UCLA Extension
Education Administration ProgramsCalifornia, United States1001-5000 Employees
UCLA Extension is the continuing education division of the University of California, Los Angeles, offering a broad array of courses and certificates. It delivers over 5,000 open-enrollment courses and more than 180 certificates across 80 fields, with classes on the UCLA campus in Westwood and Downtown Los Angeles as well as online. The organization targets individuals seeking ongoing professional development and lifelong learning, along with educators and partner institutions, through programs developed in collaboration with UCLA centers and institutes, such as the Ethnic Studies Certificate Program with Center X and the Institute for American Cultures. It partners with organizations including Los Angeles Unified School District to train career technical education teachers and hosts events like the RE:DESIGN // RE:IMAGINE summit to explore how arts and design education is evolving with technology and new creative economies. Based in Los Angeles, California, UCLA Extension operates within UCLA as part of the higher education and online education landscape, with a long history of distance and online learning beginning in the mid-1990s.