What is the history of University of California Los Angeles?

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Tasneem Hoda | Contributor-Level 10

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University of California Los Angeles had its academic roots being established in the year 1881 as a normal school then it was known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School and evolved into San Jose State University. The branch had been transferred to the University of California to become the Southern Branch of University of California in the year 1919 and it is the second-the oldest of the ten campuses of the UC system.

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