Southern California, University of, is a coeducational private university in Los Angeles. It is one of the largest private universities in the Western United States. It has a full graduate program, a summer session, and evening and extension programs. It also offers Air Force and Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps programs. The university supports a marine science center on Catalina Island and has teaching facilities in Sacramento, California, and in Washington, D.C. The university was founded in 1880. It is the oldest major private university in the Western United States. The university’s athletic teams are called the Trojans.
The university is famous for its major research programs. Researchers and physicians study and treat cancer patients at the university’s Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and Research Institute.
The university’s website at https://www.usc.edu/ offers additional information.
