Università della California, Los Angeles

Basicinformation

Schoolhistory

Historicalevolution

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InMarch1881,atthestrongrequestofLosAngelesresidents,theCaliforniaStateAssemblyestablishedthesouthernpartofCaliforniaStateTeachersCollege(thepredecessorofSanJoseStateUniversity)indowntownLosAngeles.TrainingteachersforthegrowingpopulationofSouthernCalifornia.ThisLosAngeles-basedStateNormalUniversitywasestablishedonAugust29,1882.TheoriginalsiteislocatedintheCentralBuildingoftheLosAngelesPublicLibrary.Thisfacilityincludesanelementaryschool,whichprovidestraineeteacherswithopportunitiestoengageineducationalpracticewithchildren.Thiselementaryschoolwasthepredecessoroftoday'sUCLALabSchool.In1887,CaliforniaStateNormalUniversityofficiallychangeditsnametoLosAngelesStateNormalCollege.In1914,thecollegemovedtoanewcampuslocatedonVermontAvenueintheEastHollywoodDistrict(thecurrentlocationofLosAngelesCityCollege).

In1917,EdwardAugustDickson,thedirectoroftheUniversityofCalifornia,whorepresentedtherightsofthesouthernUnitedStates,andErnestCarrollMoore,thedirectoroftheStateNormalCollege,lobbiedthestatelegislaturetogether,promptingthecollegetobecomeasuccessortotheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Thesecondcampusafterthebranchcampus.ButthismotionwasmetwithresistancefromalumnifromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,aswellasoppositionfrommembersoftheNorthernCaliforniaAssembly.Atthesametime,BenjaminEdWheeler,whoservedasthechairmanoftheUniversityofCaliforniafrom1899to1919,alsostronglyresistedtheestablishmentofthesoutherncampus.However,DavidPressBarros,thenewchairmanoftheUniversityofCalifornia,heldtheoppositeviewwithWheeler.OnMay23,1919,theeffortsoftheSouthernCaliforniansfinallypaidoff.GovernorWilliamDennisonStephenssignedBill626ofParliamentintothelaw,whichmadetheformerLosAngelesNormalCollegemergedintotheUniversityofCaliforniaandbecameitsbranchcampusinSouthernCalifornia.ThisbillalsointroducedgeneralundergraduatecoursesintothesyllabusandcreateditsCollegeofHumanities.OnSeptember15ofthesameyear,theSouthernSectionoftheUniversityofCaliforniawasestablishedtoprovidetwo-yearundergraduateeducationfor250studentsintheliberalartscollegeand1,250studentsintheteachers’college.

UndertheleadershipofthePresidentoftheUniversityofCalifornia,WilliamWallaceCampbell,theenrollmentofthesouthernbranchincreasedsorapidlythatinthemid-1820s,theinstitutionhadtoexpandItislocatedoutsideof25hectaresoflandonFalmontAvenue.Therefore,inordertomeetthedemandfornewlanduse,theschoolboardiscommittedtofindinganewschoolsite.OnMarch21,1952,theschoolboardannouncedthatthenewschoolsitewaslocatedonthewestsideofBeverlyHills,adjacenttothethenvacantParosVerdesPeninsula.In1926,theUCLAsportsteamjoinedthePacificCoastLeague.Afterthismeeting,thestudentunionofthesouthernpartoftheschoolusedthename"Bruins"giventothembythestudentunionofBerkeley.In1927,theboardofdirectorsnamedthesoutherncampus"UniversityofCaliforniaatLosAngeles"(UniversityofCaliforniaatLosAngeles)("在"wasofficiallyreplacedbyacommain1958(UniversityofCalifornia).California,LosAngeles),correspondingtoothercampusesoftheUniversityofCalifornia).Inthesameyear,thestategovernmentstartedworkonapieceoflandinWestwoodDistrict,whichsoldforonemillion,whichwaslessthanone-thirdofitstruevalue.ThelandwassoldbyEdwinandHaroldJens,andJanssStepswasnamedafterit.

UCLA’sfouroldestteachingbuildings:CollegeLibrary,RoyceAuditorium,PhysicsandBiologyBuildingandChemistryBuilding(nowPowellLibrary,RoyceAuditorium)(RoyceHall),HumanitiesBuilding,andHaynesHall)faceeachotherinasquarecourtyardona1.6squarekilometercampus.Thefirstundergraduateclassonthenewcampusbeganin1929andenrolled5,500students.In1933,inthefaceofperseveringoppositionfromBerkeley,alumni,teachers,administrators,andcommunityleadersfurtherlobbiedthegovernment.TheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeleswasgrantedamaster'sdegree,andin1936itwasgrantedadoctorate.

Developmentprocess

In1951,whenRaymondB.Allenwasappointedastheschool’sfirstprincipal,theUCLAscoreincreasedtoalevelwithCalifornia.ThesamestatusastheUniversityofBerkeley(Co-equalStatus).Priortothis,theprincipaloftheschoolhasalwaysbeenthedeansofthecolleges.In1960,theschoolappointedFranklinDavidMurphyastheprincipal,usheringinaneraoftremendousgrowthinschoolfacilitiesandthequalityofteachers.Bytheendofthenineties,UCLAhadachievedvarioushonorsinawiderangeofdisciplines.ThiseraalsoestablishedUCLA'sownstatus,makingitnolongerjustanordinarybranchschoolintheUniversityofCaliforniasystem.TheepisodedescribedbyPresidentMurphyalsoprovedthischangeatUCLA:

"Icalledtheschoolfromanotherplace,andtheoperatorsaid:'UniversityofCalifornia.'Isaid:"IsitBerkeley?"Shesaid,"No."Isaid,"Well,wheredidmycallgo?"UCLA."Shesaid.Isaid,"Thenwhydon'tyoujusttalkaboutUCLA?``Oh,'shesaid,'thesuperiorinstructedustosaytheUniversityofCalifornia.'SothenextmorningIwenttotheofficeoftheUniversityofCaliforniasystemandwroteanote;Isaid:'Pleasere-instructouroperators,Startingatnoontoday,letthemanswerthephoneandsay,'ThisisUCLA.'Theysaid,'Youknowtheydon'tdothisatBerkeley.'Isaid,'Well,let'stry.Evenwithouttheirpermission,Weshouldstillbeabletodosomething.'"

