Student Services
Campus Library Instructional Computing Commons (CLICC)
The Campus Library Instructional Computing Commons (CLICC) offers technology and support for UCLA students, faculty, and staff. CLICC provides services such as laptop lending, printing, study room reservations, projector loans, computer stations, and a wide variety of instructional software.
Checkout laptops using your Bruincard at 7 different locations around campus! For FREE!
Vice Initiative for Pre-College Scholars (VIPS)
VIP Scholarswas established in 2006 in response to the declining number of underrepresented students admitted and enrolled at competitive four-year universities. In collaboration with key stakeholders at UCLA, this intervention was designed to prepare high school students from underrepresented backgrounds for admissions to competitive four-year universities such as UCLA, through counseling, mentoring, student leadership, academic advising, and summer residential programs.
Contact: Dr. Jonli Tunstall at (310)-825-2366
Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools (UARS)
You should be proud of your accomplishments. The combination of your personal and academic achievements makes you an ideal addition to the UCLA community. Now, what do you need to know to make your transition to the university as smooth as possible? This sitecontains all the information you need to take you from the moment you were admitted to the first day of class.
Campus Safety
UCLA has established a comprehensive safety and security program including police, fire, and medical units; a campus escort service available from dusk until 1:00 a.m.; and an evening van service.
The Evening Van Service provides a safe means of transportation around campus during the evening hours. The vans provide transportation between campus buildings, on-campus housing and nearby residential areas. The service is free of charge and available to all UCLA students, staff, faculty and visitors. For added safety, the vans are driven by Community Service Officers (CSOs) who carry two-way radios, providing a direct link to the UCLA Police Department.
CSO escorts are available free of charge to walk with students, faculty, staff or visitors 365 days a year from dusk until 1 a.m. between campus buildings, local living areas or Westwood Village within the approximate boundaries of Sunset Boulevard to the north, Hilgard to the east, Wilshire to the South, and Veteran to the west.
Career Center
The Career Center is an incredible resource for transfers! They offer career development services for students including career counseling, events and workshops, jobs and internship search, and graduate and professional school preparation services.
Make sure to take advantage of their one-on-one career counseling appointments, Bruinview the online job search and networking tool available to you as a student for free, and the thorough career guide that the UCLA Career Center prints each year.
Center for Community Learning
In collaboration with campus academic departments, the Center for Community Learning offers UCLA undergraduates the opportunity to participate in civic engagement through a variety of structured, rigorous academic courses that link theory with practice. They offer internship courses, a Civic Engagement and a Disabilities Minor, as well as a number of other learning courses and programs.
Community Programs Office (CPO)
CPO provides student-initiated, student-run outreach, service and retention programs that focuses on giving back to historically marginalized communities by engaging, educating, and empowering students. Location: Student Activities Center, Suite 105
Resources available include programs through:
Service: Community Programs Office Student Association (CPOSA) Retention: Campus Retention Committee (CRC) and Student Retention Center (SRC) Access/Outreach: Student Initiated Outreach Center (SIOC) Risk Management: Student Risk Education Committee (SREC)
Dashew Center
UCLA is home for more than 12,000 international students and scholars away from home. The Dashew Center is the place where domestic and international students and scholars meet. We enhance the UCLA experience for international students and scholars with our multicultural programs and services. We assist UCLA academic departments with visa services. We serve as a resource and learning center for the entire UCLA community to promote global connection, international understanding and cultural sensitivity.
Contact: Jennie Weingarten at jweingarten@saonet.ucla.edu
Dean of Students
The Dean of Students Office oversees most Honors societies at UCLA. They are a good point of contact if you should have any concerns or issues as a student at UCLA especially when it comes to campus climate, academic integrity, and other rights and regulations.
LGBTQ Center
The UCLA Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Center is the crossroads of the LGBTQ community at UCLA, providing a comprehensive range of education and advocacy services supporting intersectional identity development. They foster an open, safe and inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex, transgender, queer, asexual, questioning, and same-gender-loving students, faculty, staff, alumni, their families, and the entire campus community. Connect with them on Facebook!
Registrar: Important Dates and Deadlines
The Registrar’s Office website offers a number of sources of information. The quarterly Schedule of Classes, General Catalog of course descriptions, and lists all important dates and deadlines can be found here. This is also where you will go for course registration dates, financial aid dates, deadlines to add/drop classes, information on changing grading type, and all other important deadlines to keep in mind for the quarter and for the entire year. Location: 1113 Murphy Hall
Residential Life
Residential Life is responsible for creating safe, supportive, and inclusive living-learning communities for students living on-campus. They offer resources like academic support resources and specialized programming.
Student Legal Services
Student Legal Services provides confidential legal counseling and assistance regarding a wide range of legal issues to all currently registered and enrolled UCLA students. They are able to help students with a variety of problems, including: Landlord/Tenant Relations, Accident and Injury Problems, Domestic Violence and Harassment, Criminal Matters, Divorces and Other Family Law Matter, Automobile Purchases, Credit, Collections, and Financial Issues, Employment Matters, and Health Care and Consumer Problems.
They are also able to discuss issues students may be having with various UCLA departments such as housing, financial aid, discrimination, etc. Students may make an appointment by telephone or in person, and there is a $10 fee for the initial one-hour consultation with an experienced attorney. The office is open Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Location: Murphy Hall A239. Phone: (310)-825-9894
Student Organizations, Leadership, and Engagement (SOLE)
SOLE advises about 1000 campus organizations. Services include registration of new and continuing organizations, programming assistance, organization development, fundraising approval and guidelines, funding proposal consultation, and advisement on rules and regulations. The Main Office also approves time, place, and manner for the campus activities of registered organizations.
With so many groups on campus, there is a good chance there is one with your interest and liking. Search for campus groups and organizations. Location: Kerckhoff Hall 105 Phone: (310) 825-7041. Email: uclasole@ucla.edu
UCLA Office of Ombuds Services (Meditation and Dispute Resolution Resources)
The Office of Ombuds Services is a place where members of the UCLA community (students, faculty, staff, and administration) can go for assistance in resolving conflicts, disputes, or complaints on an informal basis.
Acting as neutrals and committed to confidentiality, the Ombudspersons may gather information on complaints, clarify issues, expedite processes or, when appropriate, initiate mediation. Location: Strathmore Building, Suite 105. Phone: (310) 825-7627
The Undergraduate Research Centers (URC)
The Undergraduate Research Centers (URC) assist students in research. The centers support scholarly, critical, and creative research, provides mentoring and tutorials, and administers research stipends and scholarships.
The Center for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences helps students improve their research skills, define academic interests and become a part of the university research community.
The Center for Undergraduate Research in Sciences works to serve students and faculty in the life and physical sciences, engineering and mathematics. The center focuses on increasing the retention of science majors in all disciplines, as well as preparing students for academic and research careers.
Undergraduate Student Association (USAC)
USAC is a student governing body made up of fourteen student officers and commissioners that are elected by members of the Undergraduate Students Association.
Elections are held every year in the spring. There are many leadership, job, and internship opportunities through USAC that transfers should certainly get involved in if they are interested in the politics and policy of student government.