介绍:Located in the heart of Orange County in a city named “Safest City in America” for fi ve consecutive years, the University of California, Irvine enjoys the best of what Southern California has to offer: beaches, mountains, deserts, and a broad variety of cultural, entertainment and intellectual activities. At the center of campus, the 21-acre Daniel Aldrich Park creates an oasis of serenity from which buildings radiate in a circular pattern, integrating natural open space with modern structure. UCI is among the fastest-growing UC campuses, is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), and is consistentlyranked among the nation’s best universities, public and private. Recent additions to UCI’s growing number of professional schools and programs include public health, pharmaceutical sciences and nursing science programs, as well as a new School of Law that opened in Fall 2009. UC Irvine is committed to excellence through diversity. It strives to enroll academically talented students representative of the population, including those traditionally underrepresented in various academic fi elds. UCI’s goal of promoting diversity among faculty, students and staff shapes endeavors in teaching, research and public service.