UCLA Achievements

UCLA is a world leader in research.

		More than 5,000 research projects are being conducted on the UCLA campus at any given time.
		UCLA has nearly 120 research and exchange agreements with universities and research institutions in 34 countries.
		More than 1,500 undergraduates each year participate in the Student Research Program, working alongside world-renowned scholars.

UCLA impacts the local economy.

		UCLA is the tenth largest employer in the greater Los Angeles region, generating $6 billion in economic activity in the greater Los Angeles region.
		One in every 140 Californians has a UCLA degree, with more than 350,000 living UCLA alumni.

UCLA people influence the entire world.

		UCLA's nine faculty and alumni Nobel Laureates include Ralph Bunche (Peace Prize, 1950) and Louis Ignarro (Medicine, 1998).
		Famous UCLA alumni in athletics, entertainment and politics include: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Troy Aikman, Arthur Ashe, Tom Bradley, Carol Burnett, Jimmy Connors, Francis Ford Coppola, James Dean, Gil Garcetti, Jackie Joyner Kersee, Jim Morrison, Reggie Miller, Michael Ovitz, Rob Reiner, and Jackie Robinson, Mayor Antonio Villaraigrosa.

UCLA programs rank among the best in the nation.

		The UCLA Medical Center has been rated the "Best Hospital in the West" for 15 consecutive years.
		UCLA has been awarded 99 NCAA team championships—more than any other school in the nation.
		The UCLA Library, ranked among the top ten research libraries in North America, contains more than 8 million volumes, including the world's largest archive collection on Japanese American life and culture.
		The UCLA Film and Television Archive, the largest university-based archive in the world, has more than 200,000 movies and TV programs; only the Library of Congress has more.