Welcome to UC Irvine Michael V. Drake, M.D., Chancellor Academic Units Founded in 1965, the University of California, Irvine combines the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an Claire Trevor School of the Arts incomparable Southern California location. With a commitment to cutting-edge research, teaching, learning and creativity, UCI is www.arts.uci.edu a driving force for innovation and discovery that benefits our local, national and global communities in many ways. School of Biological Sciences www.bio.uci.edu 2009 With more than 27,000 students, 1,100 faculty members and 9,200 staff, UCI is among the fastest-growing campuses in the The Paul Merage School of Business www.merage.uci.edu CANADA Facts & Figures University of California system. Increasingly a first-choice campus for students, UCI ranks among the top U.S. universities in Department of Education the number of undergraduate applications and continues to admit freshmen with highly competitive academic profiles. Orange www.gse.uci.edu County’s largest employer, UCI generates an annual economic impact on the county of $4.2 billion. The Henry Samueli School of Engineering To Los Angeles www.eng.uci.edu 57 College of Health Sciences ORANGE www.cohs.uci.edu State College Blvd. ORANGE FWY Chapman Ave. COSTA MESA FWY COUNTY School of Humanities the planning stages. 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UCI now has embarked on a Gorbachev and Kenyan environmental On the Web UC Irvine is located in coastal Southern California, approximately 40 miles south of education, and a growing number of profes- advocate Wangari Maathai. $1 billion fundraising campaign in support www.uci.edu Los Angeles and 80 miles north of San Diego. Situated in dynamic Orange County, the www.today.uci.edu teach sional schools and programs of academic of a strategic plan that will leverage our main campus in Irvine and UC Irvine Medical Center in the nearby city of Orange are importance and social significance. Recent greatest strengths to shape our future reachable from several major airports, the closest being Orange County/John Wayne learn Fueling Growth and Prosperity additions include public health, pharmaceu- and ensure the campus continues to Airport (SNA), and by major freeways. For additional maps and driving directions, visit www.uci.edu/campusmap. tical sciences and nursing science programs, In 2007-08, the university invested $282 inspire excellence as it fulfills its research, create as well as a new School of Law welcoming million in capital construction projects, teaching and public service mission in the discover its first students this fall. with additional upgrades under way or in decades ahead. teachwww.uci.edu | learn | create | discover | www.uci.edu On the cover: A student ascends the stairs of Natural Sciences II. Photo by Daniel A. Anderson, University Communications. Financial data in this report relate to the last completed fiscal year, 2007-08. University Communications / Printed December 2008 Welcome to UC Irvine Michael V. Drake, M.D., Chancellor Academic Units Founded in 1965, the University of California, Irvine combines the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an Claire Trevor School of the Arts incomparable Southern California location. With a commitment to cutting-edge research, teaching, learning and creativity, UCI is www.arts.uci.edu a driving force for innovation and discovery that benefits our local, national and global communities in many ways. School of Biological Sciences www.bio.uci.edu 2009 With more than 27,000 students, 1,100 faculty members and 9,200 staff, UCI is among the fastest-growing campuses in the The Paul Merage School of Business www.merage.uci.edu CANADA Facts & Figures University of California system. Increasingly a first-choice campus for students, UCI ranks among the top U.S. universities in Department of Education the number of undergraduate applications and continues to admit freshmen with highly competitive academic profiles. Orange www.gse.uci.edu County’s largest employer, UCI generates an annual economic impact on the county of $4.2 billion. The Henry Samueli School of Engineering To Los Angeles www.eng.uci.edu 57 College of Health Sciences ORANGE www.cohs.uci.edu State College Blvd. ORANGE FWY Chapman Ave. COSTA MESA FWY COUNTY School of Humanities the planning stages. Extramural funding UC Irvine Medical Center 55 SACRAMENTO Excellence in Academics A Prime Resource for www.humanities.uci.edu UNITED STATES – money coming from outside sources, 22 and Research GARDEN GROVE FWY SAN the Community Donald Bren School of Information To Los Angeles FRANCISCO LAS SANTA ANA FWY including federal and state agencies, VEGAS & Computer Sciences The City Dr. UCI is a center for quality education that UCI reaches beyond its classrooms and www.ics.uci.edu industry contracts and private foundations SAN DIEGO FW 55 LOS fosters the passionate and enthusiastic laboratories to address societal issues . ANGELES in support of UCI research – totaled $328 Interdisciplinary Studies . IRVINE Y www.editor.uci.edu/catalogue/idp/idp.1.htm 5 expansion of knowledge. Our graduates 405 and support human development. UC Culver Dr SAN million in 2007-08. COSTA MESA FWY School of Law Jeffrey Rd DIEGO are equipped with the tools of analysis, CORONA DEL MAR FWY Irvine Medical Center, Orange County’s Underscoring strong community www.law.uci.edu MEXICO Orange SAN DIEG expression and cultural understanding County/ O FWY only university hospital, recently opened a support, private giving to UCI topped $130 John Wayne School of Medicine Airport 405 Campus Dr. necessary for leadership in today’s world. new world-class facility housing the latest million in 2007-08. With an endowment www.som.uci.edu (SNA) To San D iego UCI is consistently ranked among technologies and strengthening UCI’s ability valued at $251 million as of June 30, 2008, School of Physical Sciences 73 University Dr. the nation’s best universities – public www.physsci.uci.edu to provide specialized medical and surgical The University of California, Irvine Foundation To Long Beach . ve A . d Bison R and private – with achievements in a School of Social Ecology Newport Blvd. treatments to the region’s citizens. spearheads private fundraising efforts on www.soceco.uci.edu Bonita Cany broad range of fields that have garnered for the campus and, with the assistance Jamboree Rd. TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR (TOLL) A major intellectual and cultural center, To 5 Fwy . School of Social Sciences r D t high national rankings for many schools, www.socsci.uci.edu s UCI engages the community through many of alumni and community leaders, helps a MacArthur Blvd. o C t r departments and programs. Three UCI o ensure UCI’s future as a world-class p public activities and events.