UCUES, the University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey, is an omnibus survey of the experience of undergraduate students enrolled at the nine University of California undergraduate campuses.
Survey results are matched with institutional data from campus records to provide a detailed portrait of students' backgrounds, academic and co-curricular activities, goals and aspirations, experience with academic and administrative units, self-assessments of gains in academic and social skills, interactions with other students, engagement in community service and civic activities, perceived obstacles to academic success, and many other topics.
The results are used both for administrative purposes – to evaluate and improve programs and policies affecting undergraduates – as well as for scholarly research. For example, Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) conferences and publications, as a program of the Center for Studies in Higher Education