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{{Infobox University
|name = University of California, Los Angeles
|motto = ''Fiat lux'' ([[Latin]])
|mottoeng = [[Let there be light]]
|image =[[Image:Ucla logo.png|150px|UCLA Seal (Trademark of the Regents of the University of California)]]
|caption = Seal of the University of California, Los Angeles
|established =1881 as the Los Angeles State Normal School.<br /> Became part of [[University of California|UC]] system in 1919
|calendar = Quarter
|type =[[public university|Public]]
|endowment =[[United States dollar|US $]]2.299 billion<ref name="endowment"><!--Please don't change the endowment without discussing on the talk page first!-->{{cite web |url=http://www.ucop.edu/treasurer/foundation/foundation.pdf |title=UC Annual Endowment Report, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2007 |accessdate=2008-10-04 |publisher=Office of the Treasurer of the Regents of the University of California|date=2008}}</ref>
|staff =26,139
|faculty =4,016<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://www.ucla.edu/about.html |title=UCLA Gateway |accessdate=2007-05-16|year=2007 |work=Official site }}</ref>
|chancellor =[[Gene D. Block]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucla.edu/chancellor/ |title=Gene D. Block |accessdate=2007-05-16 |author=UCLA |year=2007 |work=UCLA }}</ref>
|provost =Scott L. Waugh (acting)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucla.edu/administration.html |title=UCLA Administration |accessdate=2007-05-20 |date=Current |work=Official site }}</ref>
|undergrad =25,432
|postgrad =11,179<ref name="campusprofile">{{cite web |url=http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/campusprofile.htm |title=Campus Profile |accessdate=2007-05-20 |date=Current |work=Official site }}</ref>
|city = {{flag icon|USA}} [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]
|state =[[California|CA]]
|country = [[United States|USA]]
|campus =[[urban area|Urban]]<br> 419&nbsp;acres (1.7&nbsp;km²)
|former_names = [[California State Normal School]] Los Angeles branch (1881-82)<br>State Normal School at Los Angeles (1882-87)<br>Los Angeles State Normal School (1887-19)<br>University of California Southern Branch (1919-27)
|colors = {{color box|#536895}} UCLA [[Blue]]<ref name="UCLA Identity">{{cite web|url=http://www.identity.ucla.edu/graphicstandards/UCLAStandardsManual0904.pdf |title=Graphics Standards Manual|date=2004-09-08|accessdate=2008-03-16|publisher=University of California, Los Angeles|format=PDF}}</ref><br> {{color box|#FFB300}} UCLA [[Gold (color)|Gold]]<ref name="UCLA Identity"> </ref>
|nickname = UCLA
|mascot =Joe and Josephine Bruin<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.english.ucla.edu/ucla1960s/6263/bear.htm |title=Bruin Bear |accessdate=2007-05-20 |author=Ho, Melanie |year=2005 |work=UCLA English department }}</ref>
|athletics = 22 Varsity Teams<br>[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I]]<br>[[UCLA Bruins|UCLA Bruins]] [[Image:UCLA_Bruins_Logo.png‎|120px|]]
|nobel_laureates = [[Nobel Prize laureates by university affiliation|10]]
|affiliations = [[Association of American Universities|AAU]]<br>[[Pacific-10 Conference|Pacific-10]]<br>[[University of California]]
|free_label = Newspaper
|free = [[Daily Bruin]]
|website =[http://www.ucla.edu ucla.edu]
|logo =[[Image:University of California, Los Angeles logo.png|248px]]
}}
The '''University of California, Los Angeles''' (generally known as '''UCLA''') is a public research university located in [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood, Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]]. Established as a branch of the state university in 1919, it is the second-oldest (the first being the [[University of California, Berkeley]]) general-purpose campus in the [[University of California]] system and has the largest enrollment of any university in the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_219.asp?referrer=list |title=Digest of Education Statistics |accessdate=2007-09-25|year=2006 |work=National Center for Education Satistics }}</ref>

UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college) as well as undergraduate colleges Arts and Architecture, [[Herb Alpert]] School of Music, [[Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science‎]], 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 that number is steadily rising.<ref name="enda">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 (current).'' Retrieved [[May 30]], [[2007]]</ref><ref name="campusprofile" />

UCLA is ranked 25th among "America's Best Colleges 2009: National Universities" by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', in third place 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 name = "shanghai"/> UCLA also ranked 11th in the nation in terms of quality of scientific research leading towards a [[Nobel Prize]].<ref name="shanghai">{{cite web |url=http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2007/ARWU2007_Top100.htm |title=Top 500 World Universities |accessdate=2007-08-17 |year=2007 |work=Shanghai Jiao Tong University }}</ref> UCLA is a [[Public Ivy]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jbhe.com/news_views/49_blackenrollment_publicivies.html |title=Comparing Black Enrollments at the Public Ivies |accessdate=2008-01-25 |work=Journal of Blacks in Higher Education }}</ref> and one of the ''25 New Ivies,'' a list of universities ranked by [[Kaplan, Inc.|Kaplan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/39401/page/5 |title=25 New Ivies |accessdate=2008-01-25 |date=[[2006-08-21]] |work=[[Newsweek]] }}</ref> UCLA also ranks among the top 10 schools in the country with the most faculty awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mup.asu.edu/research.html |title=Top American Research Universities | }}</ref>

UCLA has more applicants than any other university in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.today.ucla.edu/2000/000208ucla.html |title=UCLA No. 1 in Applications |accessdate=2007-05-30 |author=DeCardenas, Diana |year=1999 |work=UCLA Today }}</ref><ref name="holistic">{{cite web |url=http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/exclusives/african-american-admissions-up/ |title=More Minorities in First Holistic Admission Class |accessdate=2007-05-30 |date=[[2007-04-06]] |work=UCLA Magazine }}</ref><ref name="news7664">{{cite news |first=Lauren |last=Bartlett |title=UCLA Remains the Country’s Most Popular University with More Than 50,000 High School Seniors Applying for Fall |url=http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=7664 |work=UCLA News |publisher=UCLA |date=[[2007-01-24]] |accessdate=2007-05-21 }}</ref> Out of 55,401 applicants for Fall 2008, 12,755 (22.7%) were admitted.<ref name="admit" /> Students come to UCLA from all 50 states and more than 100 countries, though according to statistics from 2001-05, an average 92.6% of the entire student body originated from California.<ref name="enda" /><ref name="campusprofile"/>

UCLA's athletic teams, the [[UCLA Bruins|Bruins]], have won 124 national championships, including 103 [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] team championships as of 2008&mdash;first to have won 100 and still more than any other university.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2007-05-14-ucla-focus_N.htm |title=Winning becomes second nature at UCLA |accessdate=2007-05-18 |author=Moore, David L. |year=2007 |work=USA Today }}</ref> On [[May 31]] [[2008]], the men's golf team won UCLA's 103rd NCAA title.

