<p>The UC campuses combined to produce 439 patents in 2003, leading the nation. CalTech was second with 139, and MIT third with 127.</p>
<p>The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced the universities that were awarded the most patents in 2003. The University of California ranked first, with 439 patents, the 10th consecutive year it has led the list.</p>
<p>The list is usually provided as a "top 10" ranking, but in 2003, Cornell University and the University of Florida each were awarded 59 patents, tying for 10th place, so the rankings include the top 11. Neither institution appeared on the list for 2002. Two other institutions that did not make the list in 2002 did in 2003: the University of Michigan, with 63 patents, and Columbia University, with 61.</p>
<p>Not to rain or your parade or anything, UCLA is one of the top schools I applied to- and I am very seriously considering it....but, you have to take into consideration that the UCs are huge "research oriented" universities...Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc. are "liberal arts" universities- their emphasis is on gaining a broad spectrum of ideas...not on everyday pre-professionalism. Also, if you combine the student bodies at Harvard, Princeton, AND Yale- it still wouldn't equal the student body JUST at UCLA...much less the other 7 UCs</p>
<p>Ummm, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc. are reasearch universities as well. They are not liberal arts per se in that these universities also have different schools in different areas.</p>
<p>Liberal arts usually belongs to one school; for example, St. John's College is a liberal arts college, just focused on such.</p>
<p>However there are different interpretations of what "liberal arts" mean.</p>
<p>just because they are better funded doesn't mean that programs see any of those dollars...Yale has the second biggest endowment of ANY university in the world, yet they fail to meet the financial aid needs of their undergrads...just because you have a lot of money doesn't mean everyone gets whatever they want...why else would colleges with billions in endowment have tuition increases every year?</p>
<p>I've got to agree with slicmlic, the comparison seems one-sided. Comparing all 8 UCs to just MIT and Cal Tech individually doesn't equate in my mind...</p>
<p>neither is it fair that MIT and Caltech are BOTH engineering heavily based. that means they spend most of their money on engineering. i think u can figure out why they come in 2nd and 3rd. UCs and much more well-rounded than those two places.</p>
<p>slicmlic2001: yes well-funded does not equate to better financial aid but that doesnt mean the endowment arent used to purchase state-of-the-art equipment and such.</p>
<p>slicmlic2001: Yale is now offering a full ride for accepted students who have incomes of $40,000 or lower, a financial aid incentive which Harvard offers.</p>
<p>Endowments have been misused in the past. There was an article in The Los Angeles Times highlighting this problem. A student, grass-roots intiative seeks to have sunshine laws on endowment uses.</p>