Resources

UC Davis has many resources designed to support students with their physical, emotional, financial, and academic needs.

Academic Support

  • Academic Assistance and Tutoring Centers (AATC): Provides free tutoring to undergraduate students in writing, math, and science. Also provides advising for students considering graduate school and law school–including feedback and support on personal statements for graduate school applications–as well as student success coaching.
  • Educational Opportunity Program (EOP): Assists in the admission and retention of first-generation and low-income students by providing counseling, financial aid, academic programs, and many other services.
  • Student Disability Center: Advocates for and assists students in receiving support and necessary accommodations so that students with disabilities have equitable access to the University’s educational programs.
  • UC Davis Writing Center: Visit the writing center for all of your writing needs! They offer one-on-one writing consultations, workshops, writing groups, and provide support for both English and Spanish writing. 

Community Building

  • Center for Student Involvement (CSI): Use this directory to find and join a student organization/club, or if you want to start your own, you can do that too! There are over 800 student organizations at UC Davis.
  • Dynamic Discussions: Events that seek to create spaces of learning, allow participants to exchange ideas, build community, and create a more inclusive campus.\
  • Global Hub: Support students find global learning opportunities available on campus, in the region, virtually, and internationally through programs such as: Study Abroad, Community Engagement, Global Skills and Leadership, and Internships and Research.

Emotional Support and Mental Health

  • CAN Counselors: The Community Advising Network (CAN) of Counselors assists students in matters of educational and mental wellness, seeks to decrease barriers especially for all students and especially students from underserved and marginalized communities, and provides culturally relevant support.
  • Student Health and Counseling Services: Student Health and Counseling Services provides student-centered integrated services that are inclusive, innovative, and promote health equity, which reduce barriers to physical, emotional, and social wellbeing in support of student success.

Food, Shelter, and Safety Support

  • Aggie Compass: A student resource directory for basic needs such as food, housing, financial resources, and mental wellness.
  • Food Pantry: The pantry offers a variety of food items, including fresh produce, pantry staples, and non-perishable goods. Its services are available to students with a valid UC Davis ID, ensuring that all students, regardless of financial situation, have access to food.

Identity and Belonging Resources

  • Center for African Diaspora Student Success (CADDS): Provides a welcoming space for tutoring, academic advising, studying, relaxing, and cultural exploration for all students, especially students of African descent.
  • The Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success (CCLASS): Provides a welcoming space to take a break, talk with an academic advisor, meet with a tutor, and receive career development advice and counseling for all students interested in exploring and understanding the Chicanx and Latinx diasporic experiences. Also known as El Centro.
  • Cross Cultural Center: A community space providing students a compassionate and comfortable location to explore identity and culture and develop through collective innovation.
  • Guardian Scholars Program: Serves current and former foster youth in improving educational outcomes through academic advising, retention initiatives, and pre/post-graduation planning.
  • LGBTQIA Resource Center: An open, safe, inclusive space where people of all sexes, orientations, gender identities and gender expressions are welcomed and celebrated.
  • Native American Academic Student Success Center (NAASSC): Provides a space for tutoring, academic advising, studying, relaxing, and cultural exploration for all students interested in exploring and understanding Native American experiences. Also known as Native Nest.
  • Strategic Asian and Pacific Islander Retention Initiative: A welcoming space open to all students, regardless of identity, who are interested in exploring and understanding the Asian and Pacific Islander diasporic experiences and engaging in productive dialogue and community with others.
  • Student Recruitment and Retention Center (SRRC): Student-run and student-initiated programs created by & for students to foster holistic, academic, and personal development while raising political and cultural awareness for youth and college students. Empowers students to develop as leaders and to transform knowledge into action.
  • Transfer and Reentry Center (TRC): The TRC addresses and assists with the unique challenges transfer and reentry (25+ years old, student parents or caregivers) students  face by offering transfer pathways, workshops, academic advising, transitional courses, and more.
  • Underground Scholars: Supports students who have been directly impacted by the criminal punishment system, including formerly incarcerated people or those with incarcerated family members through Education, Transformation and Community.
  • Undocumented Student Resource Center: Provides guidance, legal education, and basic needs assistance to undocumented and first-generation students.
  • Veterans Success Center (VSC): The VSC gives veteran students (and dependents and service members) access to an inclusive, engaging environment in addition to various resources such as peer and professional advising.
  • Women's Resources and Research Center (WRRC): Challenges all forms of oppression, through the lens of gender equity. The center provides education, advocacy, resources and a safe space that centers the experiences of womxn, transgender, femme and non-binary individuals. The programs and services offered by the center are available to all students.

International Services

  • Global Hub: Support students find global learning opportunities available on campus, in the region, virtually, and internationally through programs such as: Study Abroad, Community Engagement, Global Skills and Leadership, and Internships and Research.
  • Services for International Students & Scholars (SISS): SISS assists incoming and current international students and their families with visa and immigration matters, as well as support and referrals related to financial, personal, cultural, and academic concerns. 

Professional Development

  • Mentorships for Undergraduate Research Participants in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences (MURPPS): This program is designed to increase the number of underserved students who pursue graduate studies in the physical and mathematical sciences by offering students the chance to work with professors on research projects relevant to their major.
  • McNair Scholars: A program designed to prepare underrepresented and first-generation undergraduate scholars for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities.
  • NSF LSASMP/CAMP: CAMP is the California division of the Lois Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, funded by the National Science Foundation to provide faculty-mentored research experiences and encourage the transition to graduate studies for STEM students.
  • Quarter at Aggie Square: Quarter-long program led by dedicated faculty that allows a small cohort of students to participate in interdisciplinary coursework, internships, and community engagement focused on different aspects of a particular topic (e.g. health professions and transformative justice in education). The program is located in Sacramento; students who live in Davis may use a UC Davis shuttle that travels between the Davis campus and the Aggie Square campus in Sacramento. 
  • Undergraduate Research Center (URC): Encourages and facilitates research opportunities for UC Davis undergraduates in all majors and class levels.
  • UC Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees (UC LEADS): UC LEADS is a two-year program designed to support educationally and/or economically disadvantaged undergraduate students in STEM through research experience and stipends, seminars, advising, and more with the goal of supporting students interested in pursuing doctoral degree programs.
  • UC Center Sacramento (UCCS): Quarter-long program that provides students with the opportunity to do internships and seminar coursework right next to the State Capitol. Great for students who want to gain first-hand knowledge of California's public policy challenges and processes.
  • Washington Program: This unique program offers experiential learning experiences to undergraduate students through internships and professional development in Washington DC that help prepare scholars for their transition into the professional workspace.

You Belong Here

Student Affairs programs and services are open to all, consistent with state and federal law as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service or community event—is designed to be accessible, inclusive and respectful of all identities. To learn more, visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy Statement for University of California Publications Regarding Student-Related Matters.