University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine

Motto	Fiat lux (Latin)
Motto in English	Let there be light
Type	Land-grant Public research university
Established	1965
Endowment	$504.3 million (2015)
Chancellor	Howard Gillman
Provost	Enrique Lavernia
Academic staff	2,685
Students	31,551 (2015)
Undergraduates	25,256 (2015)
Postgraduates	6,295 (2015)
Location	Irvine, California, U.S. 33°38′44″N 117°50′33″W / 33.64556°N 117.84250°W / 33.64556; -117.84250Coordinates: 33°38′44″N 117°50′33″W / 33.64556°N 117.84250°W / 33.64556; -117.84250
Campus	Suburban 1,526 acres (618 ha)
Newspaper	New University
Colors	Blue, Gold
Athletics	18 Varsity Teams NCAA Division I
Nickname	Anteaters
Mascot	Peter the Anteater
Affiliations	University of California Association of American Universities Big West Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Association of Pacific Rim Universities
Website	www.uci.edu

The University of California, Irvine (UCI, UC Irvine, or Irvine), is a public research university located in Irvine, California, United States, and one of the 10 campuses in the University of California (UC) system. UC Irvine offers 80 undergraduate degrees and 98 graduate and professional degrees. The university is designated as having very high research activity in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, and in fiscal year 2013 had $348 million in research and development expenditures according to the National Science Foundation. UC Irvine became a member of the Association of American Universities in 1996, and is the youngest university to hold membership.

The university also administers the UC Irvine Medical Center, a large teaching hospital in Orange, and its affiliated health sciences system; the University of California, Irvine, Arboretum; and a portion of the University of California Natural Reserve System. UC Irvine set up the first Earth System Science Department in the United States.

UCI was one of three new UC campuses established in the 1960s to accommodate growing enrollments across the UC system. A site in Orange County was identified in 1959, and in the following year the Irvine Company sold the University of California 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land for one dollar to establish the new campus. President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated the campus in 1964.