University of California

of the 10 campuses of the University of California system. Located in Davis, California, just west of Sacramento, it encompasses 5,300 acres of land, making it the second largest  campus in terms of land ownership,Davis also has the third-largest enrollment in 

The 2015 U.S. News & World Report college rankings named as the 9th best public university, 38th nationally, and 4th of following Berkeley, , an Die one of 62 members in the 

The Carnegie Foundation as a comprehensive doctoral research university with a medical program, and very high includes 23 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 25 members 

of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 17 members of the American Law Institute, 14 members of the Institute of Medicine, and 14 members of the National Academy of  faculty, alumni, and researchers have won the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Pulitzer Prize, MacArthur Fellowship, National Medal of Science, and Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering

The university has expanded over the past century to include graduate and professional programs in medicine (which includes the Davis Medical Center), law, veterinary medicine,

 education, nursing, and business management, in addition to 90 research programs offered Graduate Studies. Davis' School of Veterinary Medicine is the largest in the United States and is ranked first in the nation

The athletic teams compete in the NCAA Division I level, primarily in the Big West Conference as well as the Big Sky Conference (Football only) and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. In its first year of full Division I status, meas qualified for NCAA post-season competition.

the time, Berkeley was the sole campus of the university).commission took a year to select a site for the campus, a tiny town then known as Davis opened its doors as the "University Farm" to 40 degree students (all male) from  Berkeley in January 1909. (The farm had begun accepting students in non-degree farmers' short cor

in October 1908; around 115 men attended.)

The Farm was established largely the result of the vision and perseverance of Peter J. Shields, secretary of the State Agricultural Society. The Peter J.

Shields Library  Davis was named in his honor. Shields began to champion the cause of a University Farm to teach agriculture after learning that California students were going to out-of-state universities to pursue such education.

Shields later said: