The impactful and innovative research taking place at UC Merced is making a real-world difference in the Central Valley, California, and the nation. Faculty, researchers, graduate students, and undergraduates alike contribute to expanding knowledge and pushing boundaries across all fields of study. Whether developing novel approaches to sustainability, agriculture technology, and climate change, or advancing our thinking and appreciation of the natural and social sciences, humanities, arts, engineering, and management, the UC Merced community is trailblazing new paths to understanding and relating to the world around us.
UC Merced is committed to eliminating disparities in health care access and quality, particularly in our underserved and under-resourced region. Our campus community is focused on tackling the most pressing issues facing us today, with the overarching goal to improve outcomes in all areas of health, including public, mental, and behavioral. Our university also strives to find solutions for the underlying conditions of employment, labor, and community that affect working people and their quality of life.
UC Merced was established to educate and empower California’s students. By cultivating diversity, inclusion, and a sense of belonging among the campus’ rich array of scholars, UC Merced is fostering their success and helping them fulfill their boundless promise and potential. UC Merced is dedicated to providing all students higher-education access and opportunity through scholarship and fellowship support as well as driving their competitive excellence through top-notch intercollegiate sports programs.
As of 10/19/2026
"I'm a big supporter of the Central Valley. This is where I came from." For Dr. Silvia Diego, that love for and loyalty to the region she calls home have been consistent throughout...
The connection between a retired Oakland educator and a university she had never visited began with a single line in a newspaper: most of its students would be the first in their families to attend...
Fueled by a $38 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott — her second to UC Merced and the largest single philanthropic gift in the university's history — and the sustained generosity of the...