UCLAhasmadesignificantdevelopmentsinthe25yearsafterWorldWarII,buildingalargenumberofschoolbuildingsandincreasingthenumberofstudents.UCLAhasatotalof163buildings,coveringanareaof​​419acres,with109academicdepartments,12professionalcolleges,and800researchinstitutions.Thereare29,633undergraduatestudents,12,212graduatestudents,and3,800full-timeteachers.

In2006,theuniversitycompletedthecampaignfortheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles(CampaignUCLA)andraisedmorethanUS$3.05billionindonations,makingitthesecondmostsuccessfulfundraisingeventamongpublicuniversities.In2008,theUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesraisedmorethan456millionUSdollarsindonations,rankingamongthetopteninAmericanuniversityfundraisingactivitiesthatyear.

OnJanuary26,2011,MeyerRuskinandReneeRuskindonated100millionUSdollarstotheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.OnFebruary14,2011,theUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesreceivedadonationofUS$200millionfromtheLindsayFoundation.ThesedonationswereusedtoestablishtheDreamFund,whichrepresented"thesupportofthecommunityforthedevelopmentofUCLAmedicalresearchandacademiccourses.".

Collegesettings

CollegeofUndergraduates

*CollegeofLettersandScience(CollegeofLettersandScience)

-PhysicalScienceDepartment

-HumanitiesDepartment

-LifeScienceDepartment

-SocialSciencesDepartment(SocialScience)

Includedmajorsincludebutarenotlimitedto:

-MinistryofNaturalSciences:AtmosphericandOceanSciences,ChemistryandBiochemistry,EarthandPlanetaryandUniverseSciences,Mathematics,PhysicsandAstronomy,Statistics

-DepartmentofHumanities:ArtHistory,EnglishLiterature,Linguistics,Philosophy,AsianCultureandLanguage,ComparativeLiterature,etc.

-DepartmentofLifeSciences:EnvironmentandEvolutionaryBiologyScience,Psychology,MolecularCellularandDevelopmentalBiology,IntegrativeBiology,etc.

-DepartmentofSocialSciences:Economics,Anthropology,Sociology,MilitaryScience,PoliticalScience,Geography,Archaeology,etc.

*SchooloftheArtsandArchitecture(SchooloftheArtsandArchitecture,No.2inthenation'sartranking)

*HenrySamuelEngineeringAndAppliedScience(HenrySamueliSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScience,ranked14thintheU.S.)

*SchoolofTheater,FilmandTelevision(SchoolofTheater,FilmandTelevision)

*SchoolofNursing(SchoolofNursing,ranked19thintheUnitedStates)

*EberAbbottSchoolofMusic(HerbAlpertSchoolofMusic,separatedfromtheSchoolofArtandArchitectureinearly2016)

GraduateSchool

*SchoolofLaw(SchoolofLaw,ranked16thinthenation’slawschools)

*AndersonSchoolofManagement(AndersonSchoolofManagement,alsotranslatedasbusinessschool,Ranked15thintheglobalMBAand10thintheUSbusinessschool)

*LuskinSchoolofPublicAffairs(LuskinSchoolofPublicAffairs,ranked23rdintheUnitedStates)

*GraduateSchoolofEducationandInformationStudies(GraduateSchoolofEducationandInformationStudies,13thintheU.S.)

*Daiwei·GeffenSchoolofMedicine(DavidGeffenSchoolofMedicine,ranked13thintheUnitedStates)

*SemelInstituteforNeuroscienceandHumanBehavior(SemelInstituteforNeuroscienceandHumanBehavior)

*SchoolofDentistry(SchoolofDentistry)

*FieldingSchoolofPublicHealth(JonahanandKarinFieldingSchoolofPublicHealth)p>

TheDavidGeffenSchoolofMedicine,theSchoolofNeuropsychologicalResearch,theSchoolofNursing,theSchoolofDentistry,theSchoolofPublicHealthplustheUCLAMedicalCenterandrelatedresearchandmedicalcentersarecollectivelyreferredtoasUCLABranchSchoolHealthSciencesCenter.In2005,theUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesannouncedafive-yearplantoestablishaninstituteforstemcellbiologyandmedicine.CaliforniaistheonlystateintheUnitedStatesthatprovidespublicfundingforanewlineoffetalstemcells.TogetherwiththeUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,theUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesestablishedtheCaliforniaInstituteofNanosystemstoinnovatenanotechnology.

TheAmericanLanguageCenter(ALC)oftheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesisthelargestintheLosAngelesarea.InadditiontoEnglishtrainingcourses,italsooffersaseriesofcertificatecoursessothatstudentscanchoosethemostpracticalCourse.ALC'sEnglishtrainingcoursesarebasedonshort-termPracticalEnglishandAcademicIntensiveEnglish.PracticalEnglishisdividedintothreelevels.Classesareheldfourdaysaweek.IntensiveclassesareheldfromMondaytoThursday.Thestudentscanusetheweaklisteningandspeakingpartscorrectlyandfluently.Thereare20hoursaweekintotal,andthestudentsareatleastNeedtobe17yearsold.TheacademicintensiveEnglishisdividedintosevenlevels,oneperiodistenweeks,butthereisasix-weekcourseduringthesummervacation.ThiscourseisforthosewhowanttocontinuestudyingintheUnitedStatesorwhowanttocontinuetostrengthenthetwopartsofreadingandwriting.Thestudentssetup23hoursaweekandhaveclassesfromMondaytoFriday.PracticalEnglishandAcademicIntensiveEnglishhavearrangedaseriesofelectivecourses,includingTOEFLpreparationcourses,newsandcurrentaffairs,filmEnglish,Americanslang,businesscommunicationandaccentcorrection,etc.Theseelectiveswillbeplannedaccordingtothelevelofstudents.

