The University of California, Irvine was founded in 1965 and it is one of the 10 campuses under the University of California (UC) system. It is a public university and considered to be one of the “Public Ivies” which means that it is among those publicly funded universities thought to provide a quality of education comparable to that of the Ivy League.
University of California-Irvine is a public university located in Irvine, CA. The university covers an area of 1,527 acres. The University of California-Irvine is part of the University of California group. University of California-Irvine was founded in the year 1965. The motto of the University of California-Irvine is Fiat lux (Latin) and its official colors are uci blue and uci gold. Out of total 35,220 (2019) students enrolled at UCI, 30,382 belong to undergraduate courses while 6,526 are postgraduate students. The school has an academic staff of 5,596 (2019) who teach various courses to the students. Interestingly, University of California-Irvine has an ethnically diverse student population. At UCI around 36% are Asian, 26% belong to Hispanic ethnicity, and 17% are Non-resident alien. And, at the university, around 96% of the students are 24 and under. When it comes to gender distribution at the varsity, around 52% of the students are females and 48% are males. In its 55 years of existence, UCI has produced several known personalities like Jon Lovitz (Businessperson, Comedian), Greg Louganis (Model, Author), Lisa Marie Scott (Model), and Tonantzin Carmelo (Actor, Dancer). University of California-Irvine's sporting teams are affiliated to NCAA Division I – Big West. Like several universities in the country, athletics play an important part here as well. UCI offers a total of 354 undergraduate and graduate programs, including both residential and online. The university also has a long list of accreditations. It has been accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), ABA (American Bar Association), ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.), and AMA/AAMC/LCME (American Medical Association/Association of American Medical Colleges/Liaison Committee on Medical Education). $1 billion (2019) is the total value of endowment of the University of California-Irvine.
