Alternatives and competitors

Sites like University of California, Irvine

The 20 closest public research university alternatives to University of California, Irvine, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 16 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to University of California, Irvine? The closest matches are UCLA, University of California, Riverside and UC Davis. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine uci.edu

UC Irvine

Homepage for the University of California, Irvine

Wikidata: public research university in Irvine, California, United States

Top 10K · #1,440 English 16 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit University of California, Irvine

Summary by Claude

Official website of the University of California, Irvine, a public research university offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees across 15 schools, with information on admissions, financial aid, research, health sciences, campus life, arts and athletics.

Who it’s for
Prospective and current students, faculty, researchers, alumni
Business model
Tuition, state funding, research grants and donations

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to University of California, Irvine’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

University of VictoriaUniversity of Iowaiu.eduUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of UtahUniversity of California, BerkeleyUC DavisUniversity of California, RiversideUCLA

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to University of California, Irvine

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to University of California, Irvine, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    UCLA ucla.edu Top 10K English

    A World Leader in Education and Research Excellence | UCLA

    UCLA advances knowledge, addresses pressing societal needs and creates a university enriched by diverse perspectives where all individuals can flourish.

  2. 02
    University of California, Riverside ucr.edu Top 10K English

    UC Riverside / University of California, Riverside

    UC Riverside is the nation’s leader for social mobility with a diverse & inclusive community pioneering research with impacts around the globe.

  3. 03
    UC Davis ucdavis.edu Top 10K English

    University of California, Davis | UC Davis | UC Davis

    public university in the Davis, California area; part of the University of California system

  4. 04
    University of California, Berkeley berkeley.edu Top 1K English

    University of California, Berkeley: Home

    UC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.

  5. 05

    Home | UC Santa Barbara

    UC Santa Barbara is a leading center for teaching and research located on the California coast - truly a learning and living environment like no other!

  6. 06

    public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California

  7. 07
    University of California, Santa Cruz ucsc.edu Top 10K English

    public University of California campus in Santa Cruz

  8. 08

    public university (1983-)

  9. 09
    University of Utah utah.edu Top 10K English

    The University of Utah

    Founded in 1850, The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah, and offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. As a preeminent research and teaching institution, the University cultivates an academic environment in which the highest standards of intellectual integrity and scholarship are practiced.

  10. 10
    University of Arizona arizona.edu Top 10K English

    University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ

    The University of Arizona: Recognized for outstanding academics, and a student-first outlook filled with wonder. Interested in becoming a Wildcat?

  11. 11
    University of California, San Diego ucsd.edu Top 10K English

    University of California San Diego

    The University California San Diego is one of the world's leading public research universities, located in beautiful La Jolla, California

  12. 12
    University of Southern California usc.edu Top 10K English

    University of Southern California

    USC is one of the world's leading research universities. At USC, the human spirit is cultivated through learning, research and creativity.

  13. 13
    University of Colorado Boulder colorado.edu Top 10K English

    Home | University of Colorado Boulder

    Colorado’s leading public research university, transforming lives since 1876.

  14. 14
    Illinois illinois.edu Top 10K English

    Illinois

    Discover the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—where innovation, community, and discovery drive world-class learning, research, and public impact.

  15. 15
    Arizona State University asu.edu Top 10K English

    ASU Homepage | Arizona State University

    public university in Tempe, Arizona, US

  16. 16
    iu.edu Top 10K English

    Bring On Tomorrow: Solving tomorrow's problems today

    Indiana University empowers students to succeed through top-ranked academics, groundbreaking research, and service that strengthens Indiana and beyond.

  17. 17
    University of Iowa uiowa.edu Top 10K English

    The University of Iowa

    Join a global community of renowned artists, pioneering scientists, and faculty dedicated to student success at the University of Iowa.

  18. 18
    California Institute of Technology caltech.edu Top 10K English

    Home - www.caltech.edu

    The California Institute of Technology aims to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education.

  19. 19
    University of Victoria uvic.ca Top 10K English

    Home - University of Victoria

    Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

  20. 20
    UChicago uchicago.edu Top 10K

    UChicago - Error 403

    private university in Chicago, Illinois

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to uci.edu’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones University of California, Irvine uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What University of California, Irvine is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js
CSS & UI
  • Font Awesome asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/7.0.1/css/all.min.css
Fonts
  • Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto+Slab:wght@300;400;700&display=swap
Tag managers
Cookie consent
  • OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=16edbc3629f443fabd8dad950895f34d
CDN
  • cdnjs asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/7.0.1/css/all.min.css
Hosting
Web servers
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • Brevo TXT brevo-code:0dcd55f363a085a6cf952220dee48b61
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=e634b61755f2851d70b1bfeb647e5cee36969dc9a…
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=tBd62mzRvqFsLjGW
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=RohmxL9BuytcJuMXhQ4a3GtrcjkHxdVrbBm/eeC…
  • Canva TXT canva-site-verification=ahsq18bSu1cI0z5w_ow0Og
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=0b7a8853-5bde-42d6-a067-d1480753eaef
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=-pyGy33Hd6nXxSrfLvpG9dFhlMrKRZaTtASmKtV6ojs

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