The University of California, Davis is a public land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is part of the University of California system, established in 1905 as an agricultural school and officially becoming a UC campus 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)