University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles CA. Flagship UC campus for LA metro. $9.1B endowment. $1.8B+ annual research. Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. David Geffen School of Medicine. UCLA Health — largest health system in western US. Anderson School of Management (business). UCLA Tech Incubator — student/faculty startup accelerator. LA's proximity to entertainment, defense, aerospace, and biotech creates unique cross-sector research culture. Northrop Grumman, Boeing, RAND (nearby Santa Monica) are major research partners.