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UC Los Angeles

UC Los Angeles
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Official telephone: (310) 825 4321
Website: https://www.ucla.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: quarter system (four terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 96%
Total faculty: 1415 men, 1041 women
Full-time faculty: 1274 men, 946 women
Part-time faculty: 141 men, 95 women
Graduation rate: 92% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Navy ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • American Indian/Native American Studies
  • American Literature (United States)
  • Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
  • Anthropology, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Arabic Language and Literature
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Area Studies, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Asian Studies/Civilization
  • Asian-American Studies
  • Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Other
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other
  • Biophysics
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Chinese Language and Literature
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Cognitive Science, General
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computational Mathematics
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Dance, General
  • Design and Applied Arts, Other
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
  • Development Economics and International Development
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • East Asian Studies
  • Ecology
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Science
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • European Studies/Civilization
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geography
  • Geography, Other
  • Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other
  • Geological/Geophysical Engineering
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Geophysics and Seismology
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Hebrew Language and Literature
  • Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Human Biology
  • Human Services, General
  • International Economics
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Japanese Language and Literature
  • Jazz/Jazz Studies
  • Jewish/Judaic Studies
  • Korean Language and Literature
  • Labor Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • Latin Language and Literature
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other
  • Linguistics
  • Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mathematics, Other
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music History, Literature, and Theory
  • Music Management
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music Theory and Composition
  • Music, General
  • Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Near and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Neuroscience
  • Nursing Science
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Physiology, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Portuguese Language and Literature
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Russian Language and Literature
  • Russian Studies
  • Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • Scandinavian Studies
  • Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Southeast Asian Studies
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Statistics, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Diplomas

  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Comparative Literature
  • East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Education, Other
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Islamic Studies
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Library Science, Other
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Molecular Biochemistry
  • Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Doctorates

  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Archeology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Astronomy
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other
  • Biophysics
  • Biostatistics
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Dental Clinical Sciences, General
  • Dentistry
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental Science
  • Epidemiology
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geochemistry
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Geophysics and Seismology
  • Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Health Services Administration
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Human/Medical Genetics
  • Information Science/Studies
  • Islamic Studies
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Law
  • Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other
  • Legal Studies
  • Library Science, Other
  • Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other
  • Linguistics
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medicine
  • Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other
  • Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Molecular Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Pharmacology
  • Molecular Physiology
  • Molecular Toxicology
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music, General
  • Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Neurobiology and Anatomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Nursing Practice
  • Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
  • Pathology/Experimental Pathology
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, Other
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies
Master's Degrees

  • Actuarial Science
  • Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • African Studies
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • American Indian/Native American Studies
  • Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
  • Anthropology, General
  • Applied Economics
  • Archeology
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Asian-American Studies
  • Astronomy
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other
  • Biophysics
  • Biostatistics
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Engineering, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Dance, General
  • Dental Clinical Sciences, General
  • Design and Applied Arts, Other
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • East Asian Studies
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering, Other
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geochemistry
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Geophysics and Seismology
  • Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Health Services Administration
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Human/Medical Genetics
  • Information Science/Studies
  • Islamic Studies
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Latin American Studies
  • Legal Professions and Studies, Other
  • Legal Studies
  • Library Science, Other
  • Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other
  • Linguistics
  • Management Science
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Science/Scientist
  • Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other
  • Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Molecular Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Pharmacology
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music, General
  • Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  • Neurobiology and Anatomy
  • Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
  • Pathology/Experimental Pathology
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Physiology, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Portuguese Language and Literature
  • Programs for Foreign Lawyers
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Public Health, Other
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other
  • Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Statistics, General
  • Statistics, Other
  • Structural Engineering
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Women's Studies

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
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