University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine)

URL: www.uci.edu/

Type of Institution: 4 year College

UCI combines the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. Over four remarkable decades, we have become internationally recognized for efforts that are improving lives through research and discovery, fostering excellence in scholarship and teaching, and engaging and enriching the community.

UCI is among the fastest-growing campuses in the UC system. Increasingly a first-choice campus for students, UCI ranks among the top U.S. universities in the number of under-graduate applications and continues to admit freshmen with highly competitive academic profiles. Orange County's second-largest employer, UCI generates an annual economic impact on the county of $3.3 billion.

UCI is a center for quality education that honors classic instruction while incorporating the best new scholarship. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks UCI among the nation's best universities. Achievements in the sciences, arts, humanities, medicine, and management also have garnered numerous national rankings for UCI's schools, departments, and programs. Three UCI researchers have won Nobel Prizes-most recently Irwin A. Rose, in chemistry, in 2004.

UCI reaches beyond the classroom and laboratory to help solve societal issues and support human development. In the health sciences, UCI is noted for its research on cancer, the neurosciences, and the genetic underpinnings of disease. UCI Medical Center, Orange County's only university hospital, is building a new world-class facility that, upon completion in 2009, will house the latest technologies and strengthen UCI's ability to provide specialized medical and surgical treatments to the region's citizens.