ol" selected by both students and parents in 2010. It was also the only public university in the ranking.[69] UCLA took the 8th spot among all universities for research spending in the sciences and engineering during the fiscal year 2011, according to a 2012 report by the National Science Foundation—UCLA spent $982 million.[70]
Graduate and professional schools[edit]
UCLA's oldest operating unit, the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS), was ranked 6th among American graduate schools of education in the 2013 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools".[71] Other 2013 U.S. News & World Report school rankings include the Anderson School of Management at #15, the David Geffen School of Medicine at #10 for Primary Care and #13 for Research, the School of Law at #15, and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at #16; departmental rankings included Clinical Psychology #1, Psychology #3, Fine Arts #4, Geography #4,[72] Mathematics #8, History #9, Sociology #9, English #10, and Public Health #10.[71] In 2011 U.S. News & World Report ranked the School of Nursing #21.[73] In 2009, the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television was ranked third nationally by U.S. News & World Report,[citation needed] and the School of Architecture placed second in the country according to The Key Centre for Architectural Sociology.[citation needed]
Library system[edit]
Main article: University of California, Los Angeles Library
Powell Library, across the quad from Royce Hall
UCLA's library system has over eight million books and 70,000 serials spread over twelve libraries and eleven other archives, reading rooms, and research centers. It is the nation's 14th largest library in number of volumes.[74]
The first library, University Library (presently Powell Library), was founded in 1884. In 1910, Elizabeth Fargo became the university's first librarian. Lawrence Powell became librarian in 1944, and began a series of system overhauls and modifications, and in 1959, he was named Dean of the School of Library Service.[75] More libraries were added as previous ones filled. Page Ackerman became University Librarian in 1973, and was the nation's first female librarian of a system as large as UCLA's. She oversaw the first coordinations between other UC schools, and formed a new administrative network that is still in use today.[76] Since her retirement, the system has seen steady growth and improvement under various Librarians. The present University Librarian is Virginia Steel, who took office on July 15, 2013.[77]
Admissions[edit]
Undergraduate[edit]
Freshman statistics[14][78][79][80][81][82][83]
2013
(preliminary) 2012 2011 2010 2009
Applicants 80,494 72,697 61,566 57,678 55,708
Graduate and professional schools[edit]
UCLA's oldest operating unit, the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS), was ranked 6th among American graduate schools of education in the 2013 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools".[71] Other 2013 U.S. News & World Report school rankings include the Anderson School of Management at #15, the David Geffen School of Medicine at #10 for Primary Care and #13 for Research, the School of Law at #15, and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at #16; departmental rankings included Clinical Psychology #1, Psychology #3, Fine Arts #4, Geography #4,[72] Mathematics #8, History #9, Sociology #9, English #10, and Public Health #10.[71] In 2011 U.S. News & World Report ranked the School of Nursing #21.[73] In 2009, the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television was ranked third nationally by U.S. News & World Report,[citation needed] and the School of Architecture placed second in the country according to The Key Centre for Architectural Sociology.[citation needed]
Library system[edit]
Main article: University of California, Los Angeles Library
Powell Library, across the quad from Royce Hall
UCLA's library system has over eight million books and 70,000 serials spread over twelve libraries and eleven other archives, reading rooms, and research centers. It is the nation's 14th largest library in number of volumes.[74]
The first library, University Library (presently Powell Library), was founded in 1884. In 1910, Elizabeth Fargo became the university's first librarian. Lawrence Powell became librarian in 1944, and began a series of system overhauls and modifications, and in 1959, he was named Dean of the School of Library Service.[75] More libraries were added as previous ones filled. Page Ackerman became University Librarian in 1973, and was the nation's first female librarian of a system as large as UCLA's. She oversaw the first coordinations between other UC schools, and formed a new administrative network that is still in use today.[76] Since her retirement, the system has seen steady growth and improvement under various Librarians. The present University Librarian is Virginia Steel, who took office on July 15, 2013.[77]
Admissions[edit]
Undergraduate[edit]
Freshman statistics[14][78][79][80][81][82][83]
2013
(preliminary) 2012 2011 2010 2009
Applicants 80,494 72,697 61,566 57,678 55,708
