The UCCS is a UC-wide symposium for current graduate students and postodctoral researchers in all fields of chemistry at all of the University of California campuses. It is organized completely by graduate students and postdocs from the UC campuses.

The upcoming 2018 meeting will take place on March 26 - 28. For more information, please see current meeting.

The 2018 UCCS marks the third annual meeting at the Lake Arrowhead Conference Center. For more information and more photographs from the 2016 and 2017 conferences, please see past meetings.

The UC system is home to some of the most cutting edge research in chemical sciences. The exchange of ideas, professional development, social interactions, and mentoring in future career paths are all critical skills needed for research. This conference aims to give students and early career scientists in a similar stage of their scientific careers the opportunity to present their research from all chemistry disciplines in a variety of different formats, provide future career guidance and advice through panels and workshops, and also foster long-lasting relationships and research collaborations beyond graduate school.

In order to ensure free scientific discussion and allow presentation of the newest results that may not have been published, all participants are required to sign a confidentiality agreement at the conference.