University of California--Riversideis a public institution that was founded in the year 1954. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of around 18,242, its setting is urban, and the campus area is 1,200 acres. The University has a quarter-based academic calendar. University of California—Riverside is ranked 97 in the 2012 edition of Best Colleges is National Universitty.
Student athletes take part in NCAA Division I Big West Conference. The school’s unique lucky charm was the live Scottish terrier; today, sports teams are cheered by a kilt-clad bear named Scotty. The members of the student Pep Band don plaid berets and sashes as they play Brave Scots fight song at the sports matches, and students who play drums or bagpipes can join school’s Pipe Band as well. The riverside is in an ideal location for the trips by road, with Disneyland and Orange County within the 40 mile drive and Los Angeles around 60 miles away.
In the years since, faculty the researchers have bred many new types of fruit, including Melogold grapefruit and Golden Nugget orange. Today, university offers regarded graduate programs through Bourns College of Engineering and Graduate School of Education. Famous alumni include best-selling mystery novel author Elizabeth George, the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Richard Schrock and Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Steve Breen.
Campus Location
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521
General Information
School type-public, coed college
Year founded-1954
Religious affiliation-N/A
Academic calendar-quarter
Setting-urban