Each spring, UC Davis hosts two Aggie Days — one for first-years in April and another for transfer students in May. Thousands of admitted students and their guests explore campus, connect directly with the UC Davis community and imagine their future as Aggies. Behind every moment is a carefully choreographed campus-wide effort that says, “Welcome, home.”
King Hall opened its doors to 31 local high school students last month for Discover Law Day — and the UC Davis Early Academic Outreach Program, or EAOP, made sure every student could picture themselves inside.
Driven by a passion to heal and discover, two UC Davis third-year biological science students received the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship for their research focused on the improvement of care for critically ill children and tissue regeneration.
A member of the UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions team will receive the Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement at the 10th annual UC Davis International Connections Reception hosted by Global Affairs March 12.
Mitsuko Leonard, the director for undergraduate recruitment in Undergraduate Admissions, is one of four faculty and staff to receive the award in recognition of for outstanding global engagement in advancing the university’s teaching, research and service missions.
For the second consecutive year, a record high number of students have applied to the University of California, Davis, for undergraduate studies in fall 2025.
The 120,131 applications represented a 4.1% increase over the previous record of 115,349 last year and included a record high number of California residents. Growth in applications from groups historically underrepresented in higher education ranged from 0.4% to 5.8%.
The UC Davis Office of the University Registrar reminds staff and others to review how they manage and use student information as part of FERPA February.
After representing more than 230,000 of her peers as UC Student Association president, Celene Aridin is ready to take her advocacy to the global stage. The 2024 UC Davis graduate joins an elite cadre of 150 scholars from around the world who will study China’s emerging role in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing as a 2025 Schwarzman Scholar.
The University of California, Davis, welcomed one of its most diverse entering classes and became eligible to be one of the nation’s few research-intensive universities designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI, as it enrolled a record 41,239 students in fall 2024.
The University of California released systemwide enrollment statistics today (Jan. 7).
At Davis, overall enrollment — including undergraduate, graduate and professional students as well as 1,174 veterinary and medical residents and interns — increased by 391 students, or 0.9%, over fall 2023.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA, and the California Dream Act Application, known as CADAA, recently opened for the 2025-26 academic year.
UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions Executive Director Robert Penman explains the process of reviewing first-year undergraduate applications and dispels a few common admissions myths in this special article from the University of California. He also explains more about the holistic review process used at UC Davis. Did you know that each application is read and evaluated by application readers?
