Diversity and Access

UC San Diego cultivates a diverse and inclusive university community that encourages respectful open dialogue and makes intensive learning experiences accessible and affordable for all. We aim to evolve our campus culture through bold initiatives with measurable outcomes, guided by our Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence.

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (diversity.ucsd.edu) provides leadership, builds capacity, and forges partnerships to facilitate shared responsibility for creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus in which students, faculty, and staff can thrive. By collaborating with partners across campus, the office leads university efforts in support of UC San Diego's Principles of Community.

See below to learn more about the resources and programs that support our faculty, staff, and students and help make our campus community welcoming for all.

Education & Support Services

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Requirement
A knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion is required of all candidates for a Bachelor’s degree at UC San Diego. Learn more about the DEI requirement, including approved DEI course offerings and how to submit a proposal for a DEI course.
OASIS

With more than 40 years of rich history, the mission of OASIS is to facilitate the holistic enrichment of UC San Diego students through community-based and responsive mentoring, academic support, and professional development.

One of OASIS' programs, Summer Bridge, welcomes all incoming first-year students, prioritizing students who are the first in their families to attend college; providing highly personalized connections and opportunities. This five-week, student-centered program works to ensure that each participant experiences a smooth and successful transition from high school to university life.
Triton Transfer Hub

The Triton Transfer Hub provides resources, services, and programs to empower Triton Transfers to achieve their goals as they navigate UC San Diego's academic and cultural landscape. They assist students in their transition through active engagement in opportunities that support their paths and build community so they thrive academically, professionally, and personally. The Triton Transfer Hub support the campus community to share knowledge and implement proven promising practices to support transfer student experiences.
Student Veterans Resource Center
The Student Veterans Resource Center provides a safe space for military-connected students to access peer mentoring, group study sessions and study jams, information and referrals, workshops, and more.

Expanding Access

Educational Innovation

The Office for Educational Innovation (EI) was started in 2018 to help faculty research, develop, and ultimately implement innovative curriculum and educational programs, whether that takes the form of new courses, new teaching modalities, finding ways to reach new audiences, or whole new program types altogether.

EI recognizes that developing new programs from concept through approval and implementation is hard work. Program development often requires long-term commitment that can interfere with other faculty commitments, and resources that individual faculty or departments don’t always have access to. EI is here to help develop a vision and bring it to fruition.

EI works with divisions, departments, or individual faculty. They provide trainings, workshops and opportunities to share and shape ideas at an early stage. They can provide competitive analyses, market research, survey constituents, identify and bring together both internal and external partners, provide project management, budget analysis, and help with identifying funding and support options.
The Preuss School
The Preuss School UC San Diego is a unique charter middle and high school available to all students, with a focus on low-income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college. Located on the UC San Diego campus, Preuss students come from throughout San Diego County to take advantage of an environment that encourages intellectual risk-taking while offering an array of academic supports.
Division of Extended Studies
The UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies believes great social and economic prosperity comes from integrating the collective knowledge of the university, community leaders and professionals. The Division of Extended Studies strives to combine local impact with the university's national reputation and global reach to harness the power of education to transform lives. The division's unique educational formats support lifelong learning and meet the evolving needs of our students, businesses and the larger community..
University Library
The UC San Diego Library, ranked among the nation's top 25 public academic libraries, plays a critical role in advancing and supporting the university's research, teaching, patient care, and public service missions. Providing access to more than 7 million digital and print volumes, journals, and multimedia materials to meet the demands of scholars, students, and the general public.
CREATE
The Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment & Teaching Excellence (CREATE) houses an innovative team of researchers, youth mentors, and professional development experts working with San Diego region teachers to help support our diverse community of young people's academic growth.

Help us propel opportunities for all

With your philanthropic support we can make waves for the greater good. We do this by opening more doors to higher education, taking an active approach to teaching and learning, and blazing new pathways to solutions that enrich our community and our world. diversity.ucsd.edu/give to learn more about our giving priorities and make a gift today.