The University of Southern California (USC or SC) is a private research university founded in 1880 with its main campus in Los Angeles, California.

As California's oldest private research university, USC has historically educated a large number of the region's business leaders and professionals.

In recent decades, the university has also leveraged its location in Los Angeles to establish relationships with research and cultural institutions throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim.

An engine for economic activity, USC contributes $8 billion annually to the economy of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and California.

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels"; Spanish), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California.

With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States (after New York City) and the most populous city in California.

Located in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over, Los Angeles covers an area of about The city is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles metropolitan area and the Greater Los Angeles Area region, which contain 13 million and over 18 million people, respectively, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world as well as the second-largest in the United States and the densest urban area in the United States.

Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States.

The city's inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos.

A university ("a whole", "a corporation") is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which grants academic degrees in various academic disciplines.

Universities typically provide undergraduate education and postgraduate education.