Professionalsettings

Astronautics,Anesthesiology,Anthropology,AppliedLinguistics,Archeology,ArchitectureandInteriorDesign,UrbanPlanning,Bioengineering,Biology,Statistics,ChemicalEngineering,ChemistryandBiochemistry,EnvironmentalEngineering,CommunicationResearch,HealthScience,ComputerScience,Dentistry,Economics,Education,ElectronicEngineering,EnvironmentalScienceandEngineering,Epidemiology,Ethnomusicology,FamilyHealthScience,film,televisionanddigitalmedia,geography,geriatrics,history,humangenetics,law,management,mathematics,mechanicalandaerospaceengineering,microbiology,immunology,militaryscience,molecularbiology,musicology,Neurobiology,Nursing,Ophthalmology,PhysicsandAstronomy,Psychology,Sociology,etc.

KeyDisciplines

Geography,Linguistics,ChemicalEngineering,Psychology,Medicine,MaterialsandMetallurgy,SocialSciences,History,Chemistry,Aerospaceandmachinery,computerscienceandinformationsystems,mathematics,electricalandelectronicengineering,modernlanguagestudies,biology,statistics,financeandaccounting,politicsandinternationalrelations,physics,civilandinstitutionalengineering,architectureandurbanplanning,etc.

Characteristicsoftheschool

TheU.S.universitieswiththelargestnumberofmajorsandenrollments

31departmentswereselectedinthetop20intheUnitedStates,and13departmentsinthetopten

IthasthelargestresearchlibraryintheUnitedStates,withacollectionofmorethan8millionbooks;

Thenumberofclassmatesreaches340,000,whichisamongthetopthreeintheUnitedStates;

TheaveragenumberofundergraduateclassesFor40people

Teachersandstudentscomefrom125countriesintheworld

AIDSwasfirstdiscoveredbytheschool’sscientists(1981)

TheInternetwasbornhere(BoelterHall)

Sportshasalongtradition.53UCLAstudentsparticipatedinthe2004AthensOlympicGamesonbehalfof12countries.

SchoolAchievements

UCLAisanAmericanbusiness,financial,high-techThecradleofindustry,filmandartprofessionals.ItistheseconduniversityintheUniversityofCaliforniasystem,withthesamenameasUCBerkeley,andoneofthebestpublicuniversitiesintheUnitedStates.ItisthemostcompetitiveschoolinSouthernCaliforniaandthelargestuniversityinCalifornia.UCLAenjoysprestigeintheUnitedStatesandwaslistedasoneofthe25"NewIvyLeague"schoolsintheUnitedStatesin2006.

UCLAhas8professorsand7graduateswhohavewontheNobelPrize.In2006,TerenceTao,a31-year-oldAustralian-ChineseprofessorintheDepartmentofMathematicsatUCLA,wontheFieldsMedal,theNobelPrizeinthefieldofmathematics.In2009,ElinorOstrom,aneconomistwhograduatedfromUCLA,wontheNobelPrizeinEconomicsthatyearandbecamethefirstwomaninhistorytowintheNobelPrizeinEconomics.In2010,RichardHeck,aUCLAalumnus,wontheNobelPrizeinChemistrythatyear.In2011,JudeaPearl,aprofessorattheUCLASchoolofComputerScience,wontheTuringPrize,theNobelPrizeinthecomputerindustry,inrecognitionofhisfundamentalcontributionsinthefieldofartificialintelligence.In2012,ProfessorLloydShapleyoftheUCLADepartmentofEconomicswontheNobelPrizeinEconomicsthatyear.In2020,AndreaGhez,aprofessorattheUCLASchoolofPhysicsandAstronomy,wontheNobelPrizeinPhysicsthatyearandwasthefourthfemaleNobelPrizeinPhysics.

AmongUCLAprofessors,thereare105membersoftheAmericanAcademyofSciencesandArts,86membersoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience,40membersoftheAmericanAcademyofSciences,20membersoftheAmericanAcademyofEngineering,and34membersoftheAmericanAcademyofMedicine.16academiciansoftheAmericanAcademyofPhilosophy.Inaddition,UCLAhasatotalof10NationalGoldAwardwinnersinthehistoryofscientificresearch(thesamenumberasHarvard).

Sports:

Atotalof76UCLAplayershaveenteredtheNBA.AmongtheNBAactiveplayers,thereare12UCLAplayers.

Atotalof31UCLAplayersbecameNBAfirst-roundrookies.37peopleenteredthe"BestCollegeStudentLineupinAmerica."

118peopleenteredthe"Pac-10LeagueBestTeam".

Thereare6membersoftheHallofFame.

CampusEnvironment

ThecampusoftheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelescoversanareaof​​1.7squarekilometers,andthereare163buildingsinit.ItislocatedinthewestofLosAngeles,southofSunsetBoulevard.Despiteitssize,itisstillthesecondsmallestcampusintheUniversityofCaliforniasystem.Thiscampusisworld-famous,especiallyforitsarchitectureandbeautifulscenery.ItissurroundedbythethreerichestdistrictsinLosAngeles.

Theschool’soriginalcampusdesignwasundertakenbyAllison&Allison,followingtheLombardRenaissanceartstyle,suchastheRoyceAuditoriumimitatingtheBasilicaofSant'AmbrogioAndbuilt.Thefirstfourbuildings,includingtheCentralLibrary,displayedexquisiteartisticdetailsandlaidthefoundationforthecampus.AftertheSecondWorldWar,manymodernandsimplebuildingsappearedundertheinfluenceofthearchitecturaltrendsofthetime.Mostoftheprojectsbuiltafterthe1990shavereturnedtotheoriginalvisionoftheschool.

