University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San José State University. The branch was transferred to the University of California to become the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the ten-campus University of California system after the University of California, Berkeley.
| Former name | Southern Branch of the University of California
(1919–1927) University of California at Los Angeles (1927–1958) |
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| Established | 1919
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| Endowment | $5.0 billion (2018, including UC Regents portion allocated to UCLA)
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| Budget | $7.5 billion (2019)
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| Academic staff | 4,016
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| Administrative staff | 26,139
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| Students | 45,742 (Fall 2019)
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| Undergraduates | 31,543 (Fall 2019)
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| Postgraduates | 12,828 (Fall 2019)
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| Other students | 1,371 (Fall 2019)
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| Campus | Urban
419 acres (1.7 km) |
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| Mascot | Joe Bruin
Josephine Bruin |
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