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University of California – Irvine Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

University of California – Irvine has an acceptance rate of 26% and is among the top 7% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

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University of California – Irvine has a graduation rate of 86%, which is among the 7% highest for universities in the US.

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University of California – Irvine is a world-class research university with 167,813 scientific papers published and 7,111,638 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Genetics, and Biochemistry.

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1. Nazanin Boniadi

   
   Born in  Iran1980-.. (age 45)
   film actoractortelevision actor

   Nazanin Boniadi is a British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, she attended university in the United States, where she landed her first major acting role as Leyla Mir in the soap opera General Hospital (2007–2009) and its spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift (2007). Since then, Boniadi has played Nora in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2011), Fara Sherazi in the spy thriller series Homeland (2013–2014), Esther in the historical drama film Ben-Hur (2016), Clare Quayle in the sci-fi thriller series Counterpart (2017–2018), Zahra Kashani in the action thriller film Hotel Mumbai (2018), and Bronwyn in the first season of the fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022).

2. David Benioff

   
   Born in  United States1970-.. (age 55)
   television writerwriterscreenwriterteacherfilm producer

   David Friedman, known professionally as David Benioff, is an American writer and producer. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known for co-creating Game of Thrones (2011–2019), the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s series of books A Song of Ice and Fire. He also wrote 25th Hour (2002), Troy (2004), City of Thieves (2008) and co-wrote X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).

3. Coco Lee

   
   Born in  United Kingdom1975-2023 (aged 48)
   recording artistsingerdancerrecord producercomposer

   Coco Lee was a Chinese-American singer, songwriter and actress. She is widely regarded as a significant figure and a Tianhou (Diva) in C-pop. Her career marked a modernization of C-pop music and influenced many other artists of her era. Her career began in 1993 in Hong Kong, and she gained early fame in Taiwan through a series of successful albums in Mandarin Chinese, establishing herself as an icon in the Greater China area. During her life, she lived in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the USA, and mainland China. Her diverse cultural and educational experiences shaped her background and laid the foundation for her success in the Asian entertainment industry. She released 18 studio albums, two live albums, and five compilation albums.

4. Jon Lovitz

   
   Born in  United States1957-.. (age 68)
   voice actordub actorfilm actorcomedianstage actor

   Jonathan Michael Lovitz is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990 for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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