Theentirecampusisinformallydividedintotwocampuses,northandsouth,bothofwhicharelocatedintheeasternhalfoftheuniversity’sland.TheNorthCampusisthecenteroftheoriginalcampus.Thearchitecturalstyleisrelativelyold,andallthebuildingsarecoveredwithimportedItalianbricks.Thisisthecenterofthearts,humanities,socialsciences,law,andeconomics.AtthecenteroftheNorthCampusisDixonSquaresurroundedbyoaktrees.Thissquarehasappearedinmanymovies.

ThebuildingsontheSouthCampusarerelativelynew,anditsstyleiscompletelydifferentfromthatoftheNorthCampus.Thisisthecenterofthenaturalsciences:physics,biologicalsciences,mathematicsandengineeringtechnology.MedicineanditsancillarybuildingsareneithertheSouthCampusnortheNorthCampus.

Therearenearly10,000studentslivinginmanybuildingsonahillsideinthewestofthecampus.Therearealsofivestudentcafeteriashere.Itturnsoutthatastudentisonlyallowedtoliveoncampusforthreeyears,butsince2010theycanliveforfouryears,thatistosaytheentireacademicperiod.

Beginningin2002,UCLAbegantobuildanewgraduatedormitorytoattractthebestgraduatestudentsfromallovertheworld.Thereasonisthatsince2001,theUniversityofCaliforniaatLosAngeleshasnograduatedormitorynearthecampus.Thenewgraduatedormitoryisoffcampusandcanaccommodateabout50%oftheuniversity’sgraduatestudents.

Thecenterofthecampusisabuildingforstudentunionsandsportsfacilities.Duetothecontinuousincreaseinthenumberofstudents,therearemanynewprojectsontheentirecampus,includingtheexpansionofthelifesciencesandengineeringtechnologydepartmentsandthereconstructionofthe"air-raidshelter(studentactivitycenter)"onthesouthcampus.

ThereisalsoatallofficebuildingattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesabout1.6kilometerssouthofthecampus.Mostoftheoff-campusmanagementagencies,includingtheprincipal’soffice,arethere.

Althoughtherearemanyundergroundandabove-groundparkinglotsoncampus,thenumberofparkinglotsisnotenough.Theschoolprovidespreferentialparkingforemployeesandstudentsfromafar,andencouragesstudentswholivewithinfivemilesoftheschooltousepublictransportation.Theschoolalsohas160buses(Vanpool)issueddailytoprovideshuttleservicestostudentsin85communitiesintheLosAngelesarea.TheshuttlebuscanreachSanBernadinoCounty(SanBernadinoCounty),whichis80kilometersawayfromtheschool.

Thesoutheastcornerofthecampusistheschool’sbotanicalgarden.

Library

ThelibraryoftheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeleshasacollectionofmorethan8.2millionbooks,ranking10thintheentireU.S.NationalLibraryofThehighutilizationrateissecondtononeintheworld,frommedievalcolorcopybookstomodernelectronicscientificpublications;fromOtterbonpicturestothearchiveswithpicturesoftheLosAngelesTimes;fromthetextsofNobelPeacePrizewinnerRalphBuncheFromnewsdatatothearchitecturaldesigndrawingsofRichardNeutraandLloydWright,aslongasyouentertheuniversity’slibrary,youcansharethehugeinformationresourceshere.Theuniversitylibraryalsoprovidesvariouscustomerconsultations,andprovidesservicesinmanyaspectssuchasresearch,teaching,curriculumdevelopment,andchurcheducation.

Filming

BecauseUCLAisadjacenttoHollywood'suniquegeographicallocation,UCLAhasattractedmanyfilmingandproduction.Gotcha!(1985),HigherLearning(1995),LegallyBlonde(2001),OldSchool(2003),TheNuttyProfessor(1995(,ErinBrockovich(2000),HowHigh(2001),NationalLampoon'sVanWilder(2002),AmericanPie2(2001),BringitOnAgain(2004)werefilmedhere.

"UCLAislocatedinLosAngeles,whichisthesameasthecoreoftheAmericanfilmindustry.Sowehave,TVprogramproductioncompanies,andevencommercialcompanies.Weareinthepositiontostartfilming.”AUCLAvisitingprofessorsaid.

Sports

Olympicmedals

Asof2021,currentstudentsoralumniofUCLAhavewonatotalof249medals,including130goldmedals,inallpreviousOlympics.ThenumberofgoldmedalsranksthirdintheUnitedStates.,SecondonlytotheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia(1,153gold)andStanfordUniversity(2,152gold),aheadoftheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley(4,121gold);andthetotalnumberofmedalsrankedthirdintheUnitedStates,onlySecondtotheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia(1,326medal),StanfordUniversity(2,301medal),andaheadoftheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley(4,223medal).

Schoolteamoverview

ThecoloroftheUCLAsportsteamispinkblueandgold.UCLAbelongstothePacificLeague(PAC-12),theRoseBowl,thehomestadiumofUCLAAmericanfootball,canaccommodatemorethan90,000people.UCLAAmericanfootballoncewonachampionshipin1954.TheUCLAmen’sandwomen’sbasketball,volleyballandwomen’sgymnasticshomecourtsareinthePauleyPaviliononthecampus.Amodernindoorcourtthatcanaccommodatemorethan10,000people.Asof2014,CaliforniaTheUniversityofLosAngeleshaswon112NCAA(NationalCollegeAthleticAssociation)championships.UCLAmen’swaterpolodefeatedtheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia(USC)onDecember7,2014towintheninthNCAAchampionshipofUCLAmen’swaterpolo.ItisalsothefirsttimeUCLAhaswon.112times

NCAAchampionships,themostamongalluniversitiesintheUnitedStates.Amongthesechampionships,theUCLAmen’sbasketballteamisparticularlyeye-catching.UndertheleadershipofCoachWootton,itwasoncein1964,1965,1967-Won10championshipsin1973and1975.Thisincludeswinningthechampionshipfor7consecutiveyears(1967-1973),andforthe11thtime,thechampionshipwaswonin1995undertheleadershipofCoachHarrick.Until2015.Nootheruniversityhaswonmorethantwoconsecutivechampionships.From1971to1974,UCLAmen’sbasketballhasmaintainedarecordofwinning88consecutiveNCAAmen’sbasketballgames.UCLAistheonlyfiveuniversitiesintheUnitedStatesthathavewonthreetimes.Oneoftheuniversities(baseball,basketballandAmericanfootball)majormen’sballchampionships.TheotherfouruniversitiesaretheUniversityofMichigan,StanfordUniversity,OhioStateUniversityandUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley(UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley).UCLA'smascotisBruins(fairybear).TheUCLAsportsteamandtheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia(USC)sportsteamarerivalsinthesamecity.

