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The University of California (UC) is one university made up of 10 campuses, according to the UC website. Nine of them offer undergraduate and graduate education, while one is exclusively focused on graduate health education. The same source states that each campus ranks among the best in the world. The site's "Campuses and locations" section presents the system at this level and does not list individual campus names, so the count and the split between nine comprehensive campuses and one graduate health campus are the details you can rely on from the page itself.
How the system is organized
UC describes itself as one university spread across its campuses rather than a loose collection of separate schools. Beyond the 10 campuses, the system includes 6 academic health centers and 3 national laboratories, which UC helps oversee for the US Department of Energy.
| Component | Count | What the UC site says |
|---|---|---|
| Campuses | 10 | Each ranks among the best in the world |
| Campuses with undergraduate and graduate education | 9 | General academic campuses |
| Graduate health–only campus | 1 | Exclusively focused on graduate health education |
| Academic health centers | 6 | With 21 hospitals serving Californians |
| National laboratories | 3 | Overseen for the US Department of Energy |
What this means if you are choosing a campus
- If you want an undergraduate degree, your options sit within the nine campuses that offer undergraduate and graduate education. The graduate health–only campus is not an undergraduate destination.
- If you are pursuing graduate health education, the dedicated health-focused campus is a distinct option within the system, alongside health programs at the other campuses.
- If you are comparing quality, UC's own framing is that every campus ranks among the best in the world — the site does not rank them against each other, so treat that claim as a system-wide statement rather than a league table.
Scale and context
The UC site adds a few figures that help explain why the system matters: it calls itself the #1 public university in the U.S., notes that 85% of UC undergraduates are from California, and identifies UC as the 2nd largest employer in California. These are the system's own descriptions, useful for understanding its role in the state rather than for comparing individual campuses.
Where to go next
Because the page evidence summarizes the system without naming each campus, the practical next step is to open the "Campuses and locations" section on universityofcalifornia.edu and follow the links to individual campuses. That is where you will find the specific campus names, locations, and program details needed to compare them.