University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA is a public institution of the State of California. It offers undergraduate, graduate academic and professional degrees in the College of Letters and Science and eleven professional schools. Research awards topped $1 billion in 2011-12, and the many awards and honors given to faculty indicate the high quality of their research. The health system encompasses the Ronald Reagan Hospital, opened in 2009, and a range of other hospitals and clinics across the Los Angeles region.
UCLA`s primary purpose as a public research university is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. To fulfill this mission, UCLA is committed to academic freedom in its fullest terms: we value open access to information, free and lively debate conducted with mutual respect for individuals, and freedom from intolerance. Learning and teaching at UCLA are guided by the belief that undergraduate and graduate students and their teachers belong to a community of scholars. All members of the community are engaged together in discovering and advancing knowledge and practice. Learning occurs not only in the classroom and research laboratory, but also through engagement in campus life and in communities and organizations beyond the university. Discovery, creativity, innovation and dissemination are hallmarks of UCLA. As one of the worlds great research universities, we are committed to assuring excellence within a wide range of disciplines, professions and arts while also encouraging investigation across disciplinary boundaries. Civic engagement is fundamental to our mission as a public university. We seek to serve society through both teaching and scholarship, to educate successive generations of leaders, and to pass on to students a renewable set of skills and commitment to social engagement. UCLA endeavors to integrate education, research and service so that each enriches and extends the others.
Foundation year: 1919
Short name: UCLA
Type: Public
Students: 40400
Faculty: 4720
Faculty/Students Ratio: 9:1
Region: North America
Location: Los Angeles, CA
