|colors=Blue and Gold
|degrees=biology, psychology, communication, economics, sociology, among others
|website=httphttps://www.ucsb.edu/
}}The '''University of California, Santa Barbara''' (UCSB) was established in 1944. In 1995, it was elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities.<ref>Association of American Universities. [http://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476''MEMBER INSTITUTIONS AND YEARS OF ADMISSION''] (2010)</ref> [[Newsweek|Newsweek's]] ''How to Get Into College'' guide ranked UCSB as one of the country's "hottest colleges" twice in the past five years.<ref>University of California. [http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/6571 ''Santa Barbara again named one of 'hottest colleges'''] (25th August, 2008)</ref>