What is UCUES?
UCUES, the University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey, is an omnibus survey of the experience of undergraduate students enrolled at the nine University of California undergraduate campuses. Beginning in 2009, six additional public and private peer institutions outside the UC system, all members of the Association of American Universities, joined the project. Survey results are matched with institutional data from campus records to provide a detailed portrait of students’ backgrounds, academic and co-curricular activities, goals and aspirations, experience with academic and administrative units, self-assessments of gains in academic and social skills, interactions with other students, engagement in community service and civic activities, perceived obstacles to academic success, and many other topics. The results are used both for administrative purposes—to evaluate and improve programs and policies affecting undergraduates—as well as for scholarly research.