In 2006, the university completed Campaign UCLA, which collected over [[United States dollar|$]]3.05 billion and is currently the most successful fundraising campaign in the history of higher education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6819 |title=UCLA Raises More Than $3 Billion&nbsp;... Research Universities |accessdate=2007-05-18 |author=Hampton, Phil |year=2006 |work=UCLA News }}</ref>

==History==
{{main|History of the University of California, Los Angeles}}
[[Image:UCLA-old-statenormal-campus.jpg|thumb|right|The Los Angeles branch of [[California State Normal School]], in 1881.]]

=== Early beginnings===
In March 1881, after heavy lobbying by Los Angeles residents, the [[California State Legislature]] authorized the creation of a southern branch of the [[California State Normal School]] (which later became [[San José State University]]) in [[downtown Los Angeles]] to train teachers for the growing population of [[Southern California]]. The State [[Normal School]] at Los Angeles opened on [[August 29]], [[1882]], on what is now the site of the Central Library of the [[Los Angeles Public Library]] system. The new facility included an [[elementary school]] where teachers-in-training could practice their teaching technique on children. In 1887, the school became known as the Los Angeles State Normal School.<ref name="berkeley">{{cite web |url=http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/UCHistory/general_history/campuses/ucla/overview.html |title=(UC) Los Angeles: Historical Overview |accessdate=2006-06-20 |author=Hamilton, Andrew |date=[[2004-06-18]] |work=University of California History, Digital Archives (from Berkeley) }}</ref>
[[Image:UCLA-vermontcampus-1922.jpg|thumb|left|University of California, Southern Branch's Vermont Campus, 1922.]]
In 1914, the school moved to a new campus on [[Vermont Avenue]] (now the site of [[Los Angeles City College]]) in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]]. In 1917, UC Regent Edward A. Dickson, the only regent representing the Southland at the time, and Ernest Carroll Moore, Director of the Normal School, began working together to lobby the State for the school to become the second [[University of California]] campus, after [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]]. On [[May 23]], [[1919]], their efforts were rewarded when Governor [[William Stephens|William D. Stephens]] signed Assembly Bill 626 into law, which turned the school into the [[Southern Branch of the University of California]] and added its general undergraduate program, the College of Letters and Science.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/archives.htm |title=UCLA University Archives |accessdate=2006-06-20 |date=[[2007-01-20]] |work=UCLA Library }}</ref> The Southern Branch campus opened on September 15 of that year, offering two-year undergraduate programs to 250 Letters and Science students and 1,250 students in the Teachers College, under Moore's continued direction.

Enrollment at the Southern Branch expanded so rapidly that by the mid-1920s the institution was outgrowing the 25&nbsp;[[acre]] Vermont Avenue location. The Regents conducted a search for a new location and announced their selection of the so-called "Beverly Site"&mdash;just west of [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]]&mdash;on [[March 21]], [[1925]]. (The original Vermont campus is now home to [[Los Angeles City College]].) After the athletic teams entered the Pacific Coast conference in 1926, the Southern Branch student council adopted the nickname "Bruins," a name offered by the student council at Berkeley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ulwaf.com/Daily-Bruin-History/03_Birth.html |title=The Daily Bruin Is Born |accessdate=2006-07-03 |author=Garrigues, George |year=2001 |work=Loud Bark and Curious Eyes, A History of the UCLA Daily Bruin, 1919–1955 }}</ref> In 1927, the Regents renamed the school itself the "University of California at Los Angeles" (the word "at" was officially replaced by a [[comma]] in 1958, in line with other UC campuses) and the state broke ground in [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood]] on land sold for $1 million, less than one-third its value, by real estate developers Edwin and Harold Janss, for whom the Janss Steps are named.<ref name="berkeley" />

The original four buildings were the College Library, [[Royce Hall]], the Physics-Biology Building, and the Chemistry Building (presently [[Powell Library]], Royce Hall, the Humanities Building, and Haines Hall, respectively), arrayed around a quadrangular courtyard on the 400&nbsp;acre (1.6&nbsp;km²) campus. The first undergraduate classes on the new campus were held in 1929 with 5,500 students. In 1933, after further lobbying by alumni, faculty, administration and community leaders, UCLA was permitted to award the [[Master's degree]], and in 1936, the [[doctorate]], against resistance from Berkeley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uclalumni.net/AlumniStories/ImpactReport/History.cfm |title=Alumni & UCLA History |accessdate=2006-06-20 |author=UCLA Alumni |year=2007 |work=UCLA Alumni Association }}</ref>
[[Image:Uclapowellsnow1932.JPG|thumb|left|The University Library, now known as the [[Powell Library]], was covered in snow on [[January 15]], [[1932]]]]
===Maturity as a university===
By the 1950s, UCLA had developed into a serious and widely respected research institution. The campus received its first chancellor in 1951, thereby establishing itself as an autonomous entity within the UC system. The appointment of Franklin Murphy to the position of Chancellor in 1960 helped to spark an era of tremendous growth of facilities and faculty honors. By the end of the decade, UCLA had achieved distinction in a wide range of subjects. This era also secured UCLA's position as a proper university in her own right and not simply a branch of the UC system. This change is exemplified by an incident involving Chancellor Murphy, which was described by him later on:

"I picked up the telephone and called in from somewhere, and the phone operator said, 'University of California.' And I said, 'Is this Berkeley?' She said, 'No.' I said, 'Well, who have I gotten to?' 'UCLA.' I said, 'Why didn't you say UCLA?' 'Oh,' she said, 'we're instructed to say University of California.' So the next morning I went to the office and wrote a memo; I said, 'Will you please instruct the operators, as of noon today, when they answer the phone to say, "UCLA."' And they said, 'You know they won't like it at Berkeley.' And I said, 'Well, let's just see. There are a few things maybe we can do around here without getting their permission.'" <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.today.ucla.edu/1999/991109caught.html |title=Caught on Tape: Voices from UCLA's Past |accessdate=2008-01-25 |author=Ko, Amy |year=1999 |work=UCLA Today }}</ref>

==Campus==
[[Image:UCLA arial.jpg|thumb|Aerial photo of UCLA campus]]
When UCLA opened its new campus in 1929, it had four buildings. Today, the campus includes 163 buildings across 419&nbsp;acres (1.7&nbsp;km²) in the western part of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], north of the [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood]] shopping district and just south of [[Sunset Boulevard]]. The campus is close but not adjacent to the [[San Diego Freeway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=internal&addtohistory=&latitude=%2fujp23Q4CoQyaX7fYDsWRA%3d%3d&longitude=8%2fGfpeQs3DIJqAXMypI90g%3d%3d&name=UNIVERSITY%20of%20California&country=US&address=405%20Hilgard%20Ave&city=Los%20Angeles&state=CA&zipcode=90095&phone=310%2d825%2d4321&spurl=0&&q=UCLA&qc=Colleges%20%26%20Universities |title=Map of UNIVERSITY of California |accessdate=2007-05-29 |date=Current |work=Mapquest }}</ref>

