UC Berkeley has been opening minds since 1868, with an academic mission to push the boundaries of knowledge, challenge convention, and expand opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow. To advance this mission, the campus requires substantial capital investment to replace, modernize, and expand academic space for instruction, research, and innovation; provide more student housing; upgrade campus infrastructure; and make necessary seismic improvements.
UC Davis's forward-looking capital program promotes academic and research excellence, supports global leadership, and enhances the student experience. The 2025-31 Consolidated Capital Report showcases how UC Davis is investing in facilities to meet the demands associated with continued academic excellence, enterprise research, public service, and upward mobility for students. With a focus on investments in infrastructure, safety, and student success as well as donor-supported priorities at the top-ranking School of Veterinary Medicine, the campus is investing limited dollars in alignment with critical needs. While the campus remains committed to this vision, the current financial climate limits the campus's ability to adequately support existing facilities, leaving many mission- critical needs and aspirations unmet.
UC Davis Health is committed to improving lives and transforming health care by providing excellent patient care, conducting groundbreaking research, fostering innovative, interprofessional education, and creating dynamic, productive partnerships with the community. UC Davis Health's capital priorities remain focused on: improving patient, research, and education space; working towards meeting California seismic mandates; modernizing aging infrastructure and technology; medical equipment replacement to support continued growth; and expanding outpatient services throughout the Sacramento region to improve patient access in the community.
UC Irvine's capital program supports the campus's Strategic Plan goals and the development objectives outlined in the 2007 Long Range Development Plan. Key priorities include modernizing instructional space, providing additional student housing, and investing in capital renewal, seismic upgrades and infrastructure improvements. The campus is pursuing donor funding to support new instruction and research buildings, and to address other campus needs.
UC Irvine's capital program supports the campus' strategic priorities that include improving health through better access and exceptional patient experience; increasing sustainability by growing clinical service lines and continued commitment to environmental stewardship; Key initiatives focus on transforming healthcare by championing whole-person care, driving precision health and expanding clinical research.
UCLA's primary purpose as a public research university is the creation, dissemination, preservation, and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. The goals of UCLA's Strategic Plan include deepening our engagement with Los Angeles, expanding our reach as a global university, enhancing our research and creative activities, elevating how we teach, and becoming a more effective institution. UCLA's Capital Improvement Program supports the implementation of the Strategic Plan.
UCLA Health prioritizes its capital funding across three key strategic areas: (1) alleviating inpatient capacity constraints, (2) maintaining aging physical facilities and infrastructure, and (3) investing in state-of-the-art equipment upgrades and program improvements.
UC Merced, the tenth and newest campus of the University of California system, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a mission centered on access, equity, and student success. Located in one of the state's most underserved regions, UC Merced serves a student population that is predominantly first-generation, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and from historically underrepresented backgrounds. The campus is advancing a dynamic capital program that supports campus growth, sustainability, and community engagement through strategic investments in medical education, student housing, and research infrastructure.
UC Riverside brings together tomorrow's leaders to explore new ideas and solutions for an increasingly multicultural and interconnected global society. As of Fall 2024, with approximately 26,400 students and 1,200 faculty, including two Nobel laureates and 16 National Academies of Science and Medicine members, UC Riverside drives economic growth in the region. The campus is committed to continuing its rapid growth as a hub for economic, cultural, scientific, and societal innovation, addressing real-world challenges in California and beyond.
UC Riverside Health’s (UCR Health’s) mission is to provide exceptional, compassionate, patient-centered care to the Inland Southern California region. The region is undergoing a dramatic demographic and economic transformation that will reshape its healthcare landscape over the next 10 to 15 years. As the Inland Southern California region’s population is growing while still having an inadequate supply of primary and specialty-care physicians, it presents a time-sensitive opportunity for UCR Health to invest in building healthcare capacity in the region, positioning itself as the leader in providing comprehensive, accessible, and equitable care for a fast-growing, underserved population. As the only public academic health system in the heart of Inland Southern California, UCR Health integrates clinical care, medical education, and a strong commitment to health equity. By strategically expanding its ambulatory care and inpatient capacity in high-growth and underserved areas, UCR Health can serve thousands of new patients while reinforcing its academic and service missions for the UC Riverside School of Medicine.
