genetics 200
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 209
Neuroscience & Behaviour 52
Oncology 69
Physics 91
Psychiatry/Psychology 63
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health 71
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging 116
Social Sciences & Public Health 127
Space Science 85
Surgery 92

University of California Subject Wise National Ranking by US News

National level ranking for 2021 of all the programs offered by University of California, Irvine

Subject Ranking
Biological Sciences 33
Business 67
Chemistry 20
Computer Science 30
Criminology 3
Earth Sciences 41
Economics 47
Education 20
Engineering 36
English 17
Fine Arts 42
History 34
Law 27
Mathematics 39
Medicine: Primary Care 81
Medicine: Research 44
Nursing: Master's 51
Physics 28
Political Science 45
Psychology 36
Public Health 37
Sociology 23
Statistics 50

University of California Times Higher Education Ranking

Rankings cover the three main missions of university activity: research, teaching and impact.

  • Research ranking evaluates essential areas of activity: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
  • Impact ranking calibrated indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons across four broad areas: research, outreach, stewardship and teaching
  • Teaching ranking is geographically focused and explores four key areas: resources, engagement, outcomes and environment.
Subject Ranking
Art and humanity 101-125
Clinic and health 126-150
Engineering and technology 84
Life science 101-125
Physical science 60
Social science 101-125
Law 35
Business and economics 201-250
Computer science 88
Psychology 47

University of California QS Ranking

According to Alexa Internet, it is the most widely viewed university ranking worldwide. Following is the table ranking every subject of the University of California, Irvine

Subject 2020 2019 2019
Business management studies 51 -100 51-100 51-100
Earth and marine science 51-100 51-100 51-100
English literature and language 51-100 51-100 51-100
Anthropology 51-100 51-100 51-100
Geology 51-100 51-100 51-100
Geophysical 51-100 51-100 51-100
Environmental studies 51-100 51-100 51-100
Philosophy 101-150 101-150 51-100
Psychology 101-150 101- 150 51-100
Sociology 101- 150 101-151 51-100
Life science and medicine 135(tie) 134(tie) 142(tie)
Medicine 101-150 101-150 151-200
Natural science 135(tie) 152(tie) 148(tie)
Legal and law 101-150 101-150 151-200
Chemistry 101-150 151-200 101-150
Computer science and information system 101-150 101-150 51-100
Biological science 101-150 101-150 101-150
Mathematics 101-150 101-150 101-150
Physics and astronomy 101-150 151-200 101-150
Art and humanities 176 183(tie) 124(tie)
Economics and econometrics 151-200 151-200 101-150
Communication and media studios 151-200 151-200 51-100
Statistical and operational research 151-200 101-150 101-150
History 151-200 101-150 151-200
Education and training 151-200 151-200 151-200
engineering electronics and electric 151-200 151-200 101-150
Linguist 151-200 151-200 151-200
Pharmacy and pharmacology 151-200 101-150 151-200
Engineering and technology 197(tie) 210(tie) 223(tie)
Morden language 201-250 201-250 151-200
Engineering chemical 201-250 151-200 151-200
Social science and management 240(tie) 256(tie) 290(tie)
Accounting and fiancé 251-300 201-250 151-200
Material science 251-300 201-250 201-250
Engineering mechanic 251-300 301-350 201-250
Business and management studies 301-350 251-300 201-250

University of California Niche Ranking

Comprehensive data up-to-date data available from dozens of public data sources including the Department of Education, U.S. Census, and FBI is used by Niche.

Following is subject ranking of university of California, Irvine by Niche in United States

Subject Rank in US 2020
Performing art 32
Criminal justice law 2
Film and photography 37
Education 40
Music 43
Computer science 47
Business 54
Anthropology and sociology 58
Philosophy 62
Psychology 85
English 87
Kinesiology and physical therapy 103
Engineering 108
Chemistry 109
Art 110
History 111
Biology 116
Math 124
Physics 124
Political science 130
Economics 150
Environmental science 160
Nursing 234
Communication 377

University of California Miscellaneous Ranking

Ranking given below are by Niche about the other factors of the university

Area Ranking
Best college for education 40
Best value college 99
Best academics 127
Best college campus 142
College with best student life 179
Best college location 190
Best college athletics 539

University of California vs Other US Universities Comparison

Mentioned below is the comparison between two campuses of UCL, University of California, Irvine and University of California, Los Angeles.

Factors University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles Harvard university
Global ranking
THE
QS
US NEWS
CWUR		 98
210
70
80		 15
36
13
18		 3
3
1
1
National ranking
THE
QS
US NEWS		 80
41
35		 26
6(tie)
20		 1
1
2
THE indicator score
Overall
Teaching
Research
Citations
Industry income
International output		 62.1
43.5
47.5
93.5
53.2
72.4		 87.1
82.5
90.2
96.5
57.6
65.3		 94.8
94.4
98.8
99.4
46.8
77.7

The New York Times named UCI No. 1 among U.S. universities "doing the most for the American dream" in its 2017 and 2015 College Access Index. The ranking measures economic diversity based on several factors: the share of students receiving Pell Grants (which typically go to families making less than $70,000 a year); the graduation rate of those students; the net cost, after financial aid, that a college charges low- and middle-income students; and endowment per student.

University of California, Irvine provides students with nice campus and good educational quality. Campus life of the students of UCI is pretty entertaining. Some faculty members of the university are actually noble prize winner and have vast experience and knowledge of their field. Admission process in UCI for international students is simple and they help student with their queries and help them in getting the right documents and all the necessary requirements.