| UCLA is one
of ten campuses in the University of California system. All
the campuses share the same fundamental mission. By any measure,
UCLA ranks among the world's preeminent universities. From
its celebrated faculty to its super high-achieving students,
from its distinguished alumni to its myriad contributions
to the community, UCLA has attained a stature in its short
81 years to which most institutions of higher education can
only aspire.
UCLA is a large and complex institution devoted
to undergraduate and graduate scholarship, research, and public
service. Known for academic excellence, many of its programs
are rated among the best in the nation, some among the best
in the world.
Some 163 buildings on 419 acres house the
College of Letters and Science plus 11 professional schools
and serve more than 36,900 students. Another major period
of campus development is currently nearing completion, providing
needed additional space for student housing, chemistry, human
genetics, law, neuroscience, and science and technology research
programs, while several of UCLA's older buildings are now
being made earthquake-safe through a broad seismic correction
program.
UCLA is a magnet that draws hundreds of thousands
of students and scholars from around the world. Here they
advance knowledge, create art, inspire children, save lives.
They illuminate the past, shape the present and discover the
future. They give life to big ideas.
By any measure, UCLA is one of the best investments
one can make in higher education. An unprecedented fund-raising
effort to secure $2.4 billion by the year 2005, Campaign UCLA
is a singular opportunity to make a profound and lasting contribution
-- to our students, our communities, our world, our futures. |
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