Academics
The College is home to more than three-quarters of UCLA’s undergraduates and four academic divisions: Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences. A fifth division, Undergraduate Education, serves as the campus driver of excellence and innovation in the undergraduate experience.
Click to expand the list of departments, programs, institutes and centers housed within each division of the College.
Division of Humanities
Departments and Programs
- Art History
- Asian Languages and Cultures
- Classics
- Comparative Literature
- English
- European Languages and Transcultural Studies
- French and Francophone Studies
- Germanic Languages
- Indo-European Studies
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies
- Linguistics
- Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
- Philosophy
- Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages & Cultures
- Spanish & Portuguese
Institutes and Centers
- The Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies
- Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies
- Center for Liberal Arts and Free Institutions
- Program in Digital Humanities
- UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies
- Center for the Study of Religion
- William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
- Humanities Technology
- Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture
- Writing Programs
Division of Life Sciences
Departments and Centers
- Computational and Systems Biology Interdepartmental Program (IDP)
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Integrative Biology and Physiology
- Life Sciences Core Education
- Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
- Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
- Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology
- Neuroscience IDP
- Psychology
- Society and Genetics
Institutes and Centers
- Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- CEILS (Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Life Sciences)
- Center for Reproductive Science, Health and Education
- Center for Scholars and Storytellers
- Donald R. Dickey Bird and Mammal Collection
- Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences (QC Bio)
- La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
- Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden / Herbarium
- Molecular Biology Institute (MBI)
- Staglin IMHRO Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
- Staglin Music Festival Center for Brain and Behavioral Health
- Stunt Ranch Ecological Reserve
Division of Physical Sciences
Departments and Programs
- Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences
- Mathematics
- Physics and Astronomy
- Statistics and Data Science
Institutes and Centers
- California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI)
- Center for Biological Physics (CBP)
- Center for Clean Air
- Center for Image and Vision Science
- Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (CQSE)
- Climate and Wildfire Institute at UCLA (CWI)
- Congo Basin Institute (CBI)
- Curtis Center for Mathematics & Teaching
- Climate and Wildfire Institute at UCLA (CWI)
- Galactic Center Group
- Institute for Planets and Exoplanets (IPLEX)
- Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
- Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES)
- Joint Institute for Earth Systems Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE)
- Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Plasma Science and Technology Institute (PSTI)
- UCLA Space Physics and Planetary Sciences, Applications, Communication and Engineering (SPACE) Institute
Division of Social Sciences
Departments and Programs
- Aerospace Studies
- African American Studies
- American Indian Studies
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Asian American Studies
- César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies
- Communication Studies
- Conservation of Archaeological & Ethnographic Materials
- Economics
- Gender Studies
- Geography
- History
- Labor Studies
- Master of Social Science
- Military Science
- Naval Science
- Political Science
- Sociology
Institutes and Centers
- Barbra Streisand Center
- Bedari Kindness Institute
- California Center for Population Research
- Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture
- Center for Critical and Digital Justice
- Center for Economic History
- Center for Language, Interaction, and Culture
- Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics
- Center for the Study of Urban Poverty
- Center for the Study of Women
- Center on Race and Digital Justice
- César Chávez Digital Mural Lab Center
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
- Data Archives
- Institute for Research and Labor Employment
- National Center for the History in the Schools
Division of Undergraduate Education
Departments and Programs
- Academic Advancement Program
- Arthur Ashe Legacy
- Center for Community Engagement
- Center for Scholarships and Scholar Enrichment
- Chuck Lorre Scholars Program
- Center for Academic Advising in the College
- Honors Programs
- New Student Academic Programs
- Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies
- Startup UCLA
- Summer Sessions
- UCLA International Education Office
- Undergraduate Education Initiatives
- Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences
- Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Renowned faculty from UCLA’s College of Letters and Science and professional schools serve as directors of the International Institute’s centers and as chairs and teaching faculty in its interdisciplinary academic programs, which comprise six undergraduate majors, ten undergraduate minors and three master’s degree programs.
