About the Division of Undergraduate Education
The Division of Undergraduate Education enriches the student experience through small seminars, hands-on research, interdisciplinary minors, academic support, and learning opportunities outside the classroom.
We are the campus-wide advocate for undergraduate education, promoting academic success for UCLA’s diverse undergraduates by providing leadership to achieve the highest quality of teaching and learning and ensuring options for students to engage in a challenging array of educational opportunities, from foundational courses to advanced research and capstone projects.
- To enrich the quality of the undergraduate academic experience
- To help students discover personally meaningful pathways to timely degree completion
- To prepare students for life after college
We believe in students. We are here for them. And we encourage them to view their undergraduate years as the beginning of a lifetime connection with UCLA. Opportunities abound to build personal relationships, expand professional networks, further intellectual pursuits, and serve others.
Meet Adriana Galván, Dean of Undergraduate Education
Neuroscientist Adriana Galván was appointed dean of undergraduate education effective July 2020. A member of the UCLA faculty since 2008, Dean Galván is a professor of psychology, is co-executive director of the Center for the Developing Adolescent and is director of the Developmental Neuroscience Lab at UCLA.
Her research focuses on adolescent brain development and behavior, particularly in the domains of learning, motivation, and decision-making. She is a board member and on the leadership team of the Center for the Developing Adolescent and a standing member of the NIH Child Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities Study Section. Dean Galván has been actively involved in the UCLA Academic Senate, having served on the executive committee, the Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools, and the Undergraduate Council.
Dean Galván is a faculty affiliate of the UCLA Brain Research Institute and the UCLA Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program, an executive committee member of the UCLA Staglin Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and co-director of the NICHD T32 Predoctoral Training Program in Adolescent Brain and Behavioral Development.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and behavior from Barnard College, Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Cornell University.