SportsTeamSong

FightSong:"MightyBruins"

WearetheMightyBruins,ThebestteamintheWest.We'remarchingontovictory,Toconqueralltherest.

WearetheMightyBruins,Triumphantevermore.Youcanhearfromfarandnear,TheMightyBruinroar!

EightClap

OneTwoThreeFourFiveSixSevenEight

U!(3claps)C!(3claps)L!(3claps)A!(3claps)

UCLA!Fight!Fight!Fight!

CulturalTradition

SchoolMotto

Latin:FiatLux

English:Lettherebelight

translatedfromHebrewיְהִיאוֹר,comesfromtheGenesischapterofthe"Bible".ItisthecommonschoolmottoofallbranchesoftheUniversityofCaliforniasystemandisreflectedontheUCLAschoolbadge.

Theschoolbadge

TheUCLAschoolbadgeisthemainbody,Five-pointedstarandsilkribbon,thesilkribboniswrittenwiththeschoolmottoofLettherebelight,andthefive-pointedstaraboveemitslighttothebookbelow,andthewords"UniversityofCalifornia"and"UCLA"surroundtheoutside.

Theschoollogo

iscomposedoftheconciseUCLAfourletters,thefirstpartisslightlyinclinedtotheright.

Schoolsong

"HailtotheHillsofWestwood"

HailtothehillsofWestwood,

Tothemightyseabelow;

HailtoourAlmaMater,

Shewillconquereveryfoe.

Forwe'reloyaltotheSouthland,

Herhonorwe'lluphold;

We'llgladlygiveourheartstothee,

TotheBlueandtotheGold.

Well-knownalumni

Politics

HenryWaxman:MemberoftheUSHouseofRepresentatives.

ZhaoMeixin:MemberoftheU.S.HouseofRepresentatives,thefirstChinesefemalecongressmaninhistory,andamemberoftheHouseCommitteeonEducationandLaboroftheU.S.HouseofRepresentatives.

TomBradley:FormermayorofLosAngeles.

ChengSiwei:anativeofXiangxiang,HunanProvince.MemberoftheChinaDemocraticNationalConstructionAssociation,ViceChairmanoftheStandingCommitteeoftheNinthandTenthNationalPeople'sCongress.

ChenYu:Attheageof31,hewassuccessfullyelectedasthedeputymayorofLosAngelesandhewasalsoawriter.

LiXiaolin:ThecurrentchairmanandpartysecretaryoftheChinesePeople'sAssociationforFriendshipwithForeignCountries,anddeputydirectoroftheForeignAffairsCommitteeoftheNationalCommitteeoftheChinesePeople'sPoliticalConsultativeConference.

Academic

LouisJ.Ignarro(LouisJ.Ignarro):1998NobelPrizewinnerinbiomedicine.

Paul·D·Boyer:The1997NobelPrizeinChemistry.

ThomMayne:Winnerofthe2005"PritzkerArchitecturePrize".

TaoZhexuan:FieldsMedalwinnerin2006(TaoZhexuanalsobecamethesecondChinesetoreceivethishonorafterthefirstChinesemathematicianProfessorQiuChengtongwontheFieldsMedalin1982.TaoZhexuanhaswonmanyHewasawardedtheSalemPrizein2000,theBocherMemorialPrizein2002,andtheCrayResearchPrizein2003inrecognitionofhiscontributiontoanalysis.In2005,hewontheLeviL·ConantAward.HisIQreached220andheisrecognizedasthesmartestpersonintheworld.)

YangFusheng:Inventedadevicethatcanbeusedtodetectneuronalcelldeath(apoptosis)inAlzheimer’sdiseaseAntibody.

LeifEsquith:isthemostinterestingandinfluentialteacherintheUnitedStates.

Yumoto:thecurrentdirectoroftheClermontAsianStudiesCenterintheUnitedStates,aninternationallyrenownedresearchexpertonChinaandtheUnitedStates,awell-knownAmericanChinesescholar,criticandlecturer;contemporaryAmericanbusinessscholars;Sino-USrelationsandcross-straitrelationsSeniorexpert.AdjunctprofessorattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles(UCLA).

RobertAnsonHeinlein:"TheFatherofModernAmericanScienceFiction"Masterpiece:"TheLifeofLazarus"andsoon.

GaryNash:Authorof"TheAmericanPeople".

JaredDiamond:1998PulitzerPrizewinner.

SaulFredland:2008PulitzerPrizewinner,UCLAprofessor.

DanielWalkerHarvey:2008PulitzerPrizewinner.

WilliamGlasser:Americanpsychotherapist,founderofrealitytherapy.

ShanQiang:Representativeworksinclude"ModernJiangnanCountryside"(co-authored),"IndustrializationandSocialChanges:AComparativeStudyoftheDevelopmentofNantongandWuxiinModernTimes","JiangnanRegionalMarketResearch",publishedmorethan50academicpapersArticles.Themainsocialpart-timejobsarethedirectoroftheInternationalEngineeringCollegeofLeuvenUniversityinBelgium,theexecutivedirectoroftheChineseVocationalandTechnicalEducationAssociation,theJiangsuProvincialGovernmentConsultant,theDeputyChairmanoftheSuzhouMunicipalCommitteeoftheDemocraticLeague,theStandingCommitteeoftheSuzhouMunicipalPoliticalConsultativeConference,thememberoftheSuzhouExpertAdvisoryGroup,andtheSuzhouIndustrialParkDeanofVocationalandTechnicalCollege.

