University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis, known as UC Davis, is a public land-grant research university in the Davis area of California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. It was first founded in 1905 as an agricultural branch of the system and became the sixth campus of the University of California in 1959. From its agricultural beginnings it has grown to include graduate and professional programs in medicine, engineering, science, law, veterinary medicine, education, nursing and business management. Its School of Veterinary Medicine is the largest veterinary school in the United States.