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Middle East International Student Profile CONNECT WITH US! facebook.com/ucradmissions twitter.com/ucradmissions instagram.com/lifeatucr lifeatucr.tumblr.com youtube.com/lifeatUCR +1 (951) 827-4410 BRING YOUR DREAMS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA! Welcome to the University of California, Riverside! UC Riverside is one of the 10 campuses of the prestigious University of California and one of the most highly ranked universities in the world. UC Riverside is also home to one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation. Walk across campus and you will hear San Francisco Mountain Resorts (700 km) a number of different languages spoken — from Arabic and Farsi, to Hebrew and Turkish! (Big Bear) (77 km) Las Vegas (380 km) Hollywood/ UC RIVERSIDE AT A GLANCE Los Angeles MALIBU BIG BEAR (101 km) UCR More than 1,500 international students from UCR offers eight Ethnic & Gender programs to support LOS ANGELES 75+ countries attend UC Riverside! and empower all students, including Middle Eastern P A INTERNATIONAL Student Center (MESC), the Women's Resource Center LONG BEACH DISNEYLAND Riverside, California — home to UC Riverside — is just 96 km PALM SPRINGS (WRC) and the LGBT Resource Center (LGBTRC). C HUNTINGTON BEACH east of Los Angeles, with an average temperature of 26.3 C. Disneyland I LAGUNA BEACH It is known for its entertainment, diversity, recreation and (66 km) STUDENT PROFILE Request to live in one of 10 Living–Learning Communities F environmental efforts. TEMECULA (LLCs). Academic LLCs include Honors, Pre-Business, I UCR Enginuity (engineering) and SiMS (math/science). Theme C OCEANSIDE We are close to Los Angeles, Hollywood, amusement parks, LLCs include Mundo Hall, PATH (Pan-African Theme Hall) winter resorts and California's world-famous beaches. O and Gender-Inclusive Housing. C We have a vibrant campus life featuring world-class, E UCR Dining offers a variety of on-campus restaurants, Huntington Beach SAN DIEGO on-campus concerts from popular performers, including (Surf City, USA) A markets and convenience stores that serve healthy, A$AP Ferg, Post Malone, DJ Snake, Dillon Francis and (87 km) N high-quality international cuisines and American favorites. Panic! At The Disco. Our 14,399-square-meter Student Recreation Center Our beautiful 485-hectare campus at the foot of the Box includes a swimming pool, tennis courts, expansive rooms Springs Mountains features an abundance of trees and Joshua Tree with cardio and free weight equipment, group workout flowers, citrus groves, blue skies and our Botanic Gardens. It National Park rooms, basketball courts, and a full menu of intramural (166 km) also offers housing, dining, shopping, banking sports. The Outdoor Excursions program offers hiking, San Diego and medical services within walking distance. Coachella surfing, snowboarding, sandboarding and outdoor activities, (121 km) (154 km) Get involved and meet new friends with 450+ student such as trips to the rivers, lakes, mountains and deserts of organizations. Academics, arts, awareness, cultural, California. professional, service and spiritual — we have an organization for every interest. UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS 900 University Ave. | 3106 Student Services Building | Riverside, CA 92521 USA Fax: +1 (951) 827-6344 | admissions.ucr.edu/ask UC Riverside complies with the Jeanne Clery Act, and provides safety information and publishes crime statistics for the most-recent three-year period. go.ucr.edu/me View the full report at police.ucr.edu or contact the UC Police Department at (951) 827-5222. This information is accurate and reliable as of the date of go.ucr.edu/me publication but may change without notice. Please contact Undergraduate Admissions for the most up-to-date information. (2/21) UC Riverside (UCR) is among the Top Universities for International YOUR FUTURE Students. Considerations include graduation rates and social/cultural STARTS TODAY supports, such as an international student center and student UC RIVERSIDE ATTRACTS WITH THESE CAREER CENTER SERVICES: MAJOR: MAJOR: BIOLOGY organizations. (U.S. News & World Report, 2018) PSYCHOLOGY APPROXIMATELY $115 MILLION FROM: SRI LANKA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FROM: SAUDI ARABIA •IN Drop-in RESEARCH counseling FUNDS • ANNUALLY!Career planning VIRESHA PERERA GHAZI ALSANAD • Internships • How-to workshops RANKINGS UC RIVERSIDE: HIGHLY RANKED AND RESPECTED • Grad school guidance • Online resources Why I Chose UC Riverside Friendly and Welcoming Why I Chose UC Riverside Challenging, Fun and Diverse • Job search strategies • Career fairs NOTABLE UCR PROFESSORS NOTABLE UCR PROFESSORS I was looking for a university that had a Everyone I have met at UCR has been I came to the United States to pursue my UCR is a challenging school that will more favorable class size. I enjoy