The University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

Seal of the University of California, Berkeley
Motto	Fiat lux (Latin)
Motto in English	Let there be light
Type	Flagship Public research university Land Grant
Established	March 23, 1868
Endowment	$4.045 billion (2015)
Chancellor	Nicholas Dirks
Students	40,173 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates	29,310 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates	10,863 (Fall 2016)
Location	Berkeley, California, U.S.
Campus	Urban Total 1,232 acres (499 ha