What are UCI and the city of Irvine like?
UC Irvine is in the heart of sunny Southern California, famous for its perpetually sunny and spring-like weather. UCI’s location offers students an unlimited number of local spots and activities to enjoy. The campus is five miles from the Pacific Ocean, and driving distance from local museums, sports venues, concert halls, zoos, and theme parks, including Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Sea World, Magic Mountain, and Wild Rivers. Beautiful Catalina Island is just offshore. The UCI campus encircles the 21-acre Aldrich Park, and the campus itself is a natural arboretum planted with trees and shrubs from all over the world. Ring Road, a walkway one mile in circumference circling Aldrich Park, is the pedestrian thoroughfare that connects the classrooms, eateries, libraries, laboratories, and housing. The Ring also serves as the outdoor staging for a full calendar of cultural and social activities. Bike trails connect UCI to student housing and to the beach, and pedestrian bridges connect s