having amazed that I’m an international student. degree in medicine. UCR has the newest in the United States based on social help you to progress in higher education STUDENT SUCCESS: 6 MONTHS the opportunity to get to know my lecturers They’ve been very enthusiastic to learn medical school in the UC system, which mobility, research and service. while having fun. I was surprised by the th AFTER GRADUATION and teaching assistants, and being able to more about where I come from! can open many doors for international diversity that UCR offers — from students (Washington Monthly 2018 College Statistics collected from the class of 2016 in a 28 receive valuable guidance and assistance. students who are trying to pursue a career to professors — which helps me to learn Guide and Rankings) survey that was given six months after graduation. LAILA LALAMI, REZA ASLAN, in the medical field. about different cultures. CREATIVE WRITING CREATIVE WRITING best college in America. 73% 16% 10% 1% Renowned writer, producer, commentator Wrote “The Moor’s Account,” a finalist for nd (Money Magazine Best Colleges and scholar of religions. Wrote the New the Pulitzer Prize. Wrote pieces for the 32 for Your Money 2018) Post-Graduate Seeking Not Seeking UCR is included in The Princeton Review's Employed Program Employment Employment York Times best-seller “Zealot: The Life and Washington Post, the Guardian and the 2017 listing of the Top 50 Green Colleges, Making Memories Embracing Diversity Times of Jesus of Nazareth” and New York Times. Writes the Between the recognizing schools that share superb Lines column for The Nation and is a among public engineering colleges My hallmates surprised me with a birthday The atmosphere here is truly amazing. international best-seller “No god but God: sustainability practices, a strong foundation critic-at-large for the Los Angeles Times. th in the United States. in sustainability education and a healthy HOW MUCH DOES UCR COST? celebration way in advance of my birthday, It really does live up to its title of being The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Student Wellness Explore Southern California (U.S. News & World Report, 2019) 34 quality of life for students on campus. since my birthday is in the summer and they one of the most diverse campuses in the Islam.” View annual costs and scholarships UCR throws a party every quarter to lift the Going to Big Bear with my friends was wouldn’t have been able to otherwise. It was United States. UCR genuinely embraces for undergraduates. go.ucr.edu/cost spirits of students — it relieved my stress the most memorable moment during my a really pleasant feeling knowing that my diversity and promotes inclusiveness, to best public school in the United States. International Students before taking midterms! time at UCR. I enjoy my time in Southern friends had remembered my birthday. the extent that I sometimes forget I’m an th (U.S. News & World Report 2019 and Scholars (ISS) Office California as it holds many unforgettable Best College Rankings) international student! SHERINE HAFEZ, 35 ISS supports the success of NON-RESIDENT REZA ABBASCHIAN, sites, which are not too far from campus. GENDER AND MECHANICAL current UCR students from ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP SEXUALITY STUDIES more than 75 countries. ENGINEERING best national university. Admitted international Connected UCR to Winston Chung, who th (U.S. News & World Report 2019 Explores gender, women’s activism, Muslim Services include: freshman and transfer cultures and Arab uprisings. Wrote “The donated $10 million to establish the 85 Best College Rankings) students are automatically • Pre- and post-arrival support. UP TO Terms of Empowerment: Islamic Women Winston Chung Global Energy Center at considered for the STUDENT TO FACULTY RATIO • International student orientation. Activists in Egypt” and “An Islam of Her UCR. Helps UCR make global contributions $4,500 Non-Resident Achievement The UCR Biology Department was No. 73 of 235 ranked; the • Visa maintenance and advisement. PER QUARTER Work closely with an award-winning faculty! to sustainability and energy storage % OF FACULTY WITH Scholarship, which goes Own: Reconsidering Religion And Chemistry Department ranked No. 59 of 154; and the Physics • International student peer mentors. innovation. toward their UCR education. UCR faculty includes 48 Fulbright Fellows, 19 recipients of Secularism In Women’s Islamic graduate program was No. 56 of 146. • Cultural programs, workshops, go.ucr.edu/NRscholarship Guggenheim Fellowships and 49 National Endowment for Movements.” PH.D. OR EQUIVALENT (U.S. News & World Report, 2019) events and much more! 22:1 the Humanities Fellows. 98 CONNECT WITH US! facebook.com/ucradmissions twitter.com/ucradmissions instagram.com/lifeatucr lifeatucr.tumblr.com youtube.com/lifeatUCR +1 (951)
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