The first campus buildings were designed by the local firm Allison & Allison. The [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] style of these first four structures remained the predominant building style on campus until the 1950s, when architect [[Welton Becket]] was hired to supervise the expansion of the campus over the next two decades. Becket greatly streamlined the
general appearance of the campus, adding several rows of [[Minimalism|minimalist]], slab&ndash;shaped brick buildings to the southern half of the campus, the largest of these being the [[UCLA Medical Center]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/cd/cm/?id=weltonbecketandassociates-losangeles-ca-usa |title=Welton Becket and Associates |accessdate=2007-05-29 |year=2007 |work=Emporis Buildings }}</ref> Architects such as [[A. Quincy Jones]], [[William Pereira]] and [[Paul Williams (architect)|Paul Williams]] designed many subsequent structures on the campus during the mid-20th century. More
recent additions include buildings designed by architects [[I.M. Pei]], [[Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates]], [[Richard Meier]], [[Cesar Pelli]], and [[Rafael Vinoly]]. In order to accommodate UCLA's rapidly growing student population, multiple construction and renovation projects are in progress, including expansions of the life sciences and engineering research complexes. This continuous construction gives UCLA the on-campus nickname of "Under Construction Like Always."<ref name="construction">{{cite web |url=http://www.today.ucla.edu/2004/041012closeup_senseofplace.html |title=A 'sense of place' from the old and new |accessdate=2007-05-29 |author=Lee, Cynthia |date=[[2004-10-12]] |work=UCLA Today }}</ref>

[[Image:RHall.JPG|thumb|left|[[Royce Hall]], one of the original four buildings of the campus, has become the symbol of UCLA]]

The campus includes sculpture gardens, fountains, museums, and a mix of architectural styles. It is located in the residential area of [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood]] and bordered by [[Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California|Bel-Air]], [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], and [[Brentwood, Los Angeles, California|Brentwood]]. The campus is informally divided into North Campus and South Campus, which are both on the eastern half of the university's land. North Campus is the original campus core; its buildings are more old-fashioned in appearance and clad in imported Italian brick. North Campus is home to the arts, humanities, social sciences, law, and business programs and is centered around oak tree-lined Dickson Court. South Campus is home to the physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, psychology, mathematical sciences, all health-related fields, and the [[UCLA Medical Center]].

[[Image:Janss Steps, UCLA.jpg|thumb|Janss Steps]]

Ackerman Union, the [[John Wooden]] Center, the [[Arthur Ashe]] Health and Wellness Center, the Student Activities Center, Kerckhoff Hall, the J.D. Morgan Center, the James West Alumni Center, and [[Pauley Pavilion]] stand at the center of the campus. [[Bruin Walk]], a heavily traveled pathway from housing to the main campus, bisects the campus.

The tallest building on campus is named after [[Ralph Bunche]], an African-American alumnus, who received the 1950 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for negotiating an armistice agreement between the Jews and Arabs in Palestine. A bust of him, on the entrance to Bunche Hall, overlooks the [[Franklin D. Murphy]] Sculpture Garden. He was the first individual of non-European background and the first UCLA alumnus to be honored with the Prize.

A mile from campus, the UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden is located in the community of [[Bel-Air]]. The garden was designed by landscape architect Nagao Sakurai of Tokyo and garden designer Kazuo Nakamura of Kyoto in 1959. After the garden was damaged by heavy rains in 1969, UCLA Professor of Art and Campus Architect Koichi Kawana took on the task of its reconstruction.

[[Image:California Nanosystems Institute, interior walkways, UCLA.jpg|thumb|left|California Nanosystems Institute, interior walkways built over a parking structure.]]

The campus has a large number of [[parking]] garages, both above-ground and below-ground. Yet, the university continues to suffer from a severe parking shortage which is further compounded by Southern California's regional housing shortage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lewis.sppsr.ucla.edu/research/publications/reports/SoCal_Housing.pdf |title=The State of Southern California's Housing |accessdate=2007-05-02 |author=Ong, Paul |year=2004 |format=PDF |work=UCLA School of Public Affairs }}</ref> The university has given priority in allocation of parking spaces to staff and some students, regardless of living distances. There are many facilities with local buses. There are, in addition, other transportation services that the university provides for its students, such as "rideshares" and vanpools. Also, the "BruinGo" program allows students and staff members to use local bus services (such as [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]]'s [[Big Blue Bus]], initially used as a free initiative) for a reduced fare from numerous terminals located on the campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.today.ucla.edu/2002/020507bruingo.html |title=Why BruinGO should stay |accessdate=2007-05-22 |author=Dukakis, Michael and Shoup, Donald |year=2002 |work=UCLA Today }}</ref>

With a location near [[Hollywood]] and a world-famous film and television school, the UCLA campus has attracted filming for decades. Much of the 1985 film ''[[Gotcha! (1985 film)|Gotcha!]]'' was shot at UCLA, as well as [[John Singleton]]'s ''[[Higher Learning]]'' (1995). ''[[Legally Blonde]]'', "Old School", "The Nutty Professor", ''[[Erin Brockovich]]'', and ''[[American Pie 2]]'' all were mainly shot at the university campus or locale. Some of the exterior shots of the fictional [[UC Sunnydale]] in [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] were also filmed at UCLA. In response to the major demand for filming, UCLA instated a policy on filming and professional photography at the campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adminvc.ucla.edu/appm/public/app_0863_0.html |title=UCLA Policy 863: Filming and Photography on Campus |accessdate=2007-05-21 |date=[[2004-01-23]] |author=Morabito, Sam |work=UCLA Administrative Policies & Procedures Manual }}</ref>
"UCLA is located in Los Angeles, the same place as the American motion picture industry," said UCLA visiting professor of film and television Jonathan Kuntz.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tft.ucla.edu/faculty/facftv/index.cfm?action=showbio&alias=jkuntz&pagetype=blank |title=Jonathan Kuntz - Visiting Associate Professor |accessdate=2007-05-21 |year=2007 |work=UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television }}</ref> "So we're convenient for (almost) all of the movie companies, TV production companies, commercial companies and so on. We're right where the action is."

