UC regents approve UCI School of Education July 03, 2012 UCI’s Department of Education expanded into the School of Education in July 2012. Two years later, the school became the first in the UC system to establish an undergraduate major in education sciences. Email Related posts: Law school approved by UC Regents ‘Times Higher Education’ names UCI the nation’s best university under 50 years old Michael V. Drake appointed fifth chancellor Office of Teacher Education founded, later to become Department of Education