Pauley Pavilion, UCLA's basketball venue Home of UCLA football, The Rose Bowl in Pasadena

t) and the seventh largest in the region.[100][101]
Trademarks and licensing[edit]
The UCLA trademark "is the exclusive property of the Regents of the University of California.",[102] but it is managed, protected, and licensed through UCLA Trademarks and Licensing, a division of the Associated Students UCLA.[103][104] As such, the ASUCLA also has a share in the profits.
Due to UCLA's academic and athletic prestige, as well as the name being associated with popular images of Southern California lifestyle, apparel with UCLA logos and insignia sells not just in the United States, but as an overseas clothing and accessories brand. High demand for UCLA apparel has inspired the licensing of its trademark to UCLA brand stores throughout Europe, Middle East and Asia. Since 1980, 15 UCLA stores have opened in South Korea, and 49 are currently open in China. The newest store was opened in in the Middle East in Kuwait.[105] There are also stores in Mexico, Singapore, India and Europe.[106] UCLA makes $400,000 in royalties every year through its international licensing program.[106]
Athletics[edit]

Main article: UCLA Bruins


Pauley Pavilion, UCLA's basketball venue


Home of UCLA football, The Rose Bowl in Pasadena


Drake Stadium, UCLA's track and field stadium


UCLA Bruins entering the LA Coliseum in 2007
The school's sports teams are called the Bruins, with colors True Blue and gold. The Bruins participate in NCAA Division I-A as part of the Pacific-12 Conference. Two notable sports facilities serve as home venues for UCLA sports. The Bruin men's football team plays home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena; 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 women's gymnastics team play at Pauley Pavilion on campus. The school also sponsors cross country, soccer, women's rowing, golf, tennis, water polo, and women's softball.
The Bruin mascots are Joe and Josephine Bruin, and the fight songs are Sons of Westwood and Mighty Bruins. The alma mater i

0%. In 2012, the Anderson School of Management admitted 22.6%.[93] 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 2012 were 22 on the academic portion and 21 on the perceptual aptitude portion.[94] In 1949 the Regents of the University of California authorized the School of Nursing as one of the professional schools of the

Foreign    3,376    2,493    14.4%
Just over 3,000 transfer students entered UCLA in Fall 2011, with 92.4% from the California Community Colleges System. Over the past 15 years over 45,000 transfer students have entered UCLA. One-third of baccalaureate degrees are awarded to students who entered UCLA as transfer students. One of the major debates is over the decreased admission of African-Americans and Latinos, especially since the passage of Proposition 209, prohibiting racial, sexual, or ethnic discrimination at public institutions, in 1996.[90] In response to this issue, UCLA decided to shift to a more holistic admissions process starting Fall 2007.[91]
Preliminary, admitted freshman applicants for Fall 2013 had an average weighted GPA of 4.40 (3.88 unweighted), an average combined SAT score of 2037 (667 for Critical Reading, 690 for Mathematics, and 680 for Writing) and an average ACT Composite score of 30.[92]
Graduate[edit]


Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library, UCLA School of Law
In Fall 2010, the David Geffen School of Medicine admitted 3.9% of its applicants. In Fall 2011, the School of Law admitted 20%. In 2012, the Anderson School of Management admitted 22.6%.[93]
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 2012 were 22 on the academic portion and 21 on the perceptual aptitude portion.[94] In 1949 the Regents of the University of California authorized the School of Nursing as one of the professional schools of the UCLA Center for the Health Sciences. The Graduate School of Nursing is ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top graduate nursing schools in the country, and currently has an acceptance rate of 3.9%. The school offers professional degrees in Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Ph.D. in Nursing.
Crime[edit]

In 2012, UCLA was rated the most dangerous college campus in the US by Business Insider with 921 property crimes, and 49 violent crimes (recorded in the year 2011).[95] UCLA's director of media relations issued a response to this rank stating crime reports are taken both on and off campus, including the multiple Los Angeles County locations of UCLA medical centers and clinics, suggesting data might be inflated.[96] Other media outlets, such as the Los Angeles Times,[97] LAist,[98] and LA Weekly[99] disputed the ranking.
Economic impact[edit]



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, the Los Angeles Unified School District and the federal governmen

tional universities.[65] The Washington Monthly ranked UCLA 6th nationally among national universities in 2012, with criteria based on research, community service, and social mobility.[66] In 2013 Kiplinger ranked UCLA 6th out of the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in the

