University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public university in Irvine, California. University of California, Irvine offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and professional degrees. The university holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest pillow fight, when 4,200 pillow-wielding students participated in an organized event on campus during its 2014 Welcome Week.

• Irvine also prides itself on its environmental and sustainability credentials – it has been ranked the no.1 greenest college in the nation, in successive years, by Sierra magazine.
• UCI is one of 65 universities in the U.S. and Canada elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities.
• In 2019, Money magazine ranked UCI the #1 best colleges in the nation. The university is the first public institution to top the publication’s annual rankings
• UCI is ranked No. 8 on Money's list of “Best Colleges for Transfer Students.”
• Forbes recognizes University of California, Irvine as one of America's Best Employers for Diversity, 2020. UCI ranks 18th overall and 4th in education.
• UCI is rated as "Best Regional College" by The Princeton Review, 2018.
• For the 20th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has recognized UCI Medical Centre as one of America’s Best Hospitals (2020).

University of California Global Ranking Highlights

The table below represents the rank of the university given by some prestigious agencies:

As we can see in the above table, the University of California is ranked in the top 100 universities world-wide by at least three universities. It shows that the university has the capacity to give good education and can get better with few improvements.

University of California National Ranking Highlights

For 2021,U.S. News & World Reportranked UC Irvine tied for 35th among best universities in the U.S.,for 8th among public universities, 2nd in "Top Performers on Social Mobility",42nd in "Most Innovative Schools",61st in "Best Undergraduate Teaching", and 175th in "Best Value Schools".

• Money magazine ranked UC Irvine 13th in the country.
• In 2019,ranked UCI 3rd out of the 300 Best Value Colleges, based on Return on Investment.
• In 2017,ranked UCI 26th out of the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in the nation, and 5th in California.
• In 2018,ranked UCI 1st in its "Coolest Schools" in America list for campus sustainability and climate change efforts.
• In addition, many of UCI's graduate programs are ranked in the top 50 of the 2020U.S. News & World Report.

Table given below is ranking of university of California, Irvine in US:

University of California Subject Wise Ranking by US News

Following are the ranking indicators that are used by the agency

• Global research reputation - 12.5%
• Regional research reputation - 15%
• Publications - 10%
• Books - 2.5%
• Conferences - 2.5%
• Normalized citation impact - 10%
• Total citations - 5%
• Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited - 12.5%
• Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited - 10%
• International collaboration – relative to country - 5%
• International collaboration - 5%
• Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field - 5%
• Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers - 5%

Global level ranking of subjects provided by university of California, Irvine:

University of California Subject Wise National Ranking by US News

National level ranking for 2021 of all the programs offered by University of California, Irvine

University of California Times Higher Education Ranking

Rankings cover the three main missions of university activity: research, teaching and impact.

• Research ranking evaluates essential areas of activity: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
• Impact ranking calibrated indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons across four broad areas: research, outreach, stewardship and teaching
• Teaching ranking is geographically focused and explores four key areas: resources, engagement, outcomes and environment.

University of California QS Ranking

According to Alexa Internet, it is the most widely viewed university ranking worldwide. Following is the table ranking every subject of the University of California, Irvine

University of California Niche Ranking

Comprehensive data up-to-date data available from dozens of public data sources including the Department of Education, U.S. Census, and FBI is used by Niche.

Following is subject ranking of university of California, Irvine by Niche in United States

University of California Miscellaneous Ranking

Ranking given below are by Niche about the other factors of the university

University of California vs Other US Universities Comparison

Mentioned below is the comparison between two campuses of UCL, University of California, Irvine and University of California, Los Angeles.

The New York Times named UCI No. 1 among U.S. universities "doing the most for the American dream" in its 2017 and 2015 College Access Index. The ranking measures economic diversity based on several factors: the share of students receiving Pell Grants (which typically go to families making less than $70,000 a year); the graduation rate of those students; the net cost, after financial aid, that a college charges low- and middle-income students; and endowment per student.

University of California, Irvine provides students with nice campus and good educational quality. Campus life of the students of UCI is pretty entertaining. Some faculty members of the university are actually noble prize winner and have vast experience and knowledge of their field. Admission process in UCI for international students is simple and they help student with their queries and help them in getting the right documents and all the necessary requirements.