University of California Irvine Parent Guide

Anteater Chronicles

outdoor entertainment in the early years

Early Years

UC Irvine traces its roots to the late 1950s, when the University of California began planning for a new campus to meet the needs of Southern California’s growing population. The campus opened for classes on October 4, 1965. One hundred nineteen faculty and 1,589 students began their work on a campus that was still very actively under construction.
Anteater Chronicles

Then & Now

Enrollment19652008
Total 1,589 27,631
Freshmen 958 4,583
Sophomores 215  
Juniors 254  
Seniors 2  
Graduate Students 0 4,278
Awarded 1965 2008
B.A. 10 5,505
M.A. 3 942
Ph.D. 1 370
Teaching credential 0 223