UC San Diego is committed to expanding access to a high-quality education, which requires continued investments in housing, classrooms, research, infrastructure, and student activity space to enhance the student experience. UC San Diego is guided by its Strategic Plan mission to be a destination public university that is student-centered, research-driven, patient-dedicated and service-oriented. The capital improvement program will continue to evolve to support the Strategic Plan and the 2018 Long Range Development Plan goals.
UC San Diego Health, the region's only academic health system, is ranked as the best hospital in the San Diego region according to U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospital rankings. Additionally, it is perennially ranked as one of the top ten comprehensive academic medical centers in the nation for quality patient care by Vizient, a national healthcare performance organization. UC San Diego Health has achieved these goals while significantly growing inpatient and ambulatory infrastructure over the past several years, allowing it to care for more of the community and better support the educational and research mission of UC San Diego. UC San Diego Health is continuing this trend in the coming years with significant plans for rebuilding and expanding inpatient capacity and continuing to grow ambulatory care to advance its tripartite mission of clinical care, research, and education.
UC San Francisco is a leading institution dedicated to advancing health worldwide through biomedical, clinical, and translational research; graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions; and excellence in patient care. New investments are driven by the need to modernize education and research facilities, to provide facilities that support scientific discoveries and their application to real- world diagnostics and treatment, and to invest in seismic, deferred maintenance, and renewal needs across UCSF's campus sites.
UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center has consistently ranked among the nation's top hospitals for patient care and safety, appearing on U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Honor Roll as tied as the number 1 hospital in California and ranked best in the state for cancer, geriatrics, neurology and neurosurgery, pulmonology, and rheumatology. As a premier academic medical center and an innovator in developing new care protocols and disease management strategies, UCSF Health is committed to investing in its people, systems, and operations to make it easier for its providers and staff to make a significant impact on the health of its community.
The Campus Capital Program is focused on meeting three key challenges: supporting enrollment growth, addressing aging facilities, and meeting housing needs. Consistent with the campus's LRDP, student enrollment has grown over the last decade to 25,000 students, creating greater demand for housing and for academic and research spaces. Sustaining enrollment levels and retaining faculty requires investment in housing, and additional academic and research facilities. Along with investments in new buildings, the campus must also prioritize the renewal of our aging facilities in order to maintain a safe and enriching environment and to become compliant with the UC Seismic Safety Policy.
UC Santa Cruz is a globally recognized university known for high impact research, innovation and creativity. Since its founding in 1965, it has drawn students, faculty, and staff who are deeply committed to social justice and environmental sustainability. Its distinctive residential college system fosters belonging, academic support, and community. Offering students an array of transformative hands-on educational experiences, UC Santa Cruz stands apart as a university like no other.
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) directs an extensive statewide network of research and extension activities that address regional challenges and issues in agriculture, environment, and community. UC ANR's structure—unique to the University system—connects UC with the people of California, enables it to respond to critical state needs, and achieves innovation in fundamental and applied research and education. ANR advances California's climate resilience through its Research and Extension Center (REC) system—11 sites encompassing over 13,000 acres with over 500,000 assignable square feet across the state while expanding workforce capacity with 100+ new academic positions and supporting increased grant funding exceeding $100 million annually.
Berkeley Lab is an open, unclassified federal research institution managed exclusively by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that advances the frontiers of science and technology through large multidisciplinary team science, core research programs, and advanced instruments and user facilities. Strategic capital investments are prioritized to transform the Lab's aging infrastructure into a modern, integrated, and fully mission-aligned environment for ground-breaking science.
The Office of the President serves as the systemwide headquarters of the University of California, providing leadership and coordination across the UC system. It oversees fiscal and business operations while assisting in the academic and research missions of all UC campuses, laboratories, and medical centers. The Systemwide and Office of the President Capital Program ensures that capital projects align with the University's mission. This program encompasses initiatives that directly benefit individual campuses while also offering broader support to the entire UC system through projects and resources managed centrally by the Office of the President.
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