Also included in the Powell Structural Research Laboratories are the Geotechnical Laboratory, Advanced Composite Manufacturing Laboratories, and a Seismic Response Modification Device Test Laboratory. The experimental facilities' many workstations and minicomputers, as well as the San Diego Supercomputer Center on the UCSD campus, greatly enhance graduate research opportunities. Financial Aid Financial aid is available in the form of fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships. The department attempts to support all full-time graduate students, especially at the Ph.D. level. Funds for support of international students are extremely limited, and the selection process is highly competitive.
Costs are subject to change.
Living and Housing Costs UCSD provides 1,200 apartments for graduate students. There is also a variety of off-campus housing in the surrounding communities. Information in this regard may be obtained from the UCSD Housing Office. The Department of Structural Engineering has an undergraduate enrollment of about 130 and a graduate enrollment of about 45. The 1,200-acre campus spreads from the seashore, where the Scripps Institution of Oceanography is located, across a large wooded portion of the Torrey Pines Mesa overlooking the Pacific Ocean.