University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis (also referred to as UCD, UC Davis, or Davis) is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA.

Ranking

The Washington Monthly ranked UC Davis 8th in its 2011 National College Ranking based on the school's contributions to society.

In 2012, U.S. News and World Report ranked UC Davis as the 9th best public university in the United States, 38th nationally, and the 4th best of the UC schools, after UC Berkeley (21st), UCLA (25th), and UCSD (37th)

The Academic Ranking of World Universities placed UC Davis 33rd nationally and 47th globally for 2012. In 2011, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it 38th in the world, while the QS World University Rankings ranked it 101st.

Colleges & Programs

UC Davis undergraduate majors are divided into four colleges:

• UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
• UC Davis College of Biological Sciences
• UC Davis College of Engineering
• UC Davis College of Letters and Science

UC Davis has the following graduate and professional schools, the most in the entire UC system :

• UC Davis Graduate Studies
• Graduate School of Management
• School of Education
• School of Law
• School of Medicine
• School of Veterinary Medicine
• School of Nursing.

Campus

The University of California, Davis campus is the largest campus in the UC system by land area, spanning over 5,500 acres (2,225.8 ha) across two counties: Yolo and Solano. Located 15 miles (24.1 km) west of Sacramento in the Sacramento Valley, part of California's Central Valley, it is adjacent to Interstate Highway 80. The Davis campus is the only school within the UC system with an airport, just west of main campus, and is one of two UC schools with its own fire department; the other being UCSC. It is also one of only two schools in the University of California system, the other being UC Berkeley, with a nuclear lab.

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