The UC System is not small at all. Research Universities include: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC S

The UC System is not small at all. Research Universities include: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz Medical Schools/Research: UC Davis Health, UC Irvine Health, UCLA Health, UC San Diego Health, UC San Francisco Health. UC helps manage national labs: Lawrence Berkeley Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos I wouldn't be surprised at all.