JiangMingan:currentprofessorofPekingUniversityLawSchool,doctoralsupervisor,directorofPekingUniversityConstitutionandAdministrativeLawResearchCenter,MinistryofEducationHumanitiesandSocialSciencesKeyResearchBase-PekingUniversityConstitutionandAdministrativeLawKeyResearchBasedirector.

JamesBuchanan:founderofpublicchoicetheory;researchonpublicchoiceandgovernmentfailure;winneroftheNobelPrizeinEconomicsin1986.

WangDongdong:currentlyaprofessoranddoctoralsupervisoroftheDepartmentofCivilEngineering,SchoolofArchitectureandCivilEngineering,XiamenUniversity.Themainresearchfieldsarecomputationalmechanicsandstructuralstaticanddynamichigh-performancenumericalsimulationanalysis.Morethan80papershavebeenpublishedindomesticandforeignjournalsandconferences.

EWeinan:currentlyaprofessoratPekingUniversityandPrincetonUniversity.

Art

TaoZhe:Taiwan’sfamousR&Bsingerandmusictalent.Representativeworks:"LoveisSimple","OrdinaryFriends","BlackOranges","DearGod",etc.

QiYu:FamousTaiwanesefemalesinger,folksongqueen.Representativeworks:"OliveTree"andsoon.

BradDelson:memberofLincolnPark.

LuoXu:awell-knownprogramhostofBeijingTV,anationalfirst-levelannouncer,winnerofthe"GoldenMicrophoneAward",thehighestawardforbroadcastingandhostinginChina[1],amemberoftheChinaTelevisionArtistsAssociation,nowaBeijingTVstation"Hostofthecolumn"MilitaryDecoding".

MarkHarmon:"JesserowGibbs"actor.

FrancisFordCoppola:Americanfilmdirector,screenwriter,producer,oneofthefourmajorHollywooddirectorsinthe1980s.Nephew:NicholasCage.Directorof"TheGodfather".

DaniellePanabeck:Americanactor.ZhanZhaoyuan:TaiwaneseChinesepopmusicsinger.

JimMorrison:Americanmusician,poet,rockmusician.LeadsingerofTheDoors.

CaiKangyong:FamousTaiwaneseTVhost,writer,designer,actor,screenwriter.Co-hosted"KangxiisComing"withXuXidi.

JohnCage:avant-gardecomposerofclassicalmusic.

MayimBialik:MayimHoyaBialikisanAmericanpsychiatristandanactress.ThemostfamousworkisthesitcomBlossomstarringonNBCTVintheearly1990s.HerroleintheplayisBlossomRusso.In2010,sheplayedtheroleofSheldon'sgirlfriendAmyFarrahFowlerinthefourthseasonofTheBigBangTheory.

JamesDean:afamousAmericanfilmactor.

JamesWoods:Americanactor.

ChengLin:ThefirsttruepopsingerintheMainland.

NicholasCage:Americanactor.

MilaKunis:AfamousUkrainian-Americanactor,astheheroineinthemovie"JupiterAscending".

ChenYitong:ChineseAmericanmalepopsingerandsongwriter.

YangHesu:afamouship-hopsingerinmainlandChina.

YuYanlin:Chinese-Americanstarchoreographer,"Here!Itistherunner-upinthesecondseasonofStreetDance.

Sports

KareemAbdul-Jabbar:FormerAmericanprofessionalmen'sbasketballplayer,No.1inNBAhistory.

AronAfflaro:Americanprofessionalbasketballplayer,shootingguard,playingfortheNBANewYorkKnicks.

ReggieMiller:FormerAmericanprofessionalmen'sbasketballplayer,thefamousNBA"Mr.Key".

ByronDavis:Americanprofessionalbasketballplayerandpointguard.

LukeRichardBarmott:Aprofessionalbasketballplayer,asmallforward/powerforward,playingfortheNBALosAngelesClippers.

JasonCapono:Americanprofessionalbasketballplayer,servingasasmallforward,playingfortheNBAClevelandCavaliers.

MattBarnes:Americanprofessionalbasketballplayer,asaforward,playedfortheNBAGoldenStateWarriors.

KevinLove:Americanprofessionalbasketballplayer,servingaspowerforwardandcenter,playingfortheNBAClevelandCavaliers.

EarlWatson:AnAmericanprofessionalbasketballplayerwhoservesasapointguardandplaysfortheNBAPortlandTrailBlazers.

RussellWestbrook:Americanprofessionalbasketballplayer,asapointguard,playedfortheNBAHoustonRockets.

ZachLaVine:Americanprofessionalbasketballplayer,asashootingguard,playedfortheNBAChicagoBulls.

LonzoBauer:Americanprofessionalbasketballplayer,asapointguard,playedfortheNBANewOrleansPelicans.

Business

LawrenceFink:CEOofBlackRockGroup,theworld’slargestwealthmanagementcompany

BillGross:PacificInvestmentManagementCorporation(PIMCO)Founder

MichaelMoreheim:Co-founderofBlizzardEntertainment

AaronAdam:Co-founderofBlizzardEntertainment

Frank·Pierce:Co-founderofBlizzardEntertainment

HenrySamuel:Co-founderofBroadcomCorporation(BroadcomGroup),henamedtheUCLASchoolofEngineering.

SusanWojcicki:CurrentCEOofYoutube

TomAnderson:Co-founderofMySpace

BenHorowitz:FamousinSiliconValleyCo-founderofventurecapitalfirmAndeessenHorowitz

ChenLezong:ChairmanofHongKongMorningsideVentureCapital,hasbeenengagedinprivateequityandventurecapitalfor20years.

