University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California)

The University of California, Los Angeles, generally known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university whose main campus is in the residential area of Westwood, Los Angeles, California. Established as a branch of the 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 the state.

Most of its Ph.D. programs rank in the top 20 for academic quality in the United States, according to the National Research Council. The September 2006 issue of Washington Monthly magazine ranked UCLA fourth among all U.S. universities. In its 2007 ranking of "America's Best Colleges," U.S. News & World Report ranked UCLA 26th among all universities in the United States. The university was also ranked by the National Science Foundation as the No. 1 public research university in the nation (based on the amount of research expenditure) and second only to Johns Hopkins University among all American universities, both public and private.

The university is one of the most selective universities in the nation, accepting only 4,800 students of the more than 47,000 who applied for admission as freshmen in Fall 2005. More people applied for admission to UCLA than to any other university in the country in that semester.

UCLA's sports teams, which compete as the Bruins, have won 120 national championships and 99 NCAA championships as of 2006—more than any other university. Also in 2006, UCLA completed Campaign UCLA, which collected over $3.05 billion and is currently the most successful fundraising campaign in the history of higher education. Students come to UCLA from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries, though the majority of undergraduates are from California.

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Coordinates:  34°4'4"N 118°26'46"W

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