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University of California in 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 $3.53 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 FBSPac-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

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 memberships (2017)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences 129
American Association for the Advancement of Science 120
American Philosophical Society 17
National Academy of Education 16
National Academy of Engineering 30
National Academy of Inventors 4
National Academy of Medicine 39
National Academy of Sciences 50

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 University of California system. 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 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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