==Academics==
[[Image:UCLA Engineering.JPG|thumb|Engineering V, the most recent addition to the [[Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science]]]]
UCLA features the College of Letters and Science, seven general campus professional schools, and four professional schools for the health sciences. Collectively, these schools serve about 25,000 [[undergraduate]] and 11,000 [[graduate student]]s.<ref name="campusprofile" />
Created in 1923, the [[UCLA College of Letters and Science]] has 34 academic departments and 900 faculty, and houses the majority of UCLA's 129 undergraduate majors as well as the students in the Graduate Division of Letters and Sciences. The UCLA College Honors Program is also housed in the College. The College of Letters and Science's programs are divided into five academic divisions: [[humanities]], [[social sciences]], [[life science]]s, [[physical science]]s, and the International Institute.<ref name="campusprofile" />

Students at both levels are enrolled in the [[UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture]], the [[Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science]], and the [[UCLA School of Theater Film and Television|School of Theater, Film, and Television]], while the [[UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies|Graduate School of Education and Information Studies]], the [[UCLA Anderson School of Management|Anderson School of Management]], the [[UCLA School of Public Affairs|School of Public Affairs]], and the [[UCLA School of Law|School of Law]] serve graduate students.

===UCLA Healthcare===
[[Image:Medcenter.jpg|thumb|left|UCLA Medical Plaza is near the main entrance to the campus]]
The [[David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA|David Geffen School of Medicine]], along with the [[UCLA School of Nursing|School of Nursing]], [[UCLA School of Dentistry|School of Dentistry]], and [[UCLA School of Public Health|School of Public Health]], comprise the professional schools of health science. In 2005, UCLA announced its five-year plan to establish the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine; the state of California is rare in its public funding of research with new embryonic [[stem cell]] lines. The California NanoSystems Institute is another project that was created out of a partnership with the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] to pioneer innovations in the field of [[nanotechnology]].<ref name="construction" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnsi.ucla.edu/staticpages/about-us |title=About CNSI |accessdate=2007-05-21 |year=2006 |work=California NanoSystems Institute }}</ref>
[[Image:Arthur Ashe Health Center.jpg|thumb|The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center.]]
The [[UCLA Medical Center]] is actually part of a larger healthcare system, UCLA Healthcare, which also operates a hospital in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] and seven primary care clinics throughout [[Los Angeles County]]. In addition, the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine uses two [[Los Angeles County]] public hospitals as teaching hospitals—[[Harbor-UCLA Medical Center]] and [[Olive View-UCLA Medical Center]]—as well as the largest private nonprofit hospital on the West Coast, [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]].
In 1981, the UCLA Medical Center made history when an assistant professor named Michael Gottlieb first diagnosed an unknown affliction later to be called [[AIDS]]. UCLA medical researchers also pioneered the use of PET scanning to study brain function. The signaling cascade of [[nitric oxide]], one of the most important molecules in cardiopulmonary physiology was discovered in part by the medical school's Professor of Pharmacology Louis J. Ignarro. For this, he was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology along with two other researchers - Robert F. Furchgott of the SUNY Health Science Center and Ferid Murad of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.

In the 2007 edition of ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'', UCLA Medical Center was ranked best in the West, as well as one of the top 3 hospitals in the [[United States]] alongside [[Mayo Clinic]], [[Cleveland Clinic]], [[Massachusetts General Hospital]], and [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]]. In 15 of the 16 medical specialty areas examined, UCLA Medical Center ranked in the top 20.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/honorroll.htm |title=Best Hospitals 2006 |accessdate=2006-12-02 |year=2007 |work=U.S.News & World Report }}</ref>

===Rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| USNWR_NU = 25th
| USNWR_LA =
| USNWR_Bus = 11th
| USNWR_Law = 16th
| USNWR_Medr = 9th
| USNWR_Medc = 12th
| USNWR_Eng = 13th
| USNWR_Ed = 3rd
| USNWR_Ec = 11th
| USNWR_PolSci = 10th
| USNWR_PSycc = 1st
| USNWR_Psycr = 5th
| USNWR_Soc = 8th
| ARWU_W = 13th
| ARWU_N = 11th
| ARWU_SCI = 10th
| ARWU_ENG = 32nd
| ARWU_LIFE = 22nd
| ARWU_MED = 6th
| ARWU_SOC = 14th
| Newsweek =
| THES_W = 41st
| THES_N = 18th
| CMUP = 13th
| Wamo = 2nd
}}
UCLA is one of the most highly regarded schools in the world. UCLA is ranked 25th among "America's Best Colleges 2009: National Universities" by ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'', third best public university in the United States. In the August 21&ndash;28, 2006 issue of ''[[Newsweek]]'' (also released as the 2007 issue of the ''Kaplan Guide to Colleges''), UCLA was listed as one of "25 New Ivies".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/46417/page/12 |title=25 New Ivies |accessdate=2006-08-18 |author=Kantrowitz, Barbara and Springen, Karen |year=2006 |work=Newsweek }}</ref> UCLA was 12th in Newsweek's annual ranking of the Top 100 Global universities.<ref name="global">{{cite web |url= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/site/newsweek/ |title=The Complete List: The Top 100 Global Universities |accessdate=2007-05-20 |year=2006 |work=Newsweek }}</ref> ''[[The Washington Monthly]]'' ranks UCLA 2nd nationally with criteria based on research, community service, and social mobility.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0709.natlrankings.pdf |format=PDF |title=National Universities|accessdate=2007-08-21|date=August 2007|publisher=''The Washington Monthly''}}</ref>

In 2007, UCLA was ranked 11th in [[North America]] and 13th in the world by the annual list, ''Top 500 World Universities'', published by the Institute of Higher Education at [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]], [[China]] in terms of quality of scientific research leading to a Nobel Prize.<ref name="shanghai" /> UCLA was ranked 18th in the country and 41st in the world by ''The Times Higher Education Supplement’s'' list of the top 200 universities in the world.<ref name="timeshighered">{{cite web |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/top_400_universities/ |title=Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings 2007 - Top 400 Universities |accessdate=2008-08-15 |year=2007 |work=The Times Higher Education Supplement }}</ref>

UCLA took the second spot among all universities (surpassed only by [[Johns Hopkins University]]), and the top spot among public universities, for research spending in the sciences and engineering during the fiscal year 2004, according to a 2006 report by the [[National Science Foundation]]&mdash;UCLA spent $773 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2006/may/10/research-dollars-recognized/ |title=Research dollars recognized |accessdate=2006-07-06 |author=Winter, Sarah |date=[[2006-05-10]] |work=The Daily Bruin }}</ref>

UCLA was also ranked 6th in a 'Dream School' of choice survey done by the Princeton Review in 2007. The survey results are based on responses from 4,594 students and 1,260 parents who filled out a 12-question survey on Princeton Review's Web site or at the back of the company's book ``Best 361 Colleges: 2007 Edition.'' Those who voted for a dream school didn't necessarily apply there.<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a00xg.dB1eQI&refer=us Bloomberg.com: U.S<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

