[[universities-systems-colleges-schools-research-centres]] *** # University of California (UC) System [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California) > The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, [Los Angeles](university-of-california-los-angeles.md), Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz, along with numerous research centers and academic abroad centers. [UC Press](university-of-california-press.md)