University of California, Riverside

University of California, Riverside is a public research university, which is also part of the University of California system. When the initial set up in 1954, this university just as the UC Citrus Experiment Station, which only gives a class to learn the agricultural sector alone. The university is located about an hour from Los Angeles, Hollywood, Disneyland, Palm Springs and Southern California's famed beaches, precisely located in Riverside and Palm Desert, California, USA.

Currently, through the school that has progressed and developed rapidly, of which there are the College of Natural Sciences and Agriculture, Graduate School of Education, School of Business Administration, as well as the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University offers nearly 101 majors program studies. And offers more than 52 master's degree programs and 42 PhD programs.

With a very wide area campus, the university campus to share some regions of each destination. For example, the eastern campus of 40 acres, making the university campus as the Botanic Gardens, which serves as an outdoor living plant museum. In addition to having a museum of plants, the university also has a library which is also home to the Eaton Collection. This library is one of the largest in the world that has a collection of science fiction and fantasy.

With so many programs or activities that are often organized by the university, students can take advantage of it. Because, this university has been widely recognized as community outreach programs. And one of the programs that are well known and which also became a university project is the University Eastside Community Collaborative. With the project, students and teachers can participate in extra-curricular activities with economically disadvantaged youth.

In addition, there are also other activities or programs that have also become part of a tradition at this university. Because, every year, this university has always hosted the HEAT Music Festival concert, a music concert held all night by displaying a variety of world renowned musicians.

Of non-academic fields, especially sports, with a mascot nicknamed Scotty Highlander, this university sports teams compete with other universities in Division I sports competition in the Big West Conference.