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The University of California, Los Angeles is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San José State University. The branch was transferred to the University o…
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San José State University. The branch was transferred to the University of California to become the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the ten-campus University of California system after the University of California, Berkeley.
  • Former names: Los Angeles branch of the California State Normal School (1881–1887) · Los Angeles State Normal School (1887–1919) · Southern Branch of the University of California (1919–1927) · University of California at Los Angeles (1927–1958)
  • Motto: Fiat lux (Latin)
  • Motto in English: "Let there be light"
  • Type: Public land-grant research university
  • Established: May 23, 1919
  • Parent institution: University of California
  • Accreditation: WSCUC
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