ChenXiaochun:In1998,hefoundedSiasInternationalCollegeandservedasitschairman.In2009,hefoundedZhengzhouBreidaPolytechnicVocationalCollege(nowZhengzhouCityUniversity)andservedasthechairmanoftheboard.

YinQi:FormerChairmanofTSRC,ChairmanofVoiceofTaipeiandTaiwan"President"NationalPolicyAdvisor,currentlyChairmanandGeneralManagerofTaiwanMainlandEngineeringCo.,Ltd.

ZhouBingjun:AninvestmentbankworkerandthehusbandofthefamoushostWuXiaoli.

ShenBoyang:GlobalVicePresidentandPresidentofChina,thesocialnetworkingsiteLinkedin,andformerGeneralManagerofNuomi.com,awell-knowngroupbuyingsite.

ZhengJiacheng:ExecutiveDirectorofNewWorldChinaLandCo.,Ltd.,DeputyManagingDirectorofNewWorldDevelopment(China)Co.,Ltd.

SchoolRanking

USNews

2020

2021U.S.NewsWorldUniversityRankings13thplace

2019

2020U.S.NewsWorldUniversityRankings14th

2020U.S.NewsU.S.BestUniversityRankings20th

2020U.S.NewsNationalPublicUniversityRankings1st

2015

2016USNewsWorldUniversityRankingsNo.8

2016USNewsandWorldReport(USNews)SubjectRanking:

2016Ranked2ndintheHigherEducationAdministration(HigherEducationAdministration)ofAmericanUniversitiesin2016ProfessionalGraduateRanking(Part-timeMBA)No.5

2016AmericanUniversityBestMedicalSchoolPrimaryNursingRanking7th

2016AmericanUniversityEnvironmentalLawGraduateRanking(EnvironmentalLaw))No.7

2016U.S.UniversityGraduateRankingsforDrugandAlcoholAbuse(DrugandAlcoholAbuse)No.7

2016U.S.UniversityExecutiveMBAGraduateRankings(ExecutiveMBA))No.8

2016U.S.UniversityFinanceGraduateRanking(Finance)No.8

2016U.S.UniversityAIDSGraduateRanking(AIDS)No.8

In2016,the9thintheEducationalPsychologyGraduateRankingofAmericanUniversities

The11thinthe2016EducationalPsychologyGraduateRankingofAmericanUniversities

201611thintheTaxLawGraduateRankingsofAmericanUniversities(TaxLaw)

12thinthe2016AmericanUniversityGraduateRankingsforMarketing(Marketing)

2016AmericanUniversityCurriculumandTeachingGraduateRankings(Curriculumandinstruction)No.12

2016U.S.UniversitySecondaryEducationGraduateRanking(SecondaryTeacherEducation)No.12

2016U.S.UniversityBestEducationCollegeRanking13th

The13thplaceinthe2016AmericanUniversity'sBestMedicalSchoolResearchDirection

The2016AmericanUniversity'sProduction/OperationsGraduateRanking(Production/Operations)isthe13thplace

2016The13thintheComputerEngineeringGraduateRankingofAmericanUniversities(Computer)in2016

The13thinthe2016AmericanUniversityGraduateRankingofElectronic/Electrical/Electronic/Communications(Electrical/Electronic/Communications)

2016ranked14thamongthebestengineeringschoolsinAmericanuniversities

15thamongthebestbusinessschoolsinAmericanuniversitiesin2016

2016AmericanUniversityGraduatesinInternationalFinance(InternationalFinance))15thplace

2016U.S.UniversityPrimaryEducationGraduateRanking(ElementaryTeacherEducation)15th

2016U.S.UniversityGraduateRankingforAerospaceEngineering(Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical)15thplace

2016U.S.UniversityWomen'sHealthGraduateRanking(Women'sHealth)15thplace

2016U.S.UniversityBestLawSchoolsRanked16th

2016U.S.UniversityEducationalAdministrationandSupervisionGraduateRanking(EducationalAdministrationandSupervision)16thplace

2016U.S.UniversityMechanicalEngineeringGraduateRanking(Mechanical)16th

16thinthe2016AmericanUniversityGraduateSchoolofInternalMedicine(InternalMedicine)

2016AmericanUniversityGraduateSchoolofBusinessManagement(Entrepreneurship)17th

2016AmericanUniversityManagementMajorGraduateSchoolRanking(Management)17th

2016AmericanUniversityCivilEngineeringGraduateSchool(Civil)18th

2016AmericanUniversityBestNursingSchoolRanking19th

2016U.S.UniversityAccountingGraduateRanking(Accounting)No.20

2016U.S.UniversityInternationalLawGraduateRanking(InternationalLaw)No.20

2016AmericanUniversityMaterialsEngineeringGraduateRanking(Materials)No.21

2016AmericanUniversityChemicalEngineeringGraduateRanking(Chemical)23rdplace

2016AmericanUniversityIntellectualPropertyLawGraduateSchoolRanking(IntellectualPropertyLaw)23rdplace

2014

2015USNews&WorldReportNationalUniversityComprehensiveRankingNo.23.

2015USNews&WorldReportrankingofpublicuniversitiesintheUnitedStatesNo.2.

2015USNews&WorldReportWorldUniversityRankingsNo.8.

THE

2020

2021TimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityRankings#15.

2019

OnSeptember12,2019Beijingtime,the2020TimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityRankingswasreleased,andUCLAranked17th.

QS

2021

InJune2021,the2022QSWorldUniversityRankingswillbereleased,andtheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesrankingwillbepublishedNo.40.

2020

OnJune10,2020,the2021QSWorldUniversityRankingswillbereleased,UCLAranked36th>.

2019

OnJune19,2019,the2020QSWorldUniversityRankingswerereleased,andtheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesrankedNo.35.

