What is University of California, Los Angeles?
{{main|University of California}} [[File:The University of California UCLA.svg|right|200px|The seal of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)]] The '''University of California, Los Angeles''', or '''UCLA''', is a [[wikt:university|university]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. It was started in 1919. It is often listed among America's best universities. [[File:Janss Steps, UCLA.jpg|thumb|Janss Steps, UCLA, [[Los Angeles]].]] The school was originally a college for teachers, but became a university in 1919, and has been called UCLA since 1927. It was originally in [[Hollywood]], but is now in Westwood. In 1950, it gained independence from the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. During the 1960s and 1970s, there were many student protests.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.today.ucla.edu/1999/991109caught.html |title=Caught on Tape: Voices from UCLA's Past |accessdate=2008-01-25 |author=Ko, Amy |year=1999 |work=UCLA Today |archive-date=2006-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901112349/http://www.today.ucla.edu/1999/991109caught.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The school has buildings designed by several famous [[architect]]s, numerous [[garden]]s, [[fountain]]s, and [[museum]]s. It has academic programs in many fields, including a very famous Film School and medical programs in association with several hospitals. The university is organized into twelve professional schools offering undergraduate and graduate degrees: Letters of Arts and Science, Arts and Architecture, Engineering, Music, Nursing, Public Affairs, Theater, Film and Television, Medicine, Dentistry, Public Health, Education & Information Studies, Management and Law. UCLA has many good sports teams on the [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] level. Their teams, which play in the [[Big Ten Conference]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=UCLA officially joins the Big Ten Conference|url=https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-officially-joins-big-ten-conference|access-date=2024-10-24|website=UCLA|language=en-us}}</ref> and [[Pacific-10 Confer