The University of California, Davis is a public land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institution was first founded as an agricultural branch of the system in 1905 and became the sixth campus of the University of California in 1959.
Former names: University Farm · (1905–1922) · Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture (1922–1938) · College of Agriculture at Davis (1938–1959)
Motto: Fiat lux (Latin)
Motto in English: "Let there be light"
Type: Public land-grant research university
Established: March 18, 1905 · (1959 as a general UC campus)
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