UC wins 5 Nobel Prizes in 3 days — and sets a new world record

University of California faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes this week, highlighting the ongoing contributions of America’s #1 public research university and the central role of federal funding in advancing world-changing scientific inquiry.

These remarkable achievements bring the number of Nobel Prizes awarded to UC faculty to 75. This is also the first time in Nobel history that four faculty at one institution have won the award in a single year.

UC's 2025 Nobel laureates

On Monday, UC San Diego and UCLA alum Frederick J. Ramsdell, along with collaborators in Seattle and Japan, won the Nobel Prize in medicine for identifying the cells that prevent the immune system from attacking the body’s own tissues.

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