University Hills is a district on the East Side of Los Angeles, California. It is the site of California State University, Los Angeles.Geography and transportationUniversity Hills is bordered by El Sereno on the north and west, City Terrace on the south, Alhambra on the north-east, and Monterey Park on the south-east.Major thoroughfares include Eastern Avenue, Marianna Avenue, and Valley Boulevard. The San Bernardino and Pasadena freeways run along the district's southern and western edges, respectively.The campus of California State University, Los Angeles occupies nearly 200 acres (0.8 km²) on a hilltop site that affords views of the San Gabriel Mountains to the north, the San Gabriel Valley to the east, metropolitan Los Angeles to the west, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Catalina Island to the south.