UCLA is a public research university located in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1919, it has an enrollment of approximately 42,000 students and is the largest university in California. UCLA's core mission focuses on education, research, and service. Internationally, UCLA is ranked 8th by Times Higher Education and 12th by Academic Ranking of World Universities. Nationally, U.S. News & World Report ranks UCLA 23rd and Washington Monthly ranks it 10th.
3. • Located:
Los
Angeles, California,United
States
• Telephone
(Campus Operator)
310-825-4321
4. HISTORY
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is
a public research university located in
the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California,
United States. Founded in 1919, it is the second-oldest
campus of the University of California system. With an
approximate enrollment of 29,000 undergraduate and 13,000
graduate students, UCLA is the university with the largest
enrollment in the state of California and the most applied to
university in the world with over 105,000 applications for Fall
2014.
5. MISSION
UCLA’s core mission can be expressed in just three
words:
• Education
• Research
• Service
6. RANKINGS
• International
The Times of London ranks UCLA 8th in its Times Higher Education
World Reputation Rankings (2013) and 12th in its THE World University
Rankings (2013-14). The reputation ranking is based on a survey of
senior academics, while the world ranking relies on performance
indicators in the areas of teaching, research citations, industry income
and international outlook.
UCLA also ranks 12th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities by
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, based on faculty publications and
citations and the number of alumni and faculty who have won Nobel
Prizes and Fields Medals.
7. • National
U.S. News & World Report ranked UCLA 23rd (2014) in the U.S.
Washington Monthly ranked UCLA 10th (2013) in the U.S.
The Center for Measuring University Performance puts UCLA among
the nation’s top research universities: 5th in total research
expenditures, 7th in faculty awards and 7th in producing doctorates
(2011).
8. • Graduate & Doctoral Program Rankings
In 2010, the National Research Council placed a number of UCLA
graduate and doctoral research programs in its highest ranks. Of the 59
UCLA programs, 40 placed in the range that extended into the top 10.