The University of California - Irvine combines the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. Among the fastest-growing campuses in the University of California system, the University of California - Irvine is increasingly a first-choice campus for students among California colleges and ranks among the top U.S. universities in the number of undergraduate applications.

The University of California - Irvine is a center for quality education that honors classic instruction while incorporating the best new scholarship. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks the university among the nation's best. Achievements in the sciences, arts, humanities, medicine, and management have also garnered numerous national rankings.

A major intellectual and cultural center, The University of California - Irvine offers numerous entertaining programs for students as well as public activities and events, recently hosting such notables as the Dalai Lama and Mikhail Gorbachev. In the health sciences, the university reaches beyond the classroom and laboratory to help solve societal issues and support human development-they are noted for their research on cancer, the neurosciences, and the genetic underpinnings of disease.

The University of California - Irvine has already become a standout among California colleges. The institution is well on its way to becoming one of the nation's very best universities-public or private-and it has embarked on a strategic plan that will ensure the campus continues to inspire excellence as it fulfills its research, teaching, and public service missions.