The College of Engineering is one of the three undergraduate colleges at the University of California, Santa Barbara.As of 2015, there were 150 faculty, 1,450 undergraduate students, and 750 graduate students. According to the Leiden Ranking, engineering and physical sciences at UCSB is ranked #1 among public universities for top 10% research citation impact. According to the National Research Council rankings, the UCSB engineering graduate research program in Materials was ranked #1 and Chemical Engineering ranked #5 in the nation among public universities.Departments and programsThe College of Engineering comprises the following departments: Chemical Engineering (established in 1965) Computer Science (established in 1979) Electrical and Computer Engineering (established in 1962) Materials (established in 1987) Mechanical Engineering (established in 1964) The college is connected to the UCSB campus through innovative multi-disciplinary/outreach academic programs: Biomolecular Science and Engineering Program (BMSE) Computational Science and Engineering Program (CSE) Media Arts and Technology Program (MAT) Technology Management Program (TMP)
