UC Merced Admissions

UC Merced Admissions

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www.ucmerced.edu The campus opened Sept, 5, 2005, in California's San Joaquin Valley.

The 10th campus in the prestigious University of California system, UC Merced is diverse, growing and committed to those ideals that serve the state, nation and world through research, education and public service. UC Merced, part of the world-renowned University of California system, is the first new American research university of the 21st century and has a mission of research, teaching and service. The university is about an hour north of Fresno, two hours south of Sacramento, two hours southeast of San Francisco and the Silicon Valley, and 90 minutes west of Yosemite National Park.

09/23/2026

Seniorita Awesome 🍁🍂

[Video Description: A compilation of photos of UC Merced during the fall season with the caption, “It’s finally fall at UCM”]

09/19/2026

Home sweet home💙🐾 This can be your home too.

[Video description: Students walking on a bridge at Yosemite with the lyrics "I wanna go back home." It jumps into an edit of UC Merced student life and culture, signifying that home is at UC Merced.]

09/17/2026

PART 2: What was your summer highlight? The highlight of this video was BRAZILLLL🕺

[Video Description: UC Merced students coming up to a mic talking about their Summer highlight.]

Photos from UC Merced Admissions's post 09/14/2026

WE 💙 UCM
Applications are OPEN🐾 Apply now to become a Bobcat. This is your HOME

[Photo description: A big "I 'heart' UCM" text in the backgrounds of different scenery of UC Merced campus.]

Photos from UC Merced Admissions's post 09/10/2026

AURA MAJORS✨

[Image Description: "Your major, your aesthetic" Photos of different majors and the aesthetic that they each have. Environmental science: plants with the outdoors in yosemite. Anthropology: Books studying with notebooks and a earthy aesthetic. Cognitive science: library studying with a matcha. Psychology: Journaling, peaceful, and comforting vibes. Mechanical Engineering: A redbull and studying with graphs and lots of mechanic photos.]

Photos from UC Merced Admissions's post 09/09/2026

UC Merced as post card stamps💙 ft. Half Dome at our backyard YOSEMITE🌲

[Photo description 1: Half Dome at Yosemite with a piece of the photo cut out as a post stamp
Photo description 2: UC Merced campus with the Beginnings statue cut out as a post stamp.
Photo description 3: A field during a sunset at UC Merced with a dirt road cut out as a post stamp.
Photo description 4: A mural painting on campus at UC Merced of hands holding out a butterfly with the butterfly cut out as a post stamp.
Photo description 5: An agriculture field at UC Merced with the middle cut out as a post stamp
Photo description 6: Students sitting on grass with their group of friends and a cut out of a friend group as a post stamp.
Photo description 7: Little Lake at UC Merced with the waterfountain cut out as a post stamp.]

09/09/2026

STICKER ZOO CAME TO UC MERCED TODAY‼️‼️‼️

09/08/2026

MERCED SIDE QUESTS WITH $20🫨‼️ Your sign to finally get out and touch some grass in Merced

[Video Description: Three people in Merced, CA each using only $20 for the entire day. They visit places like "Hola Cafecito" "Pretty Good Burger" "Lovers Deli" and "Regal Hollywood Theater" all in one day in Merced, CA.]

09/04/2026

We’re BACK with our CAMPUS CONFESSION SERIES and so are our Bobcats from their summer vacation ☀️ Tune in for part 2???🫣

[Video Description: Students at UC Merced coming up to a stand up mic to answer the question “What was your summer highlight?”.]

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