UCM History
This is the year UC Merced officially opened its doors to students.
What is 2005?
These are the names of the three undergraduate schools at UC Merced.
What are the School of Engineering, the School of Natural Sciences, and the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts?
This is the application platform students use to apply to UC campuses.
What is the UC Application?
This is the official mascot of UC Merced.
What is Rufus the Bobcat?
This national park, just about 2 hours from Merced, brings thousands of tourists through the city each year.
What is Yosemite National Park?
UC Merced is the ___ campus in the University of California system. (numeric value)
What is the 10th?
Which school offers the majors in Public Health and Cognitive Science?
What is School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA)?
These are the subject requirements California high school students must complete to be UC-eligible.
What are the A-G requirements?
This type of housing at UC Merced provides students with a private room, shared living areas, and a communal kitchen.
What is apartment-style housing?
This historic downtown Merced building serves as a cultural and performing arts center.
What is the Merced Theatre?
This expansion project doubled the size of UC Merced’s campus, adding new research labs, housing, classrooms, and student facilities.
What is the Merced 2020 Project?
This academic center at UC Merced provides tutoring, writing help, and workshops to support student success.
What is the Calvin E. Bright Success Center?
This is the priority deadline to submit the UC application each year.
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This is the name of UC Merced’s largest student organization focused on academic and professional development.
What is the Associated Students of UC Merced (ASUCM)?
This local transportation system provides free rides for UC Merced students with a CatCard.
What is The Bus?
UC Merced is located in this California region known for agriculture and growing college access.
What is the Central Valley?
This UC Merced program is designed to help first-generation students successfully transition into college life through mentorship, workshops, and community building.
What is the Fiat Lux Scholars Program?
While UC campuses do not require letters of recommendation, applicants must submit this personal piece with their UC application.
What are personal insight questions?
This annual spring festival at UC Merced features music, food, and games, and is a popular student event.
What is Cowtopia?
This arcade & bar is owned by a UC Merced alumni.
What is Joystiq?
UC Merced made history in 2020 by being the first public research university to achieve this environmental milestone.
What is carbon neutrality?
Students completing this type of project often present original research or creative work in their senior year.
What is a senior thesis or capstone project?
Six University of California campuses offer this program, which is a guaranteed admission program for eligible California community college students who meet specific course and GPA requirements.
What is the Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG)?
This specialized research area on campus preserves rare wetlands and serves as a living laboratory for ecological and environmental studies.
What is the Vernal Pools Reserve?
This restaurant in downtown Merced was owned by a UC Merced alumni.
What is Little Oven Pizza?