Chancellor's Vision for UCSC

UCSC strives to serve California as a top ranked research university and the leading institution for the education of students--fostering a culture of excellence, inquiry, creativity, diversity, and public service in developing solutions to the world's most critical challenges.

FOCUSING THE VISION

In fostering the mission of the University of California campus and in fulfilling the campus vision, UCSC will enhance its achievements in creating knowledge and promoting understanding. UCSC will realize this vision by strategically building its core disciplines while forging new directions of exploration where those disciplines intersect:

* Culture, Heritage, and Identity,
* Environmental Science and Policy,
* Human Health,
* Creative Media and Communication,
* Advanced Technology,
* Global Issues.

UCSC will continue to build on a personalized, living-learning environment and the faculty's commitment to education. It will provide undergraduate and graduate students with unprecedented opportunities to create knowledge, be critical thinkers, contribute to society, and fully achieve their own potential.