2012

HigherEducationResearchInstitute(QS)PartofthesubjectrankingsreleasedbytheWorldUniversityinAugust2013:

• Ranked10thamongthetop200majorsinnaturalsciencesandmathematics

• Engineering,technologyandcomputerscienceRanked32ndamongthetop200majors

• Ranked24thamongthetop200majorsinlifesciencesandagronomy

• ClinicalMedicineandPharmacyRanked7thinthetop200majors

• ranked11thinthetop200socialsciencesmajors

• rankedinthetop200mathematicsmajors10physicsmajorsranked25thamongthetop200majors

• Chemistrymajorsranked15thamongthetop200majors

• Computersciencemajors200Ranked9thinthestrongest

• ranked12thinthetop200economics(business)majors

2011Years

Dataofthe2011WorldUniversityRankingsbySubjectofHigherEducationResearchInstitute(QS):

• Geography(GeographyandAreaStudies)No.5

• Linguistics(Linguistics)No.6

• ChemicalEngineering)EngineeringNo.6

• Psychology(Psychology)No.6

• Medicine(Medicine)No.7

• MaterialsandMetallurgy(MaterialsandMetallurgy)No.7

• Sociology(Sociology)No.7History(History)No.7

• Chemistry(Chemistry)No.8

• AeronauticsandMechanical(AeronauticsandMechanical)No.8

• ComputerScienceandInformationSystem(ComputerScienceandInformationSystem)8thplace

• Mathematics8thplace

• ElectronicalandElectronic)8thplace

• ModernLanguage8thplace

• BiologicalScience9thplace

• English(English)9thplace

• Statistics11thplace

• FinanceandAccounting(FinanceandAccounting)No.11

• PoliticsandInternationalStudies(PoliticsandInternationalStudies)No.11

• EarthSciences12thPhysics13th

• Economics13thName

• Philosophy(Philosophy)13thplace

• CivilandStructuralEngineering(CivilandStructuralEngineering)14thplace

• EnvironmentalSciences(EnvironmentalSciences)No.14

• Law(Law)No.16

Shenke

2020

2020AcademicRankingofWorldUniversityRankings13th

2019

At18:00onAugust15,2019,theacademicrankingofthe2019ShanghaiUniversityofScienceandTechnologywasreleased,andUCLAranked11th.

MosIUR

The35thplaceinthe2020MoscowInternationalUniversityranking

The28thplaceinthe2019MoscowInternationalUniversityranking

Moscow201821stinInternationalUniversityRankings

24thin2017MoscowInternationalUniversityRankings

OtherRankings

2015WashingtonMonthlyAmericanUniversityRankings5thFirstname.

2015CenterofMeasuringUniversityPerformanceAmericanUniversityRankingsNo.8.

U.S.GraduateSchoolRanking

ProfessionalDirection	Ranking
Business	15
Education	13
Engineering	14
Law	16
Medicine(PrimaryCare)	7
Medicine(Research)	19
Nursing	13
PublicAffairs	23

• U.S.professionalcategoryranking

USNWRprofessionalranking
BiologicalSciences	19
Chemistry	15
ClinicalPsychology	1
ComputerScience	13
InformaticsCommunications	15
EarthSciences	13
Economics	15
LearnEnglish	10
FineArts	2
HealthCareManagement	14
History	9
LibraryandInformationStudies	14
Mathematics	7
Physics	18
PoliticalScience	10
PsychologyPsychology	2
PublicHealth	10
SocialWork	16
Sociology	9
Statistics	30

• IntheFinancialTimes(IntheFinancialTimes)ranking,UCLA'sMBAprogramranks23rdintheworld(13thinNorthAmerica).HumanResources&LaborReviewrankedUCLA12thintheworldin2012.

• Inthe2013USNewsAmericanMBAAccountingProgramranking,UCLAranked17th.

• In2014,theCenterforWorldUniversityRankings(theCenterforWorldUniversityRankings)adoptedtheIntermsofpatentevaluation,UCLAranks15thintheworld.

• Ranked14thinthe2014USNewsAmericanBusinessSchool

• 2017Forbes"The100MostValuableUniversitiesintheUnitedStates"rankingReleased,theUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesrankedsecond

• Firstinthe2017NationalCollegeFoodRanking

• Inthe2019ForbesAmericanUniversityRankings,theUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesranked38th.

Studentdata

Studentethnicitydata:

studentethnicity,2014	undergraduate	Graduate	Proportion
Blackrace	1,189	555	4.2%
DescendantsofAsianandPacificIslandNatives	9,933	2,603	30.0%
Latino	5,663	1,129	16.2%
IndiansandAlaskaNatives	157	62	0.5%
Caucasian	8,028	4,447	29.8%
Unknownandothers	927	730	4.0%
Foreignstudents	3,736	2,686	15.3%

Studyabroadapplication

Undergraduateapplication(2019)

Foradmittedinternationalstudents,themedianTOEFLis112

IELTSdoesnothavedetaileddata,usually7orabove

Internationalstudents(Admitted)SAT25percentile-75percentileis1480-1550

Internationalstudents(Admitted)haveanaverageUnweightedGPAof4.00andanaverageFullyWeightedGPAof4.68

	California Residents	OutofState	International	Total
Applicants	69,607	23,137	18,578	111,322
Admits	8,354	3,806	1,560	13,720
Enrolled	4,433	948	539	5,920
AdmitRate	12%	16%	8%	12%

Undergraduateapplication(2015)

TheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesisclassifiedas"MostSelective"byU.S.Newsweek.YesTheschoolwiththehighestadmissioncriteria.In2015,itaccepted92,681applications,whichistheschoolwiththelargestnumberofapplicantsamongallfour-yearuniversitiesintheUnitedStates.

Undergraduateapplication(2014)

Forthefallof2014,UCLAhasthesecondlowestoveralladmissionrateintheUniversityofCaliforniasystem.Therateisabout18.2%.TheschoolisrecognizedbyUSNewsastheMostSelective(mostdifficulttoadmit)school;itisalsotheschoolwiththelowestadmissionrateforCaliforniaresidents,withanadmissionrateofabout16.3%

Undergraduatefees

Totalcost$60,729(liveoncampus)

$57,027(liveoffcampus)