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UCLA is
a world leader in research. |
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More than 5,000
research projects are being conducted on the UCLA campus
at any given time. |
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UCLA has nearly 120 research
and exchange agreements with universities and research
institutions in 34 countries — from Australia, Japan
and Korea to Russia, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. |
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More than 1,500 undergraduates each year
participate in the Student Research Program, working alongside
world-renowned scholars. |
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UCLA depends
on private support to maintain its unparalleled excellence. |
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State funding
now provides less than 23 percent of UCLA's operating
budget. |
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The university received $278
million in private gifts and grants in 2002-2003. |
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UCLA received $785 million in research
funding in 2002-2003 and ranked sixth in federal research
support. |
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UCLA impacts
the local economy and the global community. |
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UCLA is the tenth
largest employer in the greater Los Angeles region. |
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UCLA generates $6 billion
in economic activity in the greater Los Angeles region. |
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One in every 140 Californians has a UCLA
degree, with more than 300,000 living UCLA alumni. |
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UCLA’s nine faculty and alumni Nobel
Laureates include Ralph Bunche (Peace Prize, 1950), former
undersecretary general of the United Nations; and Louis
Ignarro (Medicine, 1998), whose discovery led to the development
of Viagra. |
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UCLA programs
rank among the best in the nation. |
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The UCLA Medical
Center has been rated the “Best in the West”
hospital for 14 straight years. |
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UCLA has been awarded 90
NCAA team championships —
more than any other school in the nation. |
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The UCLA Library, ranked among the top
ten research libraries in North America, contains more
than 7.5 million volumes, including the world's largest
archive collection on Japanese American life and culture. |
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The UCLA Film and Television Archive,
the largest university-based archive in the world, has
more than 200,000 movies and TV programs — only
the Library of Congress has more. |
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