University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles | |
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founding | 1919 |
Sponsorship | state |
place | Los Angeles , California , USA |
Chancellor | Gene D. Block |
Students | 43,239 (2016) |
Foundation assets | $ 3.496 billion (2015) |
University sports | Bruins |
Networks | Association of American Universities |
Website | ucla.edu |
The University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA ; German University of California, Los Angeles ) was founded in 1919 and is the third oldest campus of the University of California . UCLA is one of the most prestigious universities in the world and is located in the Westwood district of Los Angeles . In particular, the business school, the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, achieved top rankings every year. In the current USNews ranking 2009, across all US business schools, it came in 7th, ahead of Harvard Business School and Berkeley's Haas Business School . TheUniversity has been located in Westwood Village between Bel Air and Holmby Hills since 1927 , previously on Vermont Avenue in Hollywood . The university is a member of the Association of American Universities , an association of leading research-intensive North American universities that has existed since 1900. In 1969 she took part in the Arpanet , the forerunner of today's Internet . Together with three other research institutions, this makes it one of the first four participants to be connected with one another using Internet technology. There are currently five Nobel Prize winners teaching at UCLA. In 2014 more than 105,800 students applied, which is a new record and, as in previous years, UCLA is the most popular university with the most applicants in the country. It was voted 8 best in the Times Higher Education Ranking and 12th best university in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities . The UCLA Film & Television Archive is one of the most important film archives in the world.
Course offer
- UCLA College of Letters and Science
- Humanities
- Life sciences
- Physical sciences
- Social sciences
- Undergraduate education
- International Institute
- Health sciences
- Medicine ( David Geffen School of Medicine )
- Neuropsychiatric Institute
- Public health
- maintenance
- Dentistry
- Professional Schools
- Engineering and Applied Science (Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science)
- Art and architecture
- Public affairs
- Pedagogy and Information Science
- law Sciences
- Theater , film and television
- Economics (Anderson School of Management)
Rankings
UCLA is considered one of the most respected universities in the world.
- UCLA ranks 8th in the 2013 Times Higher Education Ranking of the 200 best universities worldwide, ahead of the Ivy League universities Yale University , Columbia University in New York, the University of Pennsylvania (Upenn) and Cornell University .
- UCLA was ranked 12th in Newsweek's annual ranking of the world's top 100 universities.
- In 2013, UCLA reached 12th place worldwide in the famous Top 500 World Universities ranking by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- It was ranked 3rd best public university in the US by the US News and World Report 2008.
- In the Newsweek issue from 21. – 28. August 2006 UCLA was listed as one of the "New Ivies".
- Washington Monthly places UCLA in 2nd place in the US based on criteria such as research, community service and social mobility.
- the SCImago Institutions Ranking (SIR) places UCLA in 9th place out of the world's top 100 research institutions (both academic and non-academic). In academia, UCLA is surpassed only by Harvard, Tokyo University and the University of Toronto.
UCLA School of Law is one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States . It is in 15th place in the current US news ranking. The Anderson School of Management - one of the most famous business schools in the USA - also belongs to UCLA. It is among the top 20 rankings (as of 2005).
In the worldwide ranking of subjects, UCLA ranks 2nd in linguistics, 5th in medicine, 6th in psychology and 8th in mathematics.
students
Of the 44,947 students enrolled in 2016, 23,959 (53%) were women. More than 22,000 employees work at the twelve faculties . In 2011 only around 25.5% of applicants were admitted.
Broken down by ethnicity / origin (2016):
- 13,080 (29%) "whites"
- 13,068 (29.0%) Asian Americans (of which 2,924 Chinese, 622 South Korean, 111 Japanese; 531 South Asian - India, Pakistan)
- 7,761 (17%) "Hispanics"
- 2,164 (5%) African American
- 255 (1%) Native Americans
- 1,790 (4%) unknown / no answer
- 6,829 (15%) international students
Personalities
Professors
Nobel Prize Winner
- Paul Delos Boyer (1918–2018) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1997
- Donald J. Cram (1919-2001) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1987
- Louis J. Ignarro (* 1941) - Nobel Prize Medicine / Physiology 1998
- Willard Frank Libby (1908–1980) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1960
- Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) - Nobel Prize in Economics 2009
- Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) - Nobel Prize in Literature 1950
- Julian Seymour Schwinger (1918–1994) - Nobel Prize in Physics 1965
- Lloyd S. Shapley (1923–2016) - Nobel Prize in Economics 2012
politics
- Warren Christopher (1925–2011) - former Attorney General under US President Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice Secretary of State under US President Jimmy Carter, and Secretary of State under US President Bill Clinton.
