University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. It is the second-oldest campus in the University of California system and the largest university in the state of California.

Academics

UCLA is organized into the following schools and colleges:

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• UCLA College
• School of the Arts and Architecture
• Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
• The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
• School of Law
• Anderson School of Management
• School of Public Affairs
• School of Theater Film and Television
• David Geffen School of Medicine
• Jules Stein Eye Institute
• Neuropsychiatric Institute
• School of Nursing
• School of Dentistry
• School of Public Health

The aforementioned health-related schools, plus the UCLA Medical Center and associated research centers are collectively known as the UCLA Center for Health Sciences. 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.

Related Topics:
UCLA Medical Center - 2005 - Stem cell - University of California, Santa Barbara - Nanotechnology

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Rankings

UCLA has a very distinguished academic program; in most surveys, it is invariably ranked among the best institutions of higher education on a national and global scale. Of the 36 Ph.D. programs examined by the National Research Council, UCLA had 31 ranked in the top 20 in terms of overall academic quality, third best in the United States. Twelve departments were ranked in the top 10:

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National Research Council - United States

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• History (6)
• Geography (8)
• Political Science (8)
• Psychology (4)
• Sociology (5)
• Anthropology (8)
• Chemistry (9)
• Aerospace Engineering (10)
• Physiology (4)
• Philosophy (6)
• Linguistics (3)
• Classics (9)

In 2005, UCLA was ranked 14th in the world and 12th in North America by an annual listing of the Top 500 World Universities published by the Institute of Higher Education in Shanghai, China; as of 2005, it was also ranked 25th overall by U.S. News and World Report. In addition, the Washington Monthly ranked UCLA second in its 2005 college rankings of the Top National Universities.

Related Topics:
2005 - North America - Shanghai - China - U.S. News and World Report - Washington Monthly

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UCLA's oldest operating unit, the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS), is renowned among educators throughout the United States. Its faculty and students have direct access to willing experiment subjects in the on-campus elementary school. In 2005, U.S. News and World Report ranked GSEIS as second among American schools of education.

Related Topics:
UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies - 2005

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Admissions

In 2005, 42,207 people applied to UCLA, more than any other American university, and 11,338 were accepted. The average weighted grade point average and SAT score for an admitted freshman was 4.25 and 1347, respectively.

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2005 - Grade point average - SAT

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