Letter from the Chancellor

Greetings, and welcome to the 2024-25 General Catalog for UC Santa Barbara. This comprehensive resource will serve as a helpful roadmap as you explore the broad array of courses, programs, activities, and services available on our campus. I encourage you to refer to it often.

We have a tradition here at UC Santa Barbara of emphasizing both our undergraduate and graduate programs, and a balance of academic and extracurricular campus life. We work collaboratively to foster an engaging and supportive environment in which students, staff, and faculty can explore and learn together.

UC Santa Barbara is an extraordinary place, where we share a strong commitment to academic excellence, diversity, and inclusion, as well as accessibility and affordability. We are consistently ranked among the top public research universities in the nation, and as a Minority-Serving Institution, we are also continuously ranked among the top institutions nationwide for diversity.

We are proud of our campus, and we are proud of you! You are a valued member of our community of scholars and our UC Santa Barbara family. As you continue on your journey of intellectual discovery, we are here to support and encourage you every step of the way.

Sincerely,

Henry T. Yang
Chancellor