Diversity
UC San Diego supports and celebrates the many cultures that make up our diverse community. Browse the links below to learn about all of the ways you can become involved.
Cross Cultural Center
Located on the 2nd floor of Price Center East, the CCC is a great place to meet friends (old and new), and to expand your personal experience of community and diversity. The CCC hosts an art space, lending library, and a community space for relaxing, studying, meeting with friends, cooking, and much more.
APIMEDA Programs and Services
Asian Pacific Islander Middle Eastern Desi American Services provides community and retention support for all students who are part of our large and diverse APIMEDA communities.
Black Resource Center
The Black Resource Center is a Campus Community Center which serves the entire population of UC San Diego while emphasizing the Black experience. Celebrate with us as we promote scholarship, foster leadership, and cultivate community.
Center for Ethics and Spirituality
The Center for Ethics and Spirituality is an inclusive community at UC San Diego. Learn about spiritual organizations, programs, and services on campus, participate in religious/ spiritual dialogues in a supportive and inclusive environment, and connect with other students at regular events.
Intertribal Resource Center
The ITRC supports Native American and Indigenous students and promotes educational access in our tribal communities. Join the email list for news and events, and visit the center on the 2nd floor of Price Center West to learn about academic and other support services, mentoring / leadership development, and community activities.
LGBT Resource Center
Provides a space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender students, as well as staff, faculty, and our allies, to connect and come together in community. Let the LGBT Resource Center be your home away from home; visit the center and subscribing to the Rainbow Newsletter for up-to-date information on queer life at UC San Diego.
Office for Students with Disabilities
This office schedules and co-sponsors support groups and other events, and also works with students and dependents with disabilities who register with the department for eligibility of modifications, adjustments, and other accommodation.
Raza Resource Centro
The Raza Resource Centro is open to everyone but we strive to emphasize and offer the access,
Women's Center
The center provides education and support to all members of UC San Diego regarding gender issues, with the goal of promoting an inclusive and equitable campus community. Regular events include a mother's group, lunchtime talks, and book club meetings.
More ways to make friends and connect
In addition to all of the spaces and programs listed above:
- Search for multicultural and other student organizations
- Find a full calendar of events for international students and friends
- Come to student programs at the International House on the Roosevelt campus
Explore academic programs
See the UC San Diego General Catalog for the most comprehensive and up-to-date list of majors, minors, programs and courses.
- Academic Internship Program
- African Studies Minor
- California Cultures in Comparative Perspective Minor
- Chicanx and Latinx Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Critical Gender Studies
- Dimensions of Culture—Diversity, Justice, and Imagination
- Ethnic Studies
- Global Health
- Health Care-Social Issues Program
- Human Rights Minor
- International Migration Studies Minor
- International Studies (many areas of emphasis)
- Japanese Studies
- Judaic Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Law and Society Program
- Middle East Studies
- Partners-at-Learning Program
- Price Public Affairs Forum
- Public Health
- Public Service Minor
- Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Sociology (many majors/areas of study)
- Third World Studies
- Thurgood Marshall College programs
- UC San Diego Morehouse / Spelman / Xavier Student Exchange Program
- World Literature and Culture