Back جامعة كاليفورنيا (ريفرسايد) Arabic جامعة كاليفورنيا (ريڤرسايد) ARZ کالیفورنیا، ریورساید بیلیم‌یوردو AZB Каліфарнійскі ўніверсітэт у Рыверсайдзе BE Калифорнийски университет, Ривърсайд Bulgarian ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, রিভারসাইড Bengali/Bangla Universitat de Califòrnia a Riverside Catalan University of California, Riverside German Universidad de California en Riverside Spanish دانشگاه کالیفرنیا، ریورساید FA

University of California, Riverside

University of California, Riverside
UC Riverside seal
MottoFiat lux (Latin)
Motto in English
"Let there be light"
TypePublic land-grant research university
EstablishedFebruary 14, 1954 (February 14, 1954)[1][2]
Parent institution
University of California
AccreditationWSCUC
Academic affiliation
Endowment$259.8 million (2019)[3]
Budget$1.062 billion (2016-2017)[4]
ChancellorKim A. Wilcox
ProvostElizabeth Watkins[5]
Academic staff
1,638[6]
Administrative staff
1,938[6]
Students26,809 (2022)[7]
Undergraduates22,903 (2022)[7]
Postgraduates3,906 (2022)[7]
Location
Riverside
,
California
,
United States
CampusLarge city, 2,131 acres (862 ha)[8]
Other campusesPalm Desert
NewspaperThe Highlander
ColorsBlue and gold[9]
   
NicknameHighlanders
Sporting affiliations
MascotScotty Highlander
Websitewww.ucr.edu

The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on 1,900 acres (769 ha) in a suburban district of Riverside with a branch campus of 20 acres (8 ha) in Palm Desert. In 1907, the predecessor to UCR was founded as the UC Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside which pioneered research in biological pest control and the use of growth regulators.

UCR's undergraduate College of Letters and Science opened in 1954. The Regents of the University of California declared UCR a general campus of the system in 1959, and graduate students were admitted in 1961. To accommodate an enrollment of 21,000 students by 2015, more than $730 million has been invested in new construction projects since 1999.[10][11][needs update] Preliminary accreditation of the UC Riverside School of Medicine was granted in October 2012 and the first class of 50 students was enrolled in August 2013. It is the first new research-based public medical school in 40 years.[12] UCR is a member of the Association of American Universities.

In 2000, UC Riverside was classified as an "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity."[13][14] UCR's sports teams are known as the Highlanders and play in the Big West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Their nickname was inspired by the high altitude of the campus, which lies on the foothills of Box Springs Mountain. The UCR women's basketball team won back-to-back Big West championships in 2006 and 2007.

  1. ^ "A brief history of the University of California". Academic Personnel and Programs. The University of California, Office of the President. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "UCR History".
  3. ^ As of June 30, 2019; includes UC Regents portion allocated to UC Riverside. "Annual Endowment Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2019" (PDF). University of California. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "UCR Budget Primer 2016-2017" (PDF). University of California, Riverside. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  5. ^ "Office of the Provost". University of California, Riverside. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Academic and PSS personnel" (PDF). University of California, Office of the President, Department of Information Resources and Communications. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2008.
  7. ^ a b c "About UCR: Ranks and Facts". University of California, Riverside. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  8. ^ "University of California Annual Financial Report 18/19" (PDF). University of California. p. 9. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  9. ^ "UC Riverside Colors | Brand Identity". June 13, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  10. ^ "UCR Factsheet". University of California, Riverside. Archived from the original on August 20, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
  11. ^ "UCR Facts and Impacts 2007". University of California, Riverside. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
  12. ^ Muckenfuss, Mark (October 2, 2012). "Medical school receives preliminary accreditation". The Press-Enterprise. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  13. ^ The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education (Report) (2000 ed.). The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 2001. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  14. ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Retrieved July 19, 2020.