UCLA's School of Law, Anderson School of Management, School of Public Affairs, and School of Medicine consistently rank among the top ten to twenty in the United States. UCLA's oldest operating unit, the [[UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies|Graduate School of Education and Information Studies]] (GSEIS), was ranked second among American graduate schools of education in the 2006 edition of ''U.S. News and World Report'', ''America's Best Graduate Schools''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/rankindex_brief.php |title=America's Best Graduate Schools 2008 |accessdate=2007-07-07 |year=2007 |work=US News }}</ref>

In the [[Institute for Scientific Information]]'s 2004 database, 48 UCLA professors were listed as highly cited, making UCLA faculty 11th in the United States; as of December 2006, there were 54 highly cited faculty.<ref name="hc">{{cite web |url=http://hcr3.isiknowledge.com/browse_author.pl?link1=Browse&link2=Results&value=University+of+California,+Los+Angeles&submit=INSTITUTION&page=0 |title=List of UCLA Highly Cited Researchers |accessdate=2006-12-02 |author=Thomson Scientific |year=2002 |work=ISI Highly Cited Researchers Version 1.1 }}</ref>

In 1995, of the 36 Ph.D. programs examined by the [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]], eleven departments were ranked in the top ten.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/publications/pdf/nrc_rankings_1995.pdf |format=PDF |title=1995 National Research Council Report on Quality in Ph.D. Education in the U.S. |accessdate=2006-07-06 |year=1995 |work=National Research Council }}</ref> Thirty-one of the Ph.D. programs examined were ranked in the top 20, the third highest number of those distinctions in the country.

===Library system===
[[Image:Powell Library.JPG|thumb|left|Powell Library, located across the quad from Royce Hall.]]
{{main|University of California, Los Angeles, library system}}
UCLA's library system has over eight million books and 70,000 serials spread over twelve libraries and eleven other archives, reading rooms, and research centers. It is the nation's 11th largest library in number of volumes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet22.cfm |title=The Nation's Largest Libraries |accessdate=2006-12-12 |year=2007 |work=American Library Association }}</ref>

The first library, University library (presently Powell), was founded in 1884. In 1910, Elizabeth Fargo became the university's first librarian. [[Lawrence Clark Powell|Lawrence Powell]] became librarian in 1944, and began a series of system overhauls and modifications, and in 1959, he was named Dean of the School of Library Service.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.library.ucla.edu/special/scweb/lcpintro.htm |title=A Tribute to Lawrence Clark Powell |accessdate=2006-12-13 |year=2006 |work=UCLA Library }}</ref> More libraries were added as previous ones filled. Page Ackerman became University Librarian in 1973, and was the nation's first female librarian of a system as large as UCLA's. She oversaw the first coordinations between other UC schools, and formed a new administrative network that is still in use today.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6884 |title=Obituary: Page Ackerman, Former UCLA University Librarian |accessdate=2006-12-13 |author=Setzer, Dawn |date=[[2006-03-09]] |work=UCLA News }}</ref> Since her retirement, the system has seen steady growth and improvement under various Librarians. The present University Librarian is Gary E. Strong, who has been in office since [[September 1]], [[2003]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.library.ucla.edu/about/ul.cfm |title=University Librarian Gary E. Strong |accessdate=2007-05-21 |date=[[2007-05-11]] |work=UCLA Library }}</ref>

== Admissions ==
=== Undergraduate ===
<div style="float:left" align="center">
<big>'''Fall freshman statistics'''</big><ref name="admit">{{cite web |url=http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_fr/Frosh_Prof07.htm |title=Profile of Admitted Freshmen Fall 2007 |accessdate=2007-05-21 |date=[[2007-04-03]] |work=Official site }}</ref><ref name="admit'08">{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-admissions-data-show-high-48543.aspx|title=UCLA admissions data show high academic quality for 2008 freshmen|accessdate=2008-05-11 |date=[[2008-04-14]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! &nbsp; !! 2008 !! 2007 !! 2006 !! 2005
|-
! Applicants
| 55,397 || 50,732 || 47,317 || 42,232
|-
! Admits
| 12,579 || 11,860 || 12,189 || 11,361
|-
! % Admitted
| 22.70 || 23.38 || 25.76 || 26.90
|}
<small>''This table does not account deferred<br />applications or other unique situations.''</small>
</div>

UCLA is rated "Most Selective", by the [[Princeton Review]], with an admissions selectivity rating of 98 (on a scale of 60–99).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/generalinfomore.asp?listing=1023373&ltid=1 |title=UCLA at Princeton Review |accessdate=2007-05-30 |work=Princeton Review }}</ref> UCLA received 55,397 applications for the Fall 2008 freshman class, retaining its position as the university with the most freshmen applicants, a title it has held since 1998.<ref name="news7664"/> For the 2008-09 year, 12,579 applicants were admitted, 22.7% of the total.<ref name="admit'08"/> According to the US News & World Report, UCLA is the second most selective public university in the United States (UC Berkeley is the first).
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="400" align="right"
|| '''Ethnic enrollment, 2007'''<ref>{{cite web | title= Enrollment Summary, Fall 2007 | url=http://www.aim.ucla.edu/Statistics/enrollment/SummaryFall2007.pdf | publisher= UCLA Office of Analysis and Information Management | accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> ||'''Under-<br>graduates''' || '''Graduate<br>students'''
|-
|[[African American]]
| 865
| 438
|-
|[[Asian American]] and Pacific Islander
| 9,968
| 2,253
|-
|[[Hispanic]] or [[Chicano]]
| 3,812
| 974
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
| 108
| 63
|-
|[[White American|White]]
| 8,861
| 4,643
|-
|International, Other
| 1,075
| 1,695
|-
|Total
| 25,928
| 11,548
|}
One of the major current debates is over the decreasing admission of [[African-Americans]] and [[Latinos]], especially since the passage of [[Proposition 209]], prohibiting racial, sexual, or ethnic discrimination at public institutions, in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Leonhardt |title=The New Affirmative Action |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/magazine/30affirmative-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=magazine | publisher= The New York Times Magazine |date=[[2007-09-30]] |accessdate=2007-09-28 }}</ref> Out of the 4,700 students in the Fall 2006 class, 96 were black, and 20 of those were recruited athletes. This is the lowest number of blacks to enter into a class at UCLA in more than 30 years, and it
comes at a time when the other schools in the UC system are seeing an increase. In response to this issue, UCLA decided to shift to a more "holistic" admissions process, similar to that of UC Berkeley, starting Fall 2007.<ref>{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Smallwood |title=UCLA Adopts 'Holistic' Model in Admissions to Stem Decline in Minority Enrollment |url=http://chronicle.com/news/article/1061/ucla-adopts-holistic-model-in-admissions-to-stem-decline-in-minority-enrollment |work=The Chronicle of Higher Education |publisher= |date=[[2006-09-29]] |accessdate=2007-05-21 }}</ref> Preliminary data show that the overall number of underrepresented student applicants at UCLA — Native Americans, African Americans and Chicanos/Latinos — increased from 10,097 in fall 2006 (22.2% of 2006 applicants) to 11,414 for fall 2007 (23.6%).<ref name="news7664"/> 35% of admitted students receive federal [[Pell grant]]s.<ref>{{citation | title=Economic Diversity Among All National Universities | url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc_ecodiv_brief.php | newspaper=[[US News and World Report]]| accessdate= 2007-08-10}}</ref>