Times[58]    12
Global rankings[edit]
In 2013–2014, UCLA ranked 12th in academics and 8th for reputation in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[59][60] In 2013, UCLA was ranked 40th in the QS World University Rankings,[61] 12th in the world (10th in North America) by the Academic Ranking of World Universities[62] and 23rd in the world (13th in North America) in Financial Times' Global MBA Rankings.[63] Human Resources & Labor Review, a national human competitiveness index & analysis, ranked the university 14th in the world in 2012.[64]
National rankings[edit]
The 2014 annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report ranked UCLA second among public universities (tied with UVA) and 23rd among national universities.[65] The Washington Monthly ranked UCLA 6th nationally among national universities in 2012, with criteria based on research, community service, and social mobility.[66] In 2013 Kiplinger ranked UCLA 6th out of the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in the nation, and 1st in California.[67] UCLA was ranked third among national research universities by the Center for Measuring University Performance in 2011.[68] The Princeton Review listed UCLA as a "Dream School" selected by both students and parents in 2010. It was also the only public university in the ranking.[69] UCLA took the 8th spot among all universities for research spending in the sciences and engineering during the fiscal year 2011, according to a 2012 report by the National Science Foundation—UCLA spent $982 million.[70]
Graduate and professional schools[edit]
UCLA's oldest operating unit, the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS), was ranked 6th among American graduate schools of education in the 2013 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools".[71] Other 2013 U.S. News & World Report school rankings include the Anderson School of Management at #15, the David Geffen School of Medicine at #10 for Primary Care and #13 for Research, the School of Law at #15, and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at #16; departmental rankings included Clinical Psychology #1, Psychology #3, Fine Arts #4, Geography #4,[72] Mathematics #8, History #9, Sociology #9, English #10, and Public Health #10.[71] In 2011 U.S. News & World Report ranked the School of Nursing #21.[73] In 2009, the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television was ranked third nationally by U.S. News & World Report,[citation needed] and the School of Architecture placed second in the country according to The Key Centre for Architectural Sociology.[citation needed]
Library system[edit]
Main article: University of California, Los Angeles Library

he field of nanotechnology.[42][50] The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is a part of a larger healthcare system, UCLA Health System, which also operates a hospital in Santa Monica and twelve 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 d

hase discounted one-way or quarterly passes to ride Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus and Culver City's Culver CityBus.[49]
Academics[edit]

Healthcare[edit]


UCLA Medical Plaza, near the main entrance to the campus
The David Geffen School of Medicine, along with the School of Nursing, School of Dentistry, and Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, constitute the professional schools of health science. The California NanoSystems Institute is another project that was created out of a partnership with UCSB to pioneer innovations in the field of nanotechnology.[42][50]
The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is a part of a larger healthcare system, UCLA Health System, which also operates a hospital in Santa Monica and twelve 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 Physiology or Medicine 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 2012 edition of U.S. News and World Report, UCLA Medical Center was ranked "Best in the West", as well as one of the top five hospitals in the United States. In 14 of the 16 medical specialty areas examined, UCLA Medical Center ranked in the top 20.[51]
Rankings[edit]
University rankings
National
ARWU[52]    10
Forbes[53]    34
U.S. News & World Report[54]    23
Washington Monthly[55]    6
Global
ARWU[56]    12
QS[57]    40

n imported Italian brick. North Campus is home to the arts, humanities, social sciences, law, and business programs and is centered around ficus and sycamore-lined Dickson Court, also known as the "Sunken Garden." South Campus is home to the physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, psychology, mathematical sciences, health-related fields, and the UCLA Medical Center.

 four buildings - Royce Hall and Haines Hall on the north, and Powell Library and Kinsey Hall (now the Humanities Building) on the south. The Janss steps were the original 87-step entrance to the university that lead directly to the quad of these four buildings. Today, the campus includes 163 buildings across 419 acres (1.7 km²) in the western part of Los Angeles, north of the Westwood shopping district and just south of Sunset Boulevard. In terms of acreage, it is the second smallest of the ten UC campuses.[6] The campus is close but not adjacent to the 405 San Diego Freeway.[40]
The campus includes sculpture gardens, fountains, museums, and a mix of architectural styles. It is located in the residential area of Westwood and bordered by Bel-Air, Beverly Hills, and 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 ficus and sycamore-lined Dickson Court, also known as the "Sunken Garden." South Campus is home to the physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, psychology, mathematical sciences, health-related fields, and the UCLA Medical Center.


Janss Steps, in front of Royce Hall
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, bordering Wilson Plaza. Bruin Walk, a heavily traveled pathway from the residential hill to the main campus, bisects the campus.
In Wilson Plaza, the Bruin bear serves as a landmark of the UCLA campus that people from all around the world come to take pictures with.
Architecture[edit]
The first campus buildings were designed by the local firm Allison & Allison. The 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 minimalist, slab–shaped brick buildings to the southern half of the campus, the largest of these being the UCLA Medical Center.[41] Architects such as A. Quincy Jones, William Pereira and 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 projec