What is University of California, Irvine?
The '''University of California, Irvine''' ('''UCI''' or '''UC Irvine''')<ref>{{cite web |title=Nomenclature {{!}} Strategic Communications {{!}} UCI |url=https://communications.uci.edu/campus-resources/nomenclature.php |website=communications.uci.edu |publisher=Strategic Communications & Public Affairs |access-date=18 November 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Irvine, California]]. It is one of the 10 campuses in the [[University of California]] (UC) [[University system|system]]. UC Irvine offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and professional degrees. The university is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] as a Research I university.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site;jsessionid=519A925E61C6701A1CAB3D9DDC0EE0B8?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd |title=Rankings by total R&D expenditures |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=2014-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162229/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site;jsessionid=519A925E61C6701A1CAB3D9DDC0EE0B8?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd |archive-date=2018-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> UC Irvine became a member of the [[Association of American Universities]] in 1996 and is the youngest university to hold membership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476 |title=Member Institutions and Years of Admission |year=2011|publisher=Association of American Universities}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Big West Conference}} [[Category:1965 establishments in California]] [[Category:University of California|Irvine]] [[Category:Irvine, California]] {{US-geo-stub}} {{authority control}}