L AYING THE FOUNDATION UCLA COLLEGE The College of Letters and Science, known today as the UCLA College, came into being four years after the launch of the two-year teaching college known as “the Southern Branch” of the University of California. •
1925
1923
Students could choose from 13 majors (compared with 109 today). Majors offered were chemistry, economics, English, French, history, Latin, mathematics, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, Spanish and zoology. Philosophy professor Charles H. Rieber was the College’s first dean and served until 1936.
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#1
public institution in U.S. -2019 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings -2019 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges. •
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1929
The first Bachelor of Arts degrees were awarded to 100 women and 29 men. Just a year later, the College had 3,178 students and was named the fifth largest liberal arts college in the nation by the Association of American Universities.
#2
U.S. public university
UCLA moves to Westwood. Classes moved from the original location on Vermont Avenue in Hollywood to Westwood in September, upon completion of the buildings on the Quad: Royce, Haines and Kinsey halls and Powell Library. Chemistry 1A was the first class held on the new campus.
#12
among all U.S. universities
#17
among universities worldwide
2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings