UC Irvine Physical Sciences
UC Irvine is one of 10 schools within the University of California system and has a reputation for good academics. The school was established in 1965 to accommodate California's skyrocketing population and was specifically sited to be in Orange County. The campus land was donated to the UC System by Irvine Company for $1 and consequently it is the only school in the UC system named not for the surrounding community (the City of Irvine did not exist until 1971), but for historical landowner James Irvine, who also gave his name to the Irvine Company, the richest real estate developer in the United States. The school was dedicated by Pres Lyndon Johnson. In 1965 the 1896 California College of Medicine joined the UC system as the UC Irvine Medical School.
UC Irvine was master planned in a circular shape, with Aldrich Park in the center and the disciplines, termed "schools", radiating outward. As of 2018 there are currently thirteen Schools, one Program in Public Health, one Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
UC Irvine is well regarded academically, consistently being ranked around the 20-100 range in various ranking systems for best schools in the United States. In 1996 it became the most recent school to join the Association of American Universities. Three Nobel Prizes have been awarded to the school, all of which in the Physical Sciences (area of campus seen here), which is regarded as one of the best programs for the field in the World.
UC Irvine, Irvine, California
UC Irvine Physical Sciences
UC Irvine is one of 10 schools within the University of California system and has a reputation for good academics. The school was established in 1965 to accommodate California's skyrocketing population and was specifically sited to be in Orange County. The campus land was donated to the UC System by Irvine Company for $1 and consequently it is the only school in the UC system named not for the surrounding community (the City of Irvine did not exist until 1971), but for historical landowner James Irvine, who also gave his name to the Irvine Company, the richest real estate developer in the United States. The school was dedicated by Pres Lyndon Johnson. In 1965 the 1896 California College of Medicine joined the UC system as the UC Irvine Medical School.
UC Irvine was master planned in a circular shape, with Aldrich Park in the center and the disciplines, termed "schools", radiating outward. As of 2018 there are currently thirteen Schools, one Program in Public Health, one Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
UC Irvine is well regarded academically, consistently being ranked around the 20-100 range in various ranking systems for best schools in the United States. In 1996 it became the most recent school to join the Association of American Universities. Three Nobel Prizes have been awarded to the school, all of which in the Physical Sciences (area of campus seen here), which is regarded as one of the best programs for the field in the World.
UC Irvine, Irvine, California