The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1919, it is the second-oldest campus of the University of California system. Enrollment of 29,000 undergraduate and 13,000 graduate students, UCLA is the university with the largest enrollment in the world with over 105,000 applications for 2014.An African-American alumnus of UCLA Ralph Bunche, received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize.Other notable nobel laurates from UCLA include Lloyd Shapley (Economic Sciences), Louis Ignarro (Physiology or Medicine), Paul Boyer(Chemistry), Donald Cram(Chemistry), Julian S. Schwinger(Physics), Willard Libby (Chemistry). University faculties include College of Letters and Science, School of the Arts and Architecture, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Theater, Film and Television, School of Nursing, Graduate School of
Education & Information Studies, School of Law, Anderson School of Management, Luskin School of Public Affairs,David Geffen School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, Fielding School of Public Health, Semel Institute for
Neuroscience and Human Behavior. UCLA is involved in academics and scientific research
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