University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, United States
- 1868
- Founded
- Not listed
- Global Rank
- 45,000+
- Total Students
- 17%
- International Students
- 0
- Programs
About University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley / Cal) is the premier flagship public land-grant research university of California, situated on an iconic 1,232-acre campus overlooking the San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate. Founded on March 23, 1868, Berkeley is widely regarded as one of the world's most academically distinguished universities and the preeminent public institution of higher education globally. Berkeley faculty and alumni have discovered 16 elements on the periodic table (including Berkelium, Californium, and Plutonium), co-discovered CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, established the Free Speech Movement on Sproul Plaza in 1964, and created foundational computing milestones like BSD Unix, RISC microprocessor architectures, and Apache Spark. The university is associated with 107 Nobel Laureates, 25 Turing Award winners, 14 Fields Medalists, and 223 Olympic medals. Berkeley comprises 15 renowned schools and colleges, including the College of Letters & Science, College of Engineering, Haas School of Business, College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), College of Chemistry, and College of Environmental Design.
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Berkeley, United States
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