Academic advising
Counseling services
Immigration services
Reservable space
Lounge space
Volunteer, internship and employment
Child-friendly space
Whether you’re new to campus or a continuing student, we offer welcoming spaces that both affirm and provide opportunities to explore intersecting identities. All students are welcome in these spaces and can stop by to get academic support, find out about student organizations, be social or just chill.
Asian and Pacific Islander Retention Initiative
University House and Annex
The Strategic Asian and Pacific Islander Retention Initiative (SAandPIRI) promotes academic excellence, connectedness and empowering leadership for all students. SAandPIRI recognizes the diversity of the Asian and Pacific Islander (AandPI) diasporas at UC Davis in order to improve academic outcomes through culturally relevant programs and resources. With this in mind, the retention initiative supports the retention of historically marginalized AandPI students with a special focus on Filipinx, Southeast Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations.
Center for African Diaspora Student Success
South Silo
The Center for African Diaspora Student Success provides tools and resources that support students' developmental transformation, empowering them to maximize their potential and positively impact the UC Davis campus. See the Real Places of UCD: Center for African Diaspora Student Success video.
Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success
Memorial Union
The core mission of Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success is to provide an academic support space where students thrive as scholars and unique individuals. The center's practices and services are grounded in access, academics and empowerment. See the Real Places of UCD: El Centro video.
Center for the Educational Opportunity Program
The Center for the Educational Opportunity Program is committed to serving the UC Davis community by helping students who are from historically low-income backgrounds and who are first in their family to attend college strengthen their academic skills to meet the demands of a research university. We strive to maintain a climate of academic excellence and maximize retention by living by our five pillars: academic guidance, advocacy, community connections, financial resources and leadership development. See the Real Places of UCD: Center for the Educational Opportunity Program video.
Center for Student Involvement
Memorial Union
The Center for Student Involvement empowers students to get involved and to author their own experience through meaningful co-curricular engagement. The Center serves as the primary contact for Registered Student Organizations (RSOs), including sorority and fraternity life on campus.
Cross Cultural Center
Student Community Center
The UC Davis Cross Cultural Center provides a culturally relevant community space where student voices can be expressed and respected. See the Real Places of UCD: Cross Cultural Center video.
Guardian Scholars Program
South Hall
The Guardian Scholars Program is committed to improving the educational outcomes for foster youth and former foster youth by providing services and support to meet their needs through transition, graduation and post-graduate planning.
Services for International Students and Scholars
International Center
Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) within Global Affairs provides visa and immigration advising and intercultural programming and events for the more than 10,000 international students, scholars, and their accompanying family members, coming to UC Davis each year from more than 140 countries. See the Real Places of UCD: Services for International Students and Scholars video.
LGBTQIA Resource Center
Student Community Center
The purpose of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Resource Center (LGBTQIA Resource Center) is to provide an open, safe and inclusive space community that is committed to challenging sexism, cissexism/trans oppression/transmisogyny, heterosexism, monosexism and allosexism. See the Real Places of UCD: LGBTQIA Resource Center video.
Middle Eastern, North African, & South Asian Student Resources
Student Community Center
Middle Eastern, North African, & South Asian Student Resources' mission is to provide holistic support to students who are interested in exploring, challenging and understanding their cultural, ethnic and spiritual identities and engage in productive dialogue with others. We approach the work through education, advocacy and an intersectional lens. We hope that through building community, students embrace their authentic selves and find belonging at UC Davis.
Native American Academic Student Success Center
University House and Annex
The Native American Academic Student Success Center is focused on creating a sense of belonging for students that honors and celebrates Native cultures. See the Real Places of UCD: Native Nest video.
Student Recruitment and Retention Center
Student Community Center
The Student Recruitment and Retention Center stands for educational equity. Our student-run and student-initiated programs foster holistic academic and personal development while raising political and cultural awareness to empower students to act as dynamic leaders for their communities.
Transfer and Reentry Center
Dutton Hall
The Transfer and Reentry Center assists all transfer students from junior college or community college and reentry students with the transition to UC Davis and the UC system. See the Real Places of UCD: Transfer and Reentry Center video.
STUDENT PARENTS: Through its work with reentry students, the TRC supports and advocates for the needs of student parents. The TRC-sponsored programs for student parents and caregivers include assistance with petitioning UCD to become a part-time student, priority registration, access to a Babysitter Directory, CCAMPIS program offering subsidies for spots at the Early Childhood Lab School, outreach messages to faculty, community building events and more.
Underground Scholars Program
South Hall
The mission of the UC Davis Underground Scholars Program (USP) is to redefine what is possible through higher education and reverse the school-to-prison pipeline. USP welcomes and supports students who have been directly impacted by the criminal punishment system, including formerly incarcerated people or those with incarcerated family members. Students are offered a designated space to convene, study, foster connections with campus partners and advocates and receive one-on-one support sessions in a confidential setting.
Undocumented Student Resource Center
Student Community Center
Built on the foundation of educational equity and opportunity, the Undocumented Student Resource Center at UC Davis strives to empower undocumented students, their families and members of the community in being informed leaders and active participants in our communities. See the Real Places of UCD: Undocumented Student Resource Center video.
Veterans Success Center
Memorial Union
The Veterans Success Center at UC Davis is committed to providing services to the student veterans, service members and dependents of the Armed Services. The center provides a welcoming space, professional and peer advising, guidance regarding educational benefits and engagement opportunities that span the university and the larger Davis community. See the Real Places of UCD: Veterans Success Center video.
Women’s Resources and Research Center
North Hall
The Women’s Resources and Research Center (WRRC) challenges all forms of oppression, through the lens of gender equity. The WRRC provides education, advocacy, resources and a safe space that centers the experiences of womxn, transgender, femme and nonbinary individuals. See the Real Places of UCD: Women's Resources and Research Center video.
STUDENT PARENTS: The WRRC also offers support to student parents at UCD and their families through connection to local programs and free on-campus resources. WRRC resources include the Diaper Closet which offers free diapers, wipes and nursing pads, as well as children’s books and family-friendly programming.