Educational InstitutionUniversity of California, Los Angelesname_formerCalifornia State Normal School Los Angeles branch (1881-82)name_formerLos Angeles State Normal School (1887-19)name_formerState Normal School at Los Angeles (1882-87)name_formerUniversity of California Southern Branch (1919-27)organization_headGene D. Blocklocation_countryUSAlocation_cityLos Angelesassociated_colorUCLA Goldassociated_colorUCLA Bluewikipedia_paragraphThe University of California, Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Established as a branch of the state university in 1919, it is the second-oldest (the first being the University of California, Berkeley) general-purpose campus in the University of California system and has the largest enrollment of any university in the state. 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. UCLA is ranked 25th among "America's Best Colleges 2009: National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report, in third place for best public universities in the United States, and placed 13th in the world in 2007 in ranking done by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. UCLA also ranked 11th in the nation in terms of quality of scientific research leading towards a Nobel Prize. 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 55,401 applicants for Fall 2008, 12,755 (22.7%) 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.mascotJoe and Josephine Bruinpostgrad_info11,179associated_withAAUassociated_withPacific-10associated_withUniversity of CaliforniaendowmentUS $2.299 billionstaff_info26,139campus_info419 acres (1.7 km²)campus_infoUrbanorganization_typePublicfaculty_info4,016undergrad_info25,432location_stateCAnobel_laureate10source_urlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angelesfounding_date1881-01-01 00:00:00.0nameUniversity of California, Los AngelesmottoLet there be lightmottoFiat lux (Latin)wikipedia_inbound_page_count2337also_known_asUCLAwebsiteucla.eduORGANIZATION