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The '''University of California, Los Angeles''' ('''UCLA''') is a public university located in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].  
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The '''University of California, Los Angeles''' ('''UCLA''') is a public university located in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. Established as a branch of the California State University in 1919, it is the second-oldest general-purpose campus in the [[University of California]] system and has the largest enrollment of any university in California.<ref>http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_219.asp?referrer|National Center for Education Satistics</ref>
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Today, the University comprises more than 4,000 academic staff, including [[professor|professors]], and more than 25,000 students.<ref>About UCLA, http://www.ucla.edu/about.html.</ref> The school opened in 1919 under the auspices of the state of [[California]], and conferred its first degrees in 1923.<ref>UCLA Timeline, UCLA History Project, http://www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.edu/Timeline/Home.asp</ref> By 1947, the University had founded both schools of both [[medicine]] and [[law]]. The university has played an important role in the history of [[academia]] in America - the first open [[heart surgery]] in the western United States was performed there, and [[ARPANET]], an early precursor to the [[internet]], had its first node at UCLA.<ref>UCLA Timeline, UCLA History Project, http://www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.edu/Timeline/Home.asp</ref>
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UCLA consists of the ''College of Letters and Science'' (primary undergraduate college), as well as four others - ''Arts and Architecture'', ''Herb Alpert School of Music'', ''Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences'', ''Nursing'', and ''Theater, Film, and Television'', seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools.  Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students annually, and rising.<ref>Enrollment data:[http://www.aim.ucla.edu/data/students/fall/iars.thirdweek.campus.2003-04.pdf Fall 2001–03] [http://www.aim.ucla.edu/data/students/fall/iars.thirdweek.campus.2004-05.pdf Fall 2002–04][http://www.aim.ucla.edu/data/students/fall/iars.thirdweek.campus.2005-06.pdf Fall 2003–05].''University of California System CSS Third Week Enrollment File.''</ref>
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UCLA has more applicants than any other university in the United States.<ref>http://www.today.ucla.edu/2000/000208ucla.html UCLA No.1 in Applications-DeCardenas, Diana; UCLA Today</ref><ref> http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/exclusives/african-american-admissions-up/ More Minorities in First Holistic Admission Class UCLA Magazine</ref><ref>Lauren Bartlett - UCLA Remains the Country’s Most Popular University with More Than 50,000 High School Seniors Applying for Fall http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp? 7664 UCLA News</ref> Out of 50,732 applicants for Fall 2007, 11,860 (23.38%) were admitted. Students come to UCLA from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries, though according to statistics from 2001-2005, an average 92.6% of the entire student body originated from within California.
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UCLA is ranked 25th among "America's Best Colleges 2008: National Universities" by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', tied for third with the [[University of Michigan]] for "Best public universities in the United States", and placed 13th in the world in 2007 in ranking done by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.<ref>http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2007/ARWU2007_Top100.htm</ref>
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In 2006, the university completed ''Campaign UCLA'', which collected over $3.05 billion, the most successful fund raising campaign in the history of higher education.<ref>http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp 6819 UCLA Raises More Than $3 Billion - Research Universities|Hampton, Phil 2006, UCLA News</ref>
  
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Revision as of 12:44, April 8, 2008

University of California - Los Angeles
City: Los Angeles, California
Type: Public
Sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, diving, football, gymnastics, rowing, soccer, swimming, softball, track and field, volleyball, water polo, tennis
Colors: True Blue and Gold
Mascot: Bruins
Website: http://www.ucla.edu/


The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university located in Los Angeles, California. Established as a branch of the California State University in 1919, it is the second-oldest general-purpose campus in the University of California system and has the largest enrollment of any university in California.[1]

UCLA consists of the College of Letters and Science (primary undergraduate college), as well as four others - Arts and Architecture, Herb Alpert School of Music, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nursing, and Theater, Film, and Television, seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students annually, and rising.[2]

UCLA has more applicants than any other university in the United States.[3][4][5] Out of 50,732 applicants for Fall 2007, 11,860 (23.38%) were admitted. Students come to UCLA from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries, though according to statistics from 2001-2005, an average 92.6% of the entire student body originated from within California.

UCLA is ranked 25th among "America's Best Colleges 2008: National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report, tied for third with the University of Michigan for "Best public universities in the United States", and placed 13th in the world in 2007 in ranking done by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.[6]

In 2006, the university completed Campaign UCLA, which collected over $3.05 billion, the most successful fund raising campaign in the history of higher education.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_219.asp?referrer%7CNational Center for Education Satistics
  2. ↑ Enrollment data:Fall 2001–03 Fall 2002–04Fall 2003–05.University of California System CSS Third Week Enrollment File.
  3. ↑ http://www.today.ucla.edu/2000/000208ucla.html UCLA No.1 in Applications-DeCardenas, Diana; UCLA Today
  4. ↑ http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/exclusives/african-american-admissions-up/ More Minorities in First Holistic Admission Class UCLA Magazine
  5. ↑ Lauren Bartlett - UCLA Remains the Country’s Most Popular University with More Than 50,000 High School Seniors Applying for Fall http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp? 7664 UCLA News
  6. ↑ http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2007/ARWU2007_Top100.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp 6819 UCLA Raises More Than $3 Billion - Research Universities|Hampton, Phil 2006, UCLA News
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