Graduate Program - Visiting the Department
Prospective graduate students who are admitted to the Department are invited
to visit every year in the Spring. Students unable to visit during
the annual event can arrange a visit at another time by contacting the Graduate
student coordinator.
UCSB is located in Goleta California, some ten miles west of Santa
Barbara. Both Goleta and Santa Barbara are cities of approximately
100,000 people, and both are served by a medium size airport.
The university is approximately 2 hours north of Los Angeles International
Airport (LAX), and 5 hours south of San Francisco. The Santa
Barbara Airbus offers transportation to and from LAX daily. The following
area maps should help you find us:
Transportation & Lodging
- Santa Barbara Airport
A medium size airport with direct flights to SFO, LAX, DEN, PHX, SLC, and SJC.
- The Santa Barbara
Airbus
A bus between LAX and SBA Airports.
- Mass Transit in the Santa Barbara Area
Students ride for free on the MTD bus system in the SantaBarbara area!
- Local Lodging (hotels, motels etc..)
Maps & Directions
