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University of California, Irvine facts for kids

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The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public research university in Irvine, California. It is one of the 10 campuses in the University of California (UC) system. UC Irvine offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and professional degrees.

The university is classified as a Research I university. UC Irvine became a member of the Association of American Universities in 1996 and is the youngest university to hold membership.

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  • ObamaUCI

    President Barack Obama greeted more than 6,000 members of UC Irvine’s class of 2014 and 30,000 family members and friends at a special commencement ceremony at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California

  • UCISign

    One of two identical UCI signs that face the main campus' western entrance

  • Campus of the University of California, Irvine (aerial view, circa 2006)

    UCI's core campus and surrounding areas. Aldrich Park is in the center.

  • Kriegerhall

    Murray Krieger Hall in the School of Humanities, named after an inspirational professor and an example of the Brutalist architecture of the campus

  • Engineering,UCI

    Henry Samueli School of Engineering complex in 2006. Buildings in the lower right quadrant of the image have since been demolished.

  • NS2

    Natural Sciences II, School of Biological Sciences

  • Social sciences

    The School of Social Sciences from Aldrich Park

  • Middle Earth dorms, UCI

    Residence Halls at the Middle Earth undergraduate housing complex (for freshmen) are named after places and characters from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings book series.

  • UC Irvine Reines Hall

    Frederick Reines Hall in the School of Physical Sciences, named after one of the UCI faculty members to receive the Nobel prize

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