=== Graduate ===
In Fall 2005 the [[David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA|David Geffen School of Medicine]] admitted 4.5% of its applicants, the [[UCLA School of Law|School of Law]] admitted 16.1%, and the [[UCLA Anderson School of Management|Anderson School of Management]] admitted 30.6%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1315_brief.php |title=America's Best Colleges |accessdate=2006-06-25 |year=2007 |work=U.S.News & World Report }}</ref>

According to the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Guide to Dental Schools, 44th Ed., the [[UCLA School of Dentistry]] had more than 1,465 applicants for 88 seats in the entering class of 2006. The average [[Dental Admissions Test]] (DAT) scores for admitted students in the entering class of 2007 were 22 on the academic portion (3rd highest average in the nation after Harvard and Columbia) and 20 on the perceptual aptitude portion of the exam (3rd highest average after Harvard and University of Washington).

==Economic impact==
[[Image:UCLA hoodie.jpg|thumb|right|A [[hoodie]] from the UCLA store]]
The University has a significant impact in the Los Angeles Economy. It is the fourth largest employer in the county, after Los Angeles County, LAUSD and the Federal Government, and the seventh largest in the region.<ref>[http://www.laalmanac.com/employment/em21e.htm Largest Employers in Los Angeles County]. Compiled by the LA Almanac, Source: California Employment Development Department, ''[[The Los Angeles Business Journal]]'', and Almanac research</ref><ref>[http://www.ucla.edu/about/impact/economic-impact-2007/ UCLA — A Smart Investment for the Greater Los Angeles Region ... and Beyond]</ref> In 2005-2006, the university had an operating budget of $3.6 billion, of which 17.4% was from California state government appropriations.

===Trademarks and Licensing===
The UCLA trademark also sells as an overseas clothing and accessories brand. This trend arises from the school's athletic and academic reputation, and popular images of the [[Southern California]] lifestyle, emphasizing freedom in a land of perpetual sunshine. High demand for UCLA apparel has inspired the licensing of its trademark to UCLA brand stores throughout East Asia. Since 1980, 15 UCLA stores have opened in [[South Korea]], and 43 are currently open in [[Mainland China]].<ref>{{zh icon}} {{cite web |url=http://www.uclastore.com.cn/StoreList.asp |title=UCLA Store List |accessdate=2006-12-26 |work=UCLAstore.com.cn }}</ref> There are also stores in [[Mexico]], [[Singapore]], and [[Europe]].<ref name="stores">{{cite news |first=Menaka |last=Fernando |title=UCLA name, L.A. lifestyle marketable overseas |url=http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2005/apr/05/ucla-name-la-lifestyle-marketa/ |work=The Daily Bruin |publisher=UCLA |date=[[2005-04-05]] |accessdate=2005-05-13 }}</ref> Cindy Holmes, the licensing director of UCLA Trademarks and Licensing, has stated that UCLA makes $400,000 in royalties each year through its international licensing program.<ref name="stores" />

== Athletics ==
{{main|UCLA Bruins}}
[[Image:UCLA Bruins Logo.png|thumb|left|Official Athletic Logo]]
[[Image:Pauley Pavilion.jpg|thumb|[[Pauley Pavilion]] is the main basketball venue]]
The school's sports teams are called the [[UCLA Bruins|Bruins]], with colors "true blue" (an official shade of blue) and gold. The Bruins participate in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I|Division I-A]] as part of the [[Pacific Ten Conference]]. Two notable sports facilities serve as home venues for UCLA sports. The Bruin men's [[American football|football]] team plays home games at the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] in [[Pasadena, California]]; the team won a national title in 1954. The men's and women's [[basketball]] and men's and women's [[volleyball]] teams, and the gymnastics team (women's) play at [[Pauley Pavilion]] on campus. The school also sponsors men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, women's rowing, men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's water polo.

The Bruin mascots are Joe and Josephine Bruin, and the [[fight songs]] are ''[[Sons of Westwood]]'' and ''[[Mighty Bruins]]''. The alma mater is ''[[Hail to the Hills of Westwood]]''.
[[Image:UCLA vs Oregon, Pasadena, 2007.jpg|thumb|The Rose Bowl, Pasadena]]
When [[Henry Russell Sanders|Henry "Red" Sanders]] came to UCLA to coach [[American football|football]] in 1949, the uniforms were redesigned. Sanders added a gold loop on the shoulders&mdash;the UCLA Stripe. The navy blue was changed to a lighter shade of blue. Sanders figured that the baby blue would look better on the field and in film. He dubbed the baby blue uniform "Powder Keg Blue," a powder blue with an explosive kick. This would also differentiate UCLA from its older brother, [[UC Berkeley]] (and all other UC teams, as all UC campuses' official colors are blue and gold).
UCLA is competitive in all major Division I-A sports and has won 124 national championships, including 103 [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] championships, more than any other university.<ref name="NCAA">{{cite web |url=http://uclabruins.cstv.com/genrel/ucla-100-champs.html |title=Bruins lead the nation with 103 NCAA team championships and 124 total national championships |accessdate=2008-05-31 |year=2008 |work=UCLA Bruins }}</ref> The university recently won the 2008 [[NCAA Men's Golf Championship]] making it the first to reach 103 NCAA championships.<ref name="NCAA" /> Among these championships, some of the more notable victories are in [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|men's basketball]].
[[Image:Uclastadium.jpg|thumb|right|Drake Stadium is UCLA's track and field stadium.]]
Under legendary coach [[John Wooden]], UCLA men's basketball teams won 10 NCAA championships, including a [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Champions, runners-up and locations|record seven consecutive]], in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1975, and an 11th was added under then-coach Jim Harrick in 1995 (thru 2008, the most consecutive by any other team is [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Champions, runners-up and locations|two]]).<ref name="NCAA" /> From 1971 to 1974, UCLA men's basketball won an unprecedented 88 consecutive games.
UCLA has also shown dominance in [[NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship|men's volleyball]], with 19 national championships. All 19 teams were led by current coach [[Al Scates]], which ties him with [[John McDonnell (coach)|John McDonnell]] of the [[University of Arkansas]] as NCAA leader for national championships in a single sport.<ref name="NCAA" />

UCLA has medaled in every [[Olympic Games]] they have participated in. In the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens games]], UCLA sent 56 athletes, more than any other university, who won 19 medals.