- Michael Dukakis (born 1933) - Democratic presidential candidate, former governor of Massachusetts
- Al Gore (born 1948) - Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President of the United States
Humanities, social sciences and arts
- Rogers Brubaker (born 1956) - sociologist
- Kenny Burrell (born 1931) - jazz guitarist
- Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970) - philosopher of language
- Alonzo Church (1903–1995) - philosopher of language and computer scientist
- Jared Diamond (born 1937) - geographer
- Carlo Ginzburg (* 1939) - historian
- Jan-Christopher Horak (* 1951) - film historian, archivist
- Peter Ladefoged (1925-2006) - linguist
- Steven Loza (born 1952) - ethnomusicologist
- Julián Marías Aguilera (1914–2005) - philosopher
- Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) - philosopher
- Hans Wagener (1940–2013) - Germanist
- Karl With (1891–1980) - art historian
Science and technology
- George Ogden Abell (1927-1983) - astronomer
- Alonzo Church (1903-1995) - computer scientist
- Sheldon Kay Friedlander (1927-2007) - engineer
- Christian Fronsdal (* 1931) - physicist
- Alan Kay (* 1940) - computer scientist
- Judea Pearl (* 1936) - computer scientist
- David Saltzberg (* 1967) - astrophysicist
- Fraser Stoddart (born 1942) - chemist
- Terence Tao (* 1975) - mathematician
Graduates
Nobel Prize Winner
- Ralph Bunche (1904–1971) - Nobel Peace Prize 1950
- Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921–2006) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984
- Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012) - Nobel Prize in Economics 2009
- Glenn T. Seaborg (1912–1999) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951
- William F. Sharpe (* 1934) - Nobel Prize in Economics 1990
Art, film and literature
- Rochelle Ashana - actress
- Sean Astin (born 1971) - actor
- James Robert Baker (1946-1997) - writer
- Warren Barker (1923-2006) - composer
- Elizabeth Berkley (born 1972) - actress
- Jan Berry (1941-2004) - singer
- Jack Black (born 1969) - actor
- Shane Black (born 1961) - screenwriter
- Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) - actor
- Judy Chicago (born 1939) - artist
- James Coburn (1928–2002) - actor
- Francis Ford Coppola (born 1939) - director and producer
- Roger Davis (born 1939) - actor
- James Dean (1931–1955) - actor
- Brad Delson (born 1977) - guitarist for Linkin Park
- Ryan Dusick - musician
- Dave Farrell (born 1977) - bass guitarist Linkin Park
- James Franco (born 1978) - actor
- Dominik García-Lorido (born 1983) - actress
- Greg Graffin (born 1964) - singer of Bad Religion
- Mariska Hargitay (born 1964) - actress
- Mark Harmon (born 1951) - actor
- James Horner (1953-2015) - film composer
- Anthony Kiedis (born 1962) - singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers
- David Koepp (born 1963) - screenwriter
- Heather Locklear (born 1961) - actress
- Masiela Lusha (born 1985) - actress
- Jayne Mansfield (1933–1967) - actress
- Ray Manzarek (1939-2013) - keyboard player for The Doors
- Danica McKellar (born 1975) - actress
- Jim Morrison (1943–1971) - singer with The Doors
- M. David Mullen (born 1962) - cameraman
- Randy Newman (born 1943) - musician
- Alexander Payne (born 1961) - director
- Autumn Reeser (born 1980) - actress
- Rob Reiner (born 1947) - director
- Tim Robbins (born 1958) - actor
- Eric Roth (born 1945) - screenwriter
- Paul Schrader (born 1946) - screenwriter and director
- Harry Shearer (born 1943) - actor and comedian
- Armin Shimerman (born 1949) - actor
- Brad Silberling (born 1963) - director and screenwriter
- David Silverman (born 1957) - film producer
- Tom Skerritt (born 1933) - actor
- Darren Star (born 1961) - film producer
- Ben Stiller (born 1965) - actor and comedian
- George Takei (born 1937) - actor
- Heather Thomas (born 1957) - actress
- Harry Turtledove (born 1949) - writer
- Gabrielle Union (born 1972) - actress
- Gore Verbinski (born 1964) - director
- Sean Whalen (born 1964) - actor
- Jaleel White (born 1976) - actor
- John Williams (* 1932) - film composer
- Lynne Willingham (born 1951) - film editor
politics
- John Ehrlichman (1925–1999) - advisor to US President Richard Nixon
- Harry Robbins Haldeman (1926–1993) - Chief of Staff to US President Richard Nixon
- Roberto Madrazo (* 1952) - presidential candidate
- Dennis Ross (* 1948) - US diplomat
- Ted Stevens (1923-2010) - Senator from Alaska
- Antonio Villaraigosa (born 1953) - Mayor of Los Angeles
law and economy
- Johnnie Cochran (1937-2005) - lawyer
- Michael Newdow (* 1953) - lawyer
Sports
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947) - basketball player
- Troy Aikman (born 1966) - American football player
- Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) - tennis player
- Evelyn Ashford (born 1957) - track and field athlete, Olympic champion
- Don Barksdale (1923–1993) - basketball player, Olympic champion
- Toby Bailey (born 1975) - basketball player
- Carlos Bocanegra (born 1979) - football player
- Marcus Cassel (1983-2006) - football player
