University of California at Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

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 I – Pac-12
Nickname	Bruins
Mascot	Joe Bruin Josephine Bruin
Website	ucla.edu

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.