Originally the Los Angeles State Normal School founded in 1881; became part of the University in 1919. The University of California, Los Angeles--UCLA for short--is the largest campus in enrollment in the University of California system.
It is located in the western part of Los Angeles with the Santa Monica Mountains as a backdrop and the blue Pacific Ocean about five miles distant. The campus is of rolling terrain and was once a part of an old Spanish land grant, the Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres. |