- Jimmy Connors (born 1952) - tennis player
- Denny Crum (born 1937) - basketball coach
- Gail Devers (born 1966) - track and field athlete, Olympic champion
- Kenny Easley (born 1959) - American football player
- Tom Fears (1922-2000) - American football player and coach
- Benny Feilhaber (* 1985) - football player
- Brad Friedel (born 1971) - football player
- Florence Griffith-Joyner (1959–1998) - track and field athlete, Olympic champion
- Joanna Hayes (* 1976) - hurdler, Olympic champion
- Monique Henderson (born 1983) - track and field athlete, Olympic champion
- Kamani Hill (born 1985) - football player
- Ryan Hollins (born 1984) - basketball player
- Jimmy Johnson (born 1938) - American football player
- Rafer Johnson (born 1935) - track and field athlete, Olympic champion
- Cobi Jones (born 1970) - football player
- Maurice Jones-Drew (born 1985) - American football player
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee (* 1962) - track and field athlete, Olympic champion
- Karch Kiraly (* 1960) - volleyball and beach volleyball player, Olympic champion
- Madison Kocian (born 1997) - gymnast, Olympic champion
- Michelle Kwan (* 1980) - ice skater (dance)
- Carnell Lake (born 1967) - American football player
- Kara Lang (* 1986) - Canadian soccer player
- Reggie Miller (born 1965) - basketball player, Olympic champion
- Jackie Robinson (1919–1972) - baseball player
- Kyla Ross (* 1996) - artistic gymnast, Olympic champion
- Woody Strode (1914–1994) - American football player and actor
- Lisa Marie Varon (born 1971) - wrestler
- Bill Walton (born 1952) - basketball player
- Elaine Youngs (* 1970) - volleyball and beach volleyball player
Science and technology
- Molefi Kete Asante (* 1942) - founder of the afrocentrism theory
- Paul Baran (1926–2011) - computer scientist (Internet)
- Barry W. Boehm (* 1935) - computer scientist
- Carlos Castaneda (1925-1998) - anthropologist
- Vinton G. Cerf (* 1943) - Computer scientist (Internet)
- Walter Cunningham (born 1932) - astronaut
- Robert von Dassanowsky (* 1960) - historian, film producer
- Birutė Galdikas (born 1946) - primatologist
- Geoffrey Marcy (born 1954) - astronomer
- Story Musgrave (born 1935) - astronaut
- Robert Phelps (1926-2013) - mathematician
- John Lynch Phillips (born 1951) - astronaut
- Jonathan Postel (1943–1998) - computer scientist (Internet)
- Hilary Putnam (1926-2016) - philosopher
- Elliot See (1927–1966) - astronaut
- Fred Whipple (1906-2004) - astronomer
Others
- Patrick Argüello (1943–1970) - Sandinista air pirate
- Roxanna M. Brown (1946–2008) - art historian and archaeologist
- Rafe Esquith - teacher
- Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (born 1963) - poker player
- Kelly Perdew (* 1967) - winner of the television show The Apprentice
- Ubol Ratana (* 1951) - Princess of Thailand
Athletics department
The UCLA sports teams call themselves the Bruins . The university is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference . The mascot is the "Bruin Bear". The USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins have traditionally been a strong rivalry.
Personalities of the athletics department
- John Wooden (1910–2010) - Coach of the Bruins from 1948 to 1975, namesake of the John Wooden Center and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Baron Davis (* 1979) - basketball player, freshman and sophomore , 1997-1999
- Russell Westbrook (* 1988) - basketball player, freshman and sophomore 2006–2008
- Kevin Love (* 1988) - basketball player, 2007-08 freshman
- Zach LaVine (born 1995) - basketball player, freshman 2013-14
- Lonzo Ball (* 1997) - basketball player, freshman 2017/18
Sights on campus
The main attractions on campus are Royce Hall and Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. UCLA includes the Armand Hammer Museum of Art in the Westwood district (mainly Impressionism, including Monet ) and the Fowler Museum on campus (art history from around the world).
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/campusprofile.htm
- ↑ Financial Report FY2014-2015
- ↑ http://dailybruin.com/2014/01/17/ucla-sets-records-with-more-than-100000-fall-2014-applicants/
- ↑ http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-sets-new-undergraduate-applications-242778
- ↑ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013/reputation-ranking
- ↑ http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2013.html
- ↑ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013/reputation-ranking
- ↑ http://www.shanghairanking.com/
- ↑ http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2014/linguistics#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=
- ↑ a b Overview of the students
- ↑ Profile of Admitted Freshmen Fall 2011 . In: UCLA website . Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from April 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- UCLA homepage
- Florian Rötzer , On the hunt for extremists among lecturers ( Telepolis , January 19, 2006)
Coordinates: 34 ° 4 ′ 19.8 " N , 118 ° 26 ′ 38.7" W.