Academic Excellence in Our DNA
It goes without saying that excellence in the classroom is a hallmark of USC. As one of the nation’s leading academic institutions, USC is a place where the nation’s brightest students are challenged, make new discoveries and learn skills that will help them succeed in life.
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An Unparalleled Student Experience
USC offers a transformational education that instills a lifelong passion for achievement, offering learning experiences on the West Coast, in the nation’s capital and around the world.
The Education of a Lifetime
USC gives 21,000 undergraduate and 25,000 graduate and professional students extraordinary educational opportunities and so much more. What’s more, two-thirds of our undergrads receive some sort of financial aid, and incoming first-year students from U.S. families with an income of $80,000 or less and typical assets can attend USC tuition free.
How USC ROTC helped Allison Parra find confidence — and her calling
The USC Dornsife psychology alumna overcame academic struggles, rebuilt a USC rugby program and completed one of the Army’s most demanding challenges. Now she now leads a platoon of 33 soldiers.
Through USC Dornsife Alumni Mentorship Program, Trojans learn they gain when they give back
The program gives students and alumni opportunities to expand their horizons in meaningful ways.
USC Viterbi alumnus works to engineer trust in an AI-driven world
As artificial intelligence and automation transform our day-to-day lives, Kaustav Chakraborty is tackling the question in many people’s minds: How do we ensure that these systems are safe?
Veteran shares journey to USC master’s in nutrition, healthspan and longevity
COMMENCEMENT: Faith Huss, who served in the U.S. Army for 10 years prior to attending USC, will use her nutrition and dietetics expertise to serve patients at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Long Beach.
After global innovation win, Trojan aims to make calling for help safer
Darnell Adler’s Lifeline AI took the top prize at Red Bull Basement’s World Final, giving the recent USC Dornsife grad new momentum to build what he hopes will become a global standard for discreet emergency alerts.
Top Headlines
Every college football game produces thousands of data points. The new collaboration is turning them into game-day insights for coaches and analysts.
The Trojans and the Fighting Irish will reignite college football’s greatest intersectional rivalry when they meet at the Coliseum in Week 1 of the 2030 season.
The $10 million gift from USC alumnus Wang and his wife, Sakura Wang, is one of the largest gifts ever made to a U.S. engineering school’s entrepreneurship office.
As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, USC will lead a national research team developing a new kind of AI to predict turbulence — one of engineering’s oldest challenges — with applications across energy, transportation and manufacturing.
Spotlight: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Powered by the creative energy of Los Angeles, state-of-the-art facilities, a faculty of leading scholars and practitioners, and a global network of industry partners, the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism connects intellectual rigor and professional practice in ways few schools can. Students gain the knowledge, experiences and connections to shape the future of communication, journalism and public relations.
USC United Against Alzheimer’s
Learn how USC researchers and clinicians are making groundbreaking strides in the treatment, prevention and care of the debilitating disease.
Collaborating in Research and Care
This series showcases how USC researchers and clinicians are on the cusp of a revolution in Alzheimer’s prevention, making groundbreaking strides in the treatment, prevention and care of Alzheimer’s. In the near future, their discoveries promise to make the devastating disease a thing of the past.
Can we prevent Alzheimer’s disease within a decade?
USC researchers are on the cusp of a revolution in Alzheimer’s prevention. In the near future, their discoveries promise to make the devastating disease a thing of the past.
To reduce Alzheimer’s risk, focus on overall health
Researchers across USC are studying how lifestyle and environment influence dementia risk and resilience. They’re finding that what’s good for the body is also good for the brain.
How AI and advanced computing are accelerating Alzheimer’s research
Cutting-edge technologies developed by USC researchers are changing not just the pace of Alzheimer’s disease discoveries but also the ways scientists make those discoveries.
Caring Connections
Keck School of Medicine of USC practitioners connect Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers to leading-edge research — and, just as importantly, to compassionate care.
