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| Motto | Fiat Lux (Latin, "Let There Be Light") |
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| Established | 1919 |
| School type | Public |
| Chancellor | Albert Carnesale |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Enrollment | 26,000 undergraduate, 12,000 graduate |
| Faculty | 3,238 |
| Endowment | US$1.2 billion |
| Campus | Urban, 419 acres (1.7 kmē) |
| Sports teams | Bruins |
| Website | / www.ucla.edu |
UCLA was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch of the University of California" on Vermont Avenue in the City of Los Angeles. It is the second-oldest campus in the University of California system. In 1927, the school was renamed the "University of California at Los Angeles"; the word 'at' was officially replaced by a comma in 1958, in line with other UC campuses. Also in 1927, the state broke ground at a new campus on the chaparral-covered hills of a real estate development called Westwood. The first classes were held in 1929 in the four original buildings on the 400 acre (1.6 kmē) campus.
Today the campus comprises some 163 buildings across 419 acres (1.7 kmē) in the western part of Los Angeles, north of the Westwood shopping district and just south of Sunset Boulevard.
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 and its buildings tend to be more old-fashioned in appearance and are usually completely sheathed in brick. North Campus is home to the arts, humanities, social sciences, law, and business programs. North Campus is centered around tree-lined Dickson Plaza, which has appeared in many movies such as The Nutty Professor.
South Campus is newer and has a dense concentration of high-rise concrete buildings with occasional brick ornaments. South Campus is home to physical sciences, mathematical sciences, engineering, and the Center for Health Sciences.
Undergraduate housing is concentrated in four high-rise towers on a ridge on the western side of the campus, which is called "the Hill". Ackerman Union (the student union) and athletic facilities like Pauley Pavilion fill the shallow valley in the middle of the campus. The Hill is linked to North Campus and South Campus by a heavily traveled pathway called Bruin Walk. Several construction projects are in progress, including new housing facilities.
The university also owns a high-rise office tower called UCLA Wilshire Center on Wilshire Boulevard in the Westwood area, one mile (1.6 km) to the south. All off-campus administrative functions are housed in UCLA Wilshire Center, including the Office of the Chancellor.
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