| | The '''University of California, Los Angeles''' ('''UCLA''') is a public university located in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. | | The '''University of California, Los Angeles''' ('''UCLA''') is a public university located in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. |
| − | Today, the University comprises more than 4,000 academic staff, including [[professor|professors]], and more than 25,000 students.<ref>About UCLA, http://www.ucla.edu/about.html.</ref> The school opened in 1919 under the auspices of the state of [[California]], and conferred its first degrees in 1923.<ref>UCLA Timeline, UCLA History Project, http://www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.edu/Timeline/Home.asp</ref> | + | Today, the University comprises more than 4,000 academic staff, including [[professor|professors]], and more than 25,000 students.<ref>About UCLA, http://www.ucla.edu/about.html.</ref> The school opened in 1919 under the auspices of the state of [[California]], and conferred its first degrees in 1923.<ref>UCLA Timeline, UCLA History Project, http://www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.edu/Timeline/Home.asp</ref> By 1947, the University had founded both schools of both [[medicine]] and [[law]]. The university has played an important role in the history of [[academia]] in America - the first open [[heart surgery]] in the western United States was performed there, and [[ARPANET]], an early precursor to the [[internet]], had its first node at UCLA.<ref>UCLA Timeline, UCLA History Project, http://www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.edu/Timeline/Home.asp</ref> |