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University of California at Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California UCLA.svg
Former names
Southern Branch of the University of California
(1919–1927)
University of California at Los Angeles
(1927–1953)
Motto Fiat lux (Latin)
Motto in English
Let there be light
Type Public
Research
Land grant
Established 1919
Academic affiliation
University of California
AAU
APLU
Pacific Rim
URA
WASC
Endowment $3.33 billion (2016)
Budget $6.7 billion (2016)
Chancellor Gene D. Block
Provost Scott L. Waugh
Academic staff
4,016
Administrative staff
26,139
Students 44,947 (2016)
Undergraduates 30,873 (2016)
Postgraduates 12,675 (2016)
Location Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States
34°04′20.00″N 118°26′38.75″W / 34.0722222°N 118.4440972°W / 34.0722222; -118.4440972Coordinates: 34°04′20.00″N 118°26′38.75″W / 34.0722222°N 118.4440972°W / 34.0722222; -118.4440972
Campus Urban
419 acres (1.7 km²)
Colors UCLA Blue, UCLA Gold
         
Athletics NCAA Division IPac-12
Nickname Bruins
Mascot Joe Bruin
Josephine Bruin
Website ucla.edu
UCLA Logo.svg
University rankings
National
ARWU 10
Forbes 46
U.S. News & World Report 24
Washington Monthly 8
Global
ARWU 12
QS 31
Times 14
U.S. News & World Report 10

2016 USNWR graduate school rankings

Business 15
Education 11
Engineering 14
Engineering (Online) 1
Law 17
Medicine (Primary Care) 6
Medicine (Research) 14
Nursing 12
Public Affairs 19

2016 USNWR departmental rankings

Biological Sciences 19
Chemistry 15
Clinical Psychology 1
Computer Science 13
Earth Sciences 13
Economics 15
English 10
Fine Arts 2
Health Care Management 14
History 9
Library and Information Studies 14
Mathematics 7
Physics 18
Political Science 10
Psychology 2
Public Affairs 19
Public Health 10
Social Work 12
Sociology 9
Statistics 30

Faculty Nobel Prizes

James Fraser Stoddart Chemistry 2016
Lloyd Shapley Economic Sciences 2012
Louis Ignarro Physiology or Medicine 1998
Paul Boyer Chemistry 1997
Donald Cram Chemistry 1987
Julian S. Schwinger Physics 1965
Willard Libby Chemistry 1960

Faculty membership

American Academy of Arts and Sciences 124
American Association for the Advancement of Science 117
American Philosophical Society 18
Institute of Medicine 39
National Academy of Engineering 28
National Academy of Sciences 52
National Academy of Education 7

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California, United States. It became the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest undergraduate campus of the ten-campus system after the original University of California campus in Berkeley (1873). It offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. UCLA enrolls about 31,000 undergraduate and 13,000 graduate students, and had 119,000 applicants for Fall 2016, including transfer applicants, the most applicants for any American university.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2015–2016 ranked UCLA 16th in the world for academics and 13th in the world for reputation. In 2015-2016, UCLA ranked 12th in the world (10th in North America) by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and 31st in the 2016/17 QS World University Rankings. In 2015, the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranked the university 15th in the world based on quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, publications, influence, citations, broad impact, and patents.

The university is organized into six undergraduate colleges, seven professional schools, and four professional health science schools. The undergraduate colleges are the College of Letters and Science; Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS); School of the Arts and Architecture; Herb Alpert School of Music; School of Theater, Film and Television; and School of Nursing. FourteenNobel laureates, three Fields Medalists, two Chief Scientists of the U.S. Air Force and three Turing Award winners have been faculty, researchers, or alumni. Among the current faculty members, 55 have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 28 to the National Academy of Engineering, 39 to the Institute of Medicine, and 124 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The university was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1974.


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