'''Universitas California, Los Angeles''' ('''UCLA''') adalah sebuah [[universitas]] riset publik yang terletak di [[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]] di [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[Amerika Serikat]]. UCLA adalah tertua kedua dari sepuluh kampus di sistem [[Universitas California]]. UCLA, (bersama dengan [[Universitas California, Berkeley|Berkeley]]), dianggap sebagai [[kampus utama]] dari sistem Universitas California.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-03-21/news/mn-49655_1_ucla-officials/5|title=UCLA Eased Entry Rules for the Rich, Well-Connected|accessdate=2011-05-27|work=Los Angeles Times|quote="The controversy over private admissions preferences strikes at the heart of the dilemma over how to allocate limited slots for undergraduates. At Berkeley and UCLA, the flagship campuses, the competition is particularly acute, and admissions officers must turn away thousands of qualified applicants each year."|first1=Ralph|last1=Frammolino|first2=Mark|last2=Gladstone|first3=Henry|last3=Weinstein|date=1996-03-21}}</ref><ref name="UCLA Campus Profile">{{cite news|url= http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc-tuition-20110509,0,5070335.story|title=University of California weighs varying tuitions at its 10 campuses|accessdate=2011-05-17|work=L.A. Times|quote=In contrast, UC has UC Berkeley and UCLA, both often considered flagships, and several other campuses with high national rankings, he and other analysts said|first=Larry|last=Gordon|date=2011-05-09}}</ref><ref name="UC Goes Far Afield to Fill Top 2 Jobs">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/07/us/university-of-california-goes-far-afield-to-fill-2-top-jobs.html|title=University of California Goes Far Afield To Fill Top 2 Jobs|accessdate=2011-05-21|year=2011|work=The New York Times|quote=The University of California, perhaps the country's premier – and most troubled – public university system, announced today that after a nationwide talent search it had finally found new chancellors to run its flagship campuses here and at Berkeley. To head the Los Angeles campus, known as U.C.L.A....|first=B. DRUMMOND|last=AYRES Jr}}</ref><ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/11/nation/na-harvard11|title=THE NATION; Higher-earning families to get a break at Harvard; Tuition will be slashed to 10% of income for those making $180,000 a year or less, making it cheaper than UCLA|accessdate=2011-05-20|work=Los Angeles Times|quote="That means any student that comes from such a family will pay less to attend Harvard than most flagship public universities, including UCLA"|first=Jason|last=Song|date=2007-12-11}}</ref><ref name="Los Angeles Magazine">{{cite web |url=http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=010EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62&dq=Flagship+UC+Campuses&hl=tl&ei=66beTeqiGYiIuAOx3ty9BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Flagship%20UC%20Campuses&f=false|title= How To Get Into the Nations Most Celebrated Colleges|accessdate=2011-05-25 |year=2005|work=Los Angeles Magazine|quote="The Ivy League Schools and their ilk (Stanford) and the flagship UC campuses dominate their lists...and a few other less competitive UC Campuses (San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine) as fall-backs." }}</ref> UCLA menawarkan lebih dari 300 program sarjana dan pascasarjana dalam berbagai disiplin ilmu. Dengan pendaftaran sekitar 26.000 sarjana dan sekitar 13.000 mahasiswa pascasarjana dari Amerika Serikat dan di seluruh dunia, UCLA adalah universitas terbesar di negara bagian California dalam hal mahasiswa<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-admits-more-than-15-000-seniors-232101.aspx |title=UCLA admits more than 15,000 students for Fall 2012 freshman class|publisher= Daily Bruin}}</ref> dan universitas yang paling populer di Amerika Serikat menurut jumlah pelamar.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bartlett |first=Lauren |url=http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Remains-the-Country-s-Most-7664.aspx |title=UCLA Remains the Country’s Most Popular University with More Than 50,000 High School Seniors Applying for Fall / UCLA Newsroom |publisher=Newsroom.ucla.edu |date=2007-01-24 |accessdate=2012-10-14}}</ref> Universitas ini terpilih untuk [[Asosiasi Universitas Amerika]] pada tahun 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476 |title=Member Institutions and Years of Admission |publisher= Association of American Universities}}</ref>
