OAR²
Building a Graduate and Professional Student Community
We are committed to fostering a graduate and professional student body that brings together a wide range of ideas, perspectives, and experiences, all of which contribute to the strength of our campus community. By embracing a variety of personal experiences, values, and worldviews we aim to create opportunities for meaningful interactions that enrich both the educational and social environment. Our goal is to provide a space where students and faculty, staff, and community resources can collaborate and learn from one another, preparing our students to succeed in a diverse and evolving society. We also strive to create opportunities for all students to actively contribute to and shape our campus community, ensuring that inclusiveness are integral to the experiences and opportunities available to everyone, in alignment with the UC San Diego Principles of Community.
Office of Outreach, Access, Recruitment and Retention (OAR²)
The Mentoring Project
The Mentoring Project at UC San Diego aims to address the urgent need to systematically improve the quality of mentoring between faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars.
Excellence Through Diversity
The UC San Diego community believes diversity is a core component of excellence that further enhances our quality and achievement. Here you will find an academic environment that encourages you to follow your intellectual curiosity and to pursue opportunities that make an impact in your own unique way.
Black Academic Excellence Initiative
The Black Academic Excellence Initiative strengthens support for our Black campus community and aims to improve the presence and experience of Black faculty, students, and staff.
Latinx/Chicanx Academic Excellence Initiative
The Latinx/Chicanx Academic Excellence Initiative actively supports the success of current and future Latinx/Chicanx students, families, and communities.
Holistic Admissions
Holistic review refers to the consideration of a variety of variables when evaluating a candidate for admission into a graduate degree program. The Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs encourages all graduate programs at UC San Diego to adopt holistic admissions practices.
Proposition 209 Compliance
In accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate, or grant preferences, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories. All programs and initiatives coordinated by the University of California Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs are designed and implemented in full compliance with Proposition 209 and the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy.
More information about Proposition 209 can be found here.
More information about the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy can be found here.