University of California, Davis (UCD or University of California, Davis), founded in 1905, is located in Davis, California, USA, near the state capital, Sacramento, and belongs to the University of California system. It is an American public research university, known as the public Ivy League.

The faculty of the University of California, Davis comes from the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Law School, the American National Medical College and the American National Academy of Engineering.

University staff, alumni and researchers * * * won the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, National Technological Innovation Award, National Science Medal, National Art Medal, American Young Scientist Presidential Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, World Food Award, Blue Planet Award and MacArthur Genius Award.

With 10 colleges, the school is famous for its departments of agriculture, forestry, engineering, management, economics, law, health, social science, humanities and art, and is also a research and education center for the sustainable development of veterinary medicine, environment, language, agriculture and economy in the world. The University of California, Davis, is a member of the association of american universities, the Pacific Rim University Alliance and the International Forum of Public Universities.