Graduate Programs UC Santa Cruz

​ Our students flourish in leading-edge research environments, enjoying close, productive contact with faculty mentors and a supportive community of graduate peers.

Click below to see the programs available in the academic divisions at UC Santa Cruz.

Arts Division

• Digital Arts & New Media: M.F.A **
• Art: Environmental Art & Social Practice: M.F.A.
• Film & Digital Media: Ph.D.
• Music: M.A., D.M.A., Ph.D.
• Social Documentation: M.F.A.
• Theater Arts: M.A.
• Visual Studies: Ph.D.

Engineering Division

• Applied Mathematics: M.S., Ph.D.
• Program in Biomedical Science & Engineering PhD. program in Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics (BMEB)
• Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics: M.S.
• Computational Media: M.S., Ph.D.
• Computer Science & Engineering: M.S., Ph.D.
• Electrical & Computer Engineering: M.S., Ph.D.
• Games & Playable Media: M.S.**
• Human Computer Interaction: M.S.
• Natural Language Processing: M.S.
• Scientific Computing & Applied Mathematics: M.S.
• Statistical Science: M.S., Ph.D.

Humanities Division

• Feminist Studies: Ph.D.**
• History: M.A., Ph.D.
• History of Consciousness: Ph.D.
• Linguistics: M.A., Ph.D.
• Literature: M.A., Ph.D.
• Philosophy: M.A., Ph.D.

Physical & Biological Sciences Division

• Astronomy & Astrophysics: Ph.D.
• Chemistry: M.S., Ph.D.
• Coastal Science and Policy: M.S.
• Earth & Planetary Sciences: M.S., Ph.D.
• Ecology & Evolutionary Biology: M.A., Ph.D
• Mathematics: M.A., Ph.D.
• Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology: M.S., Ph.D.
• Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology: M.S., Ph.D.
• Ocean Sciences: M.S., Ph.D.
• Physics: M.S., Ph.D.
• Materials Science & Engineering: M.S., Ph.D.
• Program in Biomedical Science & Engineering: Ph.D. programs in:
  • Chemical Biology, Biochemistry, & Biophysics (CB3)
  • Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology (METX)
  • Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology (MCD)

  Social Sciences Division

  • Anthropology: Ph.D.
  • Applied Economics & Finance: M.S.
  • Economics: Ph.D.
  • Education: M.A./C, Ph.D.
  • Environmental Studies: Ph.D.
  • Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Technologies, Applications, and Research: M.A.
  • Latin American & Latino Studies: Ph.D.
  • Politics: Ph.D.
  • Psychology: Ph.D.
  • Sociology: Ph.D.

  ** The program is not accepting app lications for admission for 2025

  The Division of Graduate Studies

  at UC Santa Cruz

  Over 60 degree tracks in over 40 graduate programs, located 40 minutes away from Silicon Valley and next door to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.