Westwood, CA…Police confirm there was an apparent murder-suicide in Engineering IV and that the situation is now contained. The campus has reopened and the lockdown is lifted. Classes are cancelled for the day and are expected to resume tomorrow. Two adult males are confirmed dead, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman.

Overview

UCLA campus: 419 acres located in Westwood, a community of Los Angeles. Directions | Photos

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
310-825-4321

Chancellor: Gene D. Block became chancellor on Aug. 1, 2007. Website

History: Founded in 1919 as the Southern Branch of the University of California. UCLA history

Rankings: The most prominent rankings organizations consistently place UCLA among the top universities in the world for academics, research and community impact. UCLA in the rankings

Budget: UCLA’s budget is approximately $6.7 billion. State funding accounts for only six percent of total revenues.

Enrollment: 43,301, including 29,585 undergraduates, 12,323 graduate students, and 1,393 medical and dentistry interns and residents. Enrollment

Health Care: UCLA Health includes Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, a neuropsychiatric hospital and a children’s hospital on the Westwood campus; a medical center in Santa Monica; and 150 primary care and specialty care offices across the region that, in total, receive nearly 2 million patient visits a year.

Arts and Culture: UCLA is the leading arts and cultural center in the western United States, hosting more than 1,000 visual and performing arts events each year and attracting more than 500,000 patrons. UCLA Arts

Continuing Education: UCLA Extension, a pioneer in distance learning, offers a vast array of courses, programs and conferences to professionals and others around the world.

Athletics: UCLA has won 113 NCAA team championships, more than any other NCAA Division I university. UCLA Sports

Other official facts, figures and statistics: Office of Analysis and Information Management

Students/Academics

Fields of Study: The UCLA College and 12 professional schools offer more than 5,000 courses in 124 undergraduate majors, 98 master’s programs, 109 doctoral and professional programs, and 91 minors. Course catalog

Admissions: With more than 100,000 undergraduate applicants seeking admission for fall 2015 (first-year and transfer students), UCLA is the most applied-to university in the U.S. Admission overview

Demographics: UCLA takes pride in the extraordinary diversity of our students and in providing opportunity for students, regardless of socioeconomic background. Undergraduate profile

Socioeconomic Diversity: Nearly a third of undergraduates earning a degree are the first generation in their families to graduate from a four-year college or university.

Tuition: $13,029 in tuition and student services fees for California-resident undergraduates, $35,907 for out-of-state undergraduates. Cost estimates

Financial Support: Ample financial aid means most families pay less than full price. In fact, more than 40 percent of undergraduates pay no tuition at all. About 36 percent of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, federal aid for students from low-income families. Affordability

Graduation Rate: Almost 70 percent of students entering as freshman graduate within four years, more than 90 percent within six years. Graduation and Progress

Faculty/Research

Faculty: UCLA’s faculty of approximately 4,300 includes numerous recipients of the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, National Medal of Science, and Guggenheim, MacArthur and other prestigious fellowships, grants and awards. Faculty honors

Research: About $1 billion received each year in competitively awarded grants and contracts, and approximately 6,000 funded research projects underway at any given time. Research data

Impact: Real-world advances in knowledge that enhance quality of life around the globe. Impact and accomplishments | Impact video

Intellectual Property: UCLA manages more than 2,960 active inventions, including approximately 1,000 U.S. patents. Office of Intellectual Property

Making a Difference

Economic Impact: UCLA is responsible for more than $12.7 billion in economic impact annually, and generates $34 for every dollar invested by California taxpayers. Economic impact

Community Involvement: Through academic and service programs, UCLA faculty, students and staff deeply involved in improving lives throughout Los Angeles neighborhoods. Partners and programs

Volunteering: More than half of UCLA’s undergraduates participate in some form of community service. UCLA Volunteer Center

Alumni: UCLA graduates have been pioneers in almost every field imaginable. Iconic and influential alumni | UCLA Optimists