University of Southern California

The University of Southern California (also known as USC) is the oldest private university in California and one of the most prestigious and respected universities in the world. It is located in Los Angeles in the University Park neighborhood.

USC is a member of the Association of American Universities, an association of leading research-intensive North American universities that has existed since 1900. The University of Southern California was named "University of the Year" in 2000 by Time magazine and the Princeton Review. Further, USC was ranked among the "Top 10 Dream Universities" among U.S. high school graduates in 2011. It was ranked the 47th best university in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.

The university is known for its important role in the development of computers and the Internet. The Domain Name System (DNS), antivirus, VoIP, and the DNA computer were invented at USC. Overall, the university is associated with 10 Nobel Prize winners, one Turing Award recipient, and 11 Rhodes Scholars. The university's alumni include 29 billionaires, the fourth highest average in the world after the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and Yale. The University of Southern California is home to some of the best and most prestigious journalism and engineering schools internationally, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (ranked 2nd internationally) and the Viterbi School of Engineering (ranked 10th internationally). Other outstanding faculties include the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the Marshall School of Business. Made famous by a $175 million donation from Star Wars director George Lucas in 2006, the film school has had six Nobel Prize winners teach or teach at USC, including Murray Gell-Mann, George Olah, and Angus Deaton.

USC's sports teams are the Trojans ("Trojans"). The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on campus hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984. USC athletes have won 288 medals at the Olympics (135 gold medals, 88 silver medals, and 65 bronzes), more than any other university in the world. The word is also used to describe students at the university. USC is known for a strong school culture. To keep alumni connected, the Trojan Network consists of over 100 alumni groups on four continents (North America, South America, Europe, and Asia). A common saying among those associated with the school is that you are a "Trojan for life."

USC's 22 libraries and other archives contain nearly 4 million print volumes, 6 million microform items, and 3 million photographs. They subscribe to more than 30,000 current serial titles, nearly 13,000 m manuscripts and archives, and subscribe to more than 120 electronic databases and more than 14,000 journals in print and electronic formats. Reference transactions numbering nearly 50,000 and approximately 1,100 presentations with 16,000 attendees are conducted annually. Established in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, the USC Shoah Foundation has recorded testimonies from survivors and other witnesses to the Holocaust.

University Structure

The academic units ("Schools") of USC are:

• Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
• USC School of Cinematic Arts
• USC School of Dramatic Arts
• Thornton School of Music
• Viterbi School of Engineering
• Marshall School of Business
• USC School of Architecture
• Roski School of Art and Design
• Iovine and Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation
• Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
• Kaufman School of Dance
• Ostrow School of Dentistry
• Davis School of Gerontology
• Keck School of Medicine
• Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
• USC School of Pharmacy
• Price School of Public Policy

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

In fall 2019, 2,848 students were pursuing bachelor's degrees at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering. 6199 master's and doctoral students were working in one of the 64 master's programs or the 13 doctoral programs. These were listed in the top ten internationally. More than a third of the professors have a professional background in industry. The University includes 35 members of the National Academy of Engineering, 57 winners of the Presidential Young Investigator and CAREER Awards, and 13 winners of the PECASE Early Career Awards, placing the faculty among the best in the world. The Princeton Review ranked USC's video game design program 1st out of 150 schools in North America.

Furthermore, the Viterbi School of Engineering has some famous alumni, including the first man on the moon Neil Armstrong, who completed his master's degree here. The institute is named after electrical engineer and computer scientist Andrew J. Viterbi, who donated $52 million to USC.