University of California-Davis Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

Cina

UC Davis is best known for its biking community and the advantages biking has on this particular campus. The whole university's pathways and campus locations are based on the students biking.

Dominik

Some of my favorite campus traditions include the Undie Run where everyone de-stresses before finals but stripping down into their underwear, donating their clothes to a good cause and goes for a wild crazy run at 11PM on a weekday night. Other traditions involve going to see the cows among other things, in fact we have a UC Davis App for all of them.

Shawna

Veterinarian Science

Jenny

I think my school is best known for its medical programs. It has a well known medical school and vetinarary program that promotes evidence based practices and research.

Mehreen

It is known well for it's biology programs and is good for pre-med students. It is also very diverse in it's academics. The school is also very known for it's association with agriculture.

Andrew

Biking is a tradition on UC Davis. I can't really describe anything else that is stronger than that on campus. There are a lot of activities going on at different places, so exploring is my advice if you want to find out more about UC Davis traditions.

Amber

The University of California at Davis, located in the bicycle capital of the U.S., is notorious for the large amount of bicycles that can be found on its campus. Academically, the university is notorious for its research opportunities and development, particularly in the biological science and agricultural fields. Also, the university strives to keep a clean, "green" campus and their initiatives to keep it this way have not gone unnoticed, as it was proclaimed one of America's "Greenest Schools".

Clayton

UC Davis is primarily seen as a bit of a "cow town" University (quite literally, there are quire a few cows around), but the school is mostly based around research. The school has a very strong Biological Sciences program, and is one of the few colleges I know of which has a Biological Sciences college seperate from the College of Letters and Sciences.

Desiree

University of California, Davis is best known for its involvement in agriculture and being environmentally-friendly. There are hundreds of agriculture-based clubs on campus to get involved in. There are also hands on interaction experiences available for people who want to work with livestock and dairy animals. In addition, Davis is known for being "green". Besides providing food from only local places, UC Davis also actively participates in recycling and composting.

Robyn

Bikes swarm all around the campus of University of California, Davis. Atop these vehicles sit dedicated college students on their way to Shields Library to read through their BioChem notes before the PopQuiz that everyone already knows about. This is the best part of attending Davis. It's hard not to feel accepted. The beauty of the University grounds trumps my mind. The town is just as beautiful, and eco-friendly (hence the bikes). Davis remains the perfect place to come to receive a well-rounded education surrounded by bicyclists.

Katherine

We are best known as an agricultural school and on campus we have cows and sheep to prove it! However, Davis has majors as diverse as the student population that goes here. And that's saying something! There's a beautiful balance of trees and lawn on our campus and we are fit student body seeing as we bike everywhere!

Jennifer

Academically, I'm not sure what our strongest department it, but I think Davis is best known for being sustainable. Basically everyone rides their bikes around campus and Davis is always coming out with ways to be more sustainable. Davis is also very agricultural, but honestly I haven't seen a single cow since coming to Davis; the agricultural parts of Davis are on the edge of campus so you really have to seek them out.

Sean

My school is best known for it's academic programs and it's percentage of students who enroll in a major in Biological Sciences, typically entering Veterinary or Medical school.

Chelsea

UC Davis is best known for its school pride and for UC Davis Picnic Day!

Kaleigh

UC Davis is best known for it's medical and agricultural fields. We have a great medical school program and a well known veterinary school program. We also are a research university that does many cutting edge agricultural research studies.

Manal

UC Davis is mostly known as a research university for things like engineering and veterinary.

Amanda

UC Davis is a prestigious university and is known for its vetinarian medicine and being a research based university. It is one of the leading Public Research Universities in the country.

Olympia

My school is best known for it medical students.

Rain

My current Junior College and UC Davis both have an emphasis on agriculture and Plant Science.

Sareena

Very career focused and academically/research challenging, environmentally friendly