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ar 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
Admits    16,177    15,982    15,689    13,088    12,179
Admit rate    20.1%    22.0%    25.5%    22.7%    21.9%

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Forbes[53] 34 U.S. News & World Report[54] 23 Washington Monthly[55] 6 Global ARWU[56] 12

chers also pioneered the use of PET scanning to study brain function. The signaling cascade of nitric oxide, one of the most important molecules in cardiopulmonary physiology was discovered in part by the medical school's Professor of Pharmacology Louis J. Ignarro. For this, he was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with two other researchers – Robert F. Furchgott of the SUNY Health Science Center and Ferid Murad of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
In the 2012 edition of U.S. News and World Report, UCLA Medical Center was ranked "Best in the West", as well as one of the top five hospitals in the United States. In 14 of the 16 medical specialty areas examined, UCLA Medical Center ranked in the top 20.[51]
Rankings[edit]
University rankings
National
ARWU[52]    10
Forbes[53]    34
U.S. News & World Report[54]    23
Washington Monthly[55]    6
Global
ARWU[56]    12
QS[57]    40
Times[58]    12
Global rankings[edit]
In 2013–2014, UCLA ranked 12th in academics and 8th for reputation in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[59][60] In 2013, UCLA was ranked 40th in the QS World University Rankings,[61] 12th in the world (10th in North America) by the Academic Ranking of World Universities[62] and 23rd in the world (13th in North America) in Financial Times' Global MBA Rankings.[63] Human Resources & Labor Review, a national human competitiveness index & analysis, ranked the university 14th in the world in 2012.[64]
National rankings[edit]
The 2014 annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report ranked UCLA second among public universities (tied with UVA) and 23rd among national universities.[65] The Washington Monthly ranked UCLA 6th nationally among national universities in 2012, with criteria based on research, community service, and social mobility.[66] In 2013 Kiplinger ranked UCLA 6th out of the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in the nation, and 1st in California.[67] UCLA was ranked third among national research universities by the Center for Measuring University Performance in 2011.[68] The Princeton Review listed UCLA as a "Dream School" 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 ye

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aid, 'Well, let's just see. There are a few things maybe we can do around here without getting their permission.'" [33] The Bruin statue, designed by Billy Fitzgerald, in Bruin Plaza.[34] In 2006, the university completed Campaign UCLA, which collected over $3.05 billion and is the second most successful fundraising camp

f the decade, UCLA had achieved distinction in a wide range of subjects. This era also secured UCLA's position as a proper university in its own right and not simply a branch of the UC system. This change is exemplified by an incident involving Chancellor Murphy, which was described by him later on:
"I picked up the telephone and called in from somewhere, and the phone operator said, 'University of California.' And I said, 'Is this Berkeley?' She said, 'No.' I said, 'Well, who have I gotten to?' 'UCLA.' I said, 'Why didn't you say UCLA?' 'Oh,' she said, 'we're instructed to say University of California.' So the next morning I went to the office and wrote a memo; I said, 'Will you please instruct the operators, as of noon today, when they answer the phone to say, "UCLA."' And they said, 'You know they won't like it at Berkeley.' And I said, 'Well, let's just see. There are a few things maybe we can do around here without getting their permission.'" [33]


The Bruin statue, designed by Billy Fitzgerald, in Bruin Plaza.[34]
In 2006, the university completed Campaign UCLA, which collected over $3.05 billion and is the second most successful fundraising campaign among public universities.[35][36] In 2008, UCLA raised over $456 million, ranking the institution among the top 10 universities in the United States in total fundraising for the year.[37]
On January 26, 2011, Meyer and Renee Luskin donated $100 million to UCLA.[38] On February 14, 2011, UCLA received a $200 million donation gift by The Lincy Foundation in order to establish The Dream Fund, which is "a community-based fund devoted to the support of medical research and academic programs at UCLA."[39]
Campus[edit]

When UCLA opened its new campus in 1929, it had four buildings - Royce Hall and Haines Hall on the north, and Powell Library and Kinsey Hall (now the Humanities Building) on the south. The Janss steps were the original 87-step entrance to the university that lead directly to the quad of these four buildings. Today, the campus includes 163 buildings across 419 acres (1.7 km²) in the western part of Los Angeles, north of the Westwood shopping district and just south of Sunset Boulevard. In terms of acreage, it is the second smallest of the ten UC campuses.[6] The campus is close but not adjacent to the 405 San Diego Freeway.[40]
The campus includes sculpture gardens, fountains, museums, and a mix of architectural styles. It is located in the residential area of Westwood and bordered by Bel-Air, Beverly Hills, and Brentwood. The campus is informally divided into North Campus and South Campus, which are both on the eastern half of the university's land. North Campus is the original campus core; its buildings are more old-fashioned in appearance and clad in imported Italian brick. North Campus is home to the arts, humanities, social sciences, law, and business programs and is centered around ficus and sycamore-lined Dickson Court, also known as the "Sunken Garden." South Campus is home to the

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