University of California - Riverside
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| Motto | Fiat lux (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Let there be light |
| Type |
Land-grant Public research university |
| Established |
1907 (UC Citrus Experiment Station) 1954 (College of Letters and Science) |
| Endowment | $129.2 million (2016) |
| Chancellor | Kim A. Wilcox |
| Provost | Paul D'Anieri |
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Academic staff
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1,638 |
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Administrative staff
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1,938 |
| Students | 21,539 (2015) |
| Undergraduates | 18,608 (2015) |
| Postgraduates | 2,931 (2015) |
| Location | Riverside & Palm Desert, California, U.S. |
| Campus |
Suburban (Riverside) Rural (Palm Desert) 1,931 acres (781 ha) in total |
| Colors | Sky blue and Gold |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I – Big West |
| Sports | 7 men's & 8 women's varsity teams |
| Nickname | Highlanders |
| Mascot | Scotty Highlander |
| Affiliations |
University of California APLU |
| Website | www |
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| University rankings | |
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| National | |
| ARWU | 62–71 |
| Forbes | 269 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 118 |
| Washington Monthly | 12 |
| Global | |
| ARWU | 151–200 |
| QS | 271 |
| Times | 167 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 113 |
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USNWR graduate school rankings |
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| Business | 93 |
| Education | 72 |
| Engineering | 67 |
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USNWR departmental rankings |
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| Biological Sciences | 68 |
| Chemistry | 60 |
| Computer Science | 56 |
| Earth Sciences | 54 |
| Economics | 63 |
| English | 47 |
| History | 79 |
| Mathematics | 68 |
| Physics | 54 |
| Political Science | 48 |
| Psychology | 66 |
| Sociology | 57 |
| Statistics | 47 |
1907 (UC Citrus Experiment Station)
The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside), is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on 1,900 acres (769 ha) in a suburban district of Riverside, California, United States, with a branch campus of 20 acres (8 ha) in Palm Desert. Founded in 1907 as the UC Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside pioneered research in biological pest control and the use of growth regulators responsible for extending the citrus growing season in California from four to nine months. Some of the world's most important research collections on citrus diversity and entomology, as well as science fiction and photography, are located at Riverside.
UCR's undergraduate College of Letters and Science opened in 1954. The Regents of the University of California declared UCR a general campus of the system in 1959, and graduate students were admitted in 1961. To accommodate an enrollment of 21,000 students by 2015, more than $730 million has been invested in new construction projects since 1999. Preliminary accreditation of the UC Riverside School of Medicine granted in October 2012 and the first class of 50 students was enrolled in August 2013. It is the first new research-based public medical school in 40 years.
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