City of Irvine

• On the coast of Southern California
• "FBI ranks Irvine as safest big city in U.S. for 10th year in a row" - Los Angeles Times, 2014
• Hi-tech & business oriented
• Parks, trees, clean streets 
• Recreational attractions 
• Cultural opportunities 
• Near many beautiful beaches (Laguna, Newport, and Huntington Beach)
• Excellent weather

UC Irvine

• Top U.S. university under 50 years old
• High research activity
• 80 undergraduate degrees and 98 graduate and professional degrees
• Over 30,000 students
• 3 Nobel Laureates on faculty
• Ranked in the top 50 universities of the world by Academic Ranking of World Universities
  

Location

• Located in the heart of Southern California's "Technology Coast"
  
• UC Irvine is conveniently located between Los Angeles and San Diego
• UC Irvine is approximately a 45 minute drive
  from Los Angeles Airport
  
• Several Beaches within a 15 to 25 minute drive 
  
• Disneyland is approximately a 20 minute drive from UCI