The University of California, Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States. It was founded in 1919, making it the second-oldest general-purpose campus in the University of California system. The name was changed in 1927 to the University of California at Los Angeles. UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college) as well as undergraduate colleges Arts and Architecture, Herb Alpert School of Music, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Nursing, and Theater, Film, and Television, seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students annually, and that number is steadily rising. Enrollment data: Fall 2001–03 Fall 2002–04 Fall 2003–05. University of California System CSS Third Week Enrollment File (current). Retrieved May 30, 2007
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The University of California, Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States. It was founded in 1919, making it the second-oldest general-purpose campus in the University of California system. The name was changed in 1927 to the University of California at Los Angeles. UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college) as well as undergraduate colleges Arts and Architecture, Herb Alpert School of Music, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Nursing, and Theater, Film, and Television, seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students annually, and that number is steadily rising. Enrollment data: Fall 2001–03 Fall 2002–04 Fall 2003–05. University of California System CSS Third Week Enrollment File (current). Retrieved May 30, 2007
UCLA's undergraduate program is ranked 25th among "America's Best Colleges 2009: National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report, third among public universities in the United States. The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked UCLA 13th internationally. UCLA is a Public Ivy, and one of the 25 New Ivies, a list of universities ranked by Kaplan. UCLA also ranks among the top 10 schools in the country with the most faculty awards.
UCLA has more applicants than any other university in the United States. Out of 55,676 undergraduate applicants for Fall 2009, 12,098 (21.73%) were admitted. Students come to UCLA from all 50 states and more than 100 countries, though according to statistics from 2001-05, an average 92.6% of the entire student body originated from California. 55,636 applications have been received by UCLA for 2009.
UCLA's athletic teams, the Bruins, have won 125 national championships, including 104 NCAA team championships as of 2009—first to have won 100 and still more than any other university. On May 31, 2008, the men's golf team won UCLA's 103rd NCAA title. On May 10, 2009, the women's water polo team won its fifth consecutive NCAA title, and UCLA's 104th overall, by defeating crosstown rival USC.
In 2006, the university completed Campaign UCLA, which collected over $3.05 billion and is the second most successful fundraising campaign in the history of higher education. In 2007, UCLA raised over $364 million, ranking the institution among the top 10 universities in the United States in total fundraising for the year.