Former UCLA basketball player and current [[Seattle Supersonics]] player [[Earl Watson]] commented, "Eleven national championships, the best coach to coach the game says a lot (Wooden). I take offense to those who act like UCLA is just another school compared with [[Duke Blue Devils|Duke]]. Duke is a great school in the east, but UCLA is worldwide."

===USC rivalry===
{{main|UCLA-USC rivalry}}
[[Image:UCLA Bruins enter the LA Coliseum, 2007.jpg|thumb|UCLA Bruins entering the LA Coliseum in 2007]]
UCLA shares a traditional sports rivalry with the nearby [[University of Southern California]]. USC is generally perceived as the dominant football team, while UCLA tends to succeed in basketball. In football, USC has 11 [[NCAA Division I-A national football championship|Division I national champion]] teams, and 35 [[Pacific Coast Conference]] titles; UCLA has one national champion team, and 16 conference titles. Under [[John Wooden]], UCLA became a dominating power in men's basketball, winning 11 [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA championships]], against USC's none.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uclabruins.cstv.com/genrel/ucla-100-champs.html |title=National Championships |accessdate=2007-05-22 |year=2007 |work=UCLA Bruins }}</ref>

The schools share a rivalry in many other sports. In volleyball, UCLA won 19 [[NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship]]s against USC's four.<ref name="NCAA" /> Both schools have won sixteen [[NCAA Men's Tennis Championship]]s. The [[Lexus Gauntlet]] is the name given to the official competition between the two schools in 18 varsity sports.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lexusgauntlet.collegesports.com/index-south.html |title=Lexus Gauntlet | work=CollegeSports |accessdate=2007-04-13 }}</ref> This rivalry even extends to the [[Olympic Games]], where UCLA athletes have won 213 medals, and USC athletes have won 234.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uclabruins.cstv.com/ot/olympic-medalists.html |title=UCLA's Olympic Medal Winners |accessdate=2007-05-22 |year=2004 |work=UCLA Bruins }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/usc/genrel/auto_pdf/uscolympians.pdf |title=USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2004 |accessdate=2007-05-22 |year=2004 |work=Fans Only (CSTV) |format=PDF }}</ref>

The origin is unclear, but the rivalry most likely started when football [[List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (coaches)|Hall of Fame coach]] Red Sanders led UCLA to dominance in the 1950s. USC, long before established as the reigning power, diverted its attention from then-rival [[University of Notre Dame]], and the rivalry began. The football game played each year between the two schools is informally known as "The City Championship Game", and the week preceding it is known as "Blue and Gold Week" (formerly "Beat 'SC Week"). During this week, students participate in traditions known throughout the UCLA student body, with activities such as a blood drive aptly titled "Get the Red Out", a beat USC car smash, and a parade ending with a bonfire at the bottom of Janss Steps.

==Student life==
[[Image:View of West Los Angeles to Downtown from Getty Center.jpg|thumb|View of [[Westside (Los Angeles County)|West Los Angeles]] from the [[Getty Center]]. [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood]] and UCLA are in the middle ground.]]
Students have access to a variety of activities when not attending class. The campus' location in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] makes excursions to local museums, theaters, or other entertainment venues relatively quick and easy. UCLA offers classical [[orchestra]]s, [[intramural sports]], and over 800 student organizations. The student government at UCLA is the Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA), governed by a student majority board of directors. It is the umbrella organization that includes the two branches of UCLA's student government, the Graduate Students Association (GSA) and the Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC), the UCLA Store, the Student Union, Restaurants, Trademark & Licensing, and Student Media (including the ''UCLA Daily Bruin''). The Student Alumni Association (SAA), a branch under the UCLA Alumni Association but entirely student run, is responsible for maintaining and putting on UCLA's oldest and greatest traditions, such as Blue and Gold Week, Senior Send-off, [[UCLA Spring Sing|Spring Sing]], and Dinners for 12 Strangers amongst many.

Various student groups organize schoolwide fundraisers such as the Jazz Reggae Festival, a two-day concert on [[Memorial Day]] weekend that attracts more than 20,000 attendees. [[Dance Marathon at UCLA|Dance Marathon]] is an annual event where thousands of student volunteers/dancers raise money, dance, and join together to support the [[Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

===Student Government===
[[Image:Kerk.jpg|thumb|Kerckhoff Hall houses the offices of student government and the ''[[Daily Bruin]]''.]]
"USAC" is an acronym for Undergraduate Students Association Council, the governing body of the Undergraduate Students Association (USA) whose membership comprises every UCLA undergraduate student.<ref>[http://students.asucla.ucla.edu/ UCLA Undergraduate Students Association<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The university has two major political slates, Bruins United and Students First!.

USAC's thirteen student officers and commissioners are elected by members of the Undergraduate Students Association at an annual election held during Spring Quarter. In addition to its thirteen elected members, USAC includes appointed representatives of the Administration, the Alumni, and the Faculty, as well as two ex-officio members, the ASUCLA Executive Director and a student Finance Committee Chairperson who is appointed by the USA President and approved by USAC. All members of USAC may participate fully in Council deliberations, but only the thirteen elected student members have a vote.

The USA President appoints more than seventy undergraduates to administrative committees and the Academic Affairs Commissioner Appoints approximately 25 undergraduates to Academic Senate Committees. Students have an opportunity to serve on the ASUCLA Board of Directors and the Communications Board, as well as on other significant committees. Through their participation on these campus-wide committees, UCLA undergraduates have had input into the decision making process at a high level.

USA's programs offer an invaluable service to the campus and surrounding communities and provide an opportunity for thousands of students to participate in and benefit from these endeavors. For example, each year approximately 40,000 students, faculty and staff attend programs of the Campus Events Commission, including a low-cost film program, a speakers program which presents leading figures from a wide range of disciplines, and performances by dozens of outstanding entertainers. Two to three thousand UCLA undergraduates participate annually in the more than twenty voluntary outreach programs run by the Community Service Commission. A large corps of undergraduate volunteers also participate in programs run by the Student Welfare Commission, such as AIDS Awareness, Substance Abuse Awareness, Blood Drives and CPR/First Aid Training.

===Media publications===
Most student media publications distributed on-campus are governed by the ASUCLA Communications Board. The ''[[Daily Bruin]]'' is UCLA's most prominent student publication. Founded in 1919 under the name ''Cub Californian'', it has since then developed into [[Los Angeles]]' third-most circulated newspaper. It has won over 20 national awards in the last five years, and is regularly commended for layout and content. In 2006, the [[Society of Professional Journalists]] awarded it Best All-Around Daily Newspaper in the national Mark of Excellence Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spj.org/moe06.asp |title=2006 Mark of Excellence - National Winners/Finalists |accessdate=2007-05-26 |year=2006 |work=Society of Professional Journalists }}</ref> The newspaper has not been without scrutiny and controversy, and in 1954, the administration attempted to intervene with the previous policy of electing editors by a student council. UCLA Student Media also publishes seven newsmagazines, each established to serve a special-interest community on campus: ''Al-Talib'', ''Fem'', ''Ha'Am'', ''[[La Gente de Aztlan]]'', ''Nommo'', ''Pacific Ties'', and ''[[Outwrite]]'', and has a student-run radio station, uclaradio.com, formerly known as KLA.

===Housing/2008/jun/04/project-increase-housing-options/ |work=Daily Bruin |date=2008-06-04 |accessdate=2008-06-09 }}</ref>

===Hospitality===
Hospitality constituents of the university include departments not directly related to student life or administration. The Hospitality department manages the UCLA Guest House, a full-service, on-campus hotel. The 61-room Guest House services those visiting the university for campus-related activities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://map.ais.ucla.edu/portal/site/UCLA/menuitem.3f8e7342ad4ca217b66d4ab4f848344a/?vgnextoid=fd5af9f9bd19ff00VgnVCM1000008f8443a4RCRD |title=Guest House Hotel |accessdate=2007-05-21 |year=2007 |work=Official site }}</ref> The department also manages the UCLA Conference Center, a 40&nbsp;acre (0.2&nbsp;km²) [[convention center]] in the [[San Bernardino Mountains]] near [[Lake Arrowhead, California|Lake Arrowhead]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://map.ais.ucla.edu/portal/site/UCLA/menuitem.3f8e7342ad4ca217b66d4ab4f848344a/?vgnextoid=ec175645ff212010VgnVCM1000008f8443a4RCRD |title=Conference Center at Lake Arrowhead |accessdate=2007-05-21 |year=2007 |work=Official site }}</ref> Hospitality also operates UCLA Catering, a [[Vending Machine]] distributor, and support for conferences on location.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://map.ais.ucla.edu/portal/site/UCLA/menuitem.3f8e7342ad4ca217b66d4ab4f848344a/?vgnextoid=143d396579b8ff00VgnVCM1000008f8443a4RCRD |title=Conference Services |accessdate=2007-05-21 |year=2007 |work=Official site }}</ref>

== Faculty and alumni ==
{{see also|List of University of California, Los Angeles people}}

Six professors (two of whom are current faculty) and four alumni have been awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] for achievements in science and peace; notably [[Glenn T. Seaborg]] ('34).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1951/index.html |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951 |accessdate=2007-05-21 |year=2007 |work=Nobel Foundation }}</ref><ref name="nobel">{{cite web |url=http://www.ucla.edu/about/nobelwinners/index.html |title=Nobel Prize Winners |accessdate=2007-05-16 |author=UCLA |year=2007 |work=Official site }}</ref> 90 professors are members of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], 52 have been awarded [[Guggenheim Fellows]]hips, and nine are [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Foundation Fellows]]. In 2006, 54 faculty members were listed as "Highly Cited" by the [[Institute for Scientific Information]]. [[Terence Tao]], professor of [[Mathematics]], was awarded the 2006 [[Fields Medal]].<ref name="hc" />

[[Jared Diamond]], a professor of [[Geography]], won the 1998 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his book ''[[Guns, Germs, and Steel]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1998/general-non-fiction/ |title=The Pulitzer Prize Winners in 1998 |accessdate=2007-05-21 |year=2007 |work=Pulitzer Board }}</ref> Two UCLA professors of history have each won 2008 Pulitzer Prizes for general nonfiction and history. [[Saul Friedländer]], professor of history and noted scholar of the Nazi Holocaust, won the prize for general nonfiction for his 2006 book, ''The Years of Extermination: Nazi [[Germany]] and the Jews, 1939-1945'', and Professor Emeritus Daniel Walker Howe won for his 2007 book, ''What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848''.

On September 29, 2008, President [[George W. Bush]] presented the 2007 [[National Medal of Science]] to engineering professor [[Leonard Kleinrock]] for "his fundamental contributions to the mathematical theory of modern data networks, and for the functional specification of packet switching, which is the foundation of Internet technology. His mentoring of generations of students has led to the commercialization of technologies that have transformed the world." <ref>White House News Sept. 29, 2008</ref>

== References ==
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{{Colleges and universities in Los Angeles County}}

[[Category:Los Angeles area universities and colleges]]
[[Category:University of California|Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Association of American Universities|California Los Angeles, University of]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1919]]
[[Category:Pacific Ten Conference|California Los Angeles, University of]]
[[Category:Los Angeles area universities and colleges|California, Los Angeles, University of]]
[[Category:University of California, Los Angeles| ]]
[[Category:Western Association of Schools and Colleges]]

[[bs:Kalifornijski univerzitet u Los Angelesu]]
[[bg:Калифорнийски университет - Лос Анджелис]]
[[da:University of California, Los Angeles]]
[[de:University of California, Los Angeles]]
[[es:Universidad de California, Los Ángeles]]
[[eo:Universitato de Kalifornio ĉe Los-Anĝeleso]]
[[fa:دانشگاه کالیفرنیا در لس آنجلس]]
[[fr:Université de Californie à Los Angeles]]
[[ko:캘리포니아 대학교 로스앤젤레스]]
[[hr:UCLA]]
[[it:Università della California, Los Angeles]]
[[he:אוניברסיטת קליפורניה בלוס אנג'לס]]
[[nl:Universiteit van Californië - Los Angeles]]
[[ja:カリフォルニア大学ロサンゼルス校]]
[[no:University of California, Los Angeles]]
[[pl:University of California, Los Angeles]]
[[pt:Universidade da Califórnia em Los Angeles]]
[[ru:Калифорнийский университет в Лос-Анджелесе]]
[[sk:University of California, Los Angeles]]
[[sv:University of California, Los Angeles]]
[[ta:கலிபோர்னியா பல்கலைக்கழகம் (லாஸ் ஏஞ்சலஸ்)]]
[[th:มหาวิทยาลัยแคลิฟอร์เนีย ลอสแอนเจลิส]]
[[vi:Đại học California tại Los Angeles]]
[[zh:洛杉磯加利福尼亞大學]]
[[zh:洛杉磯加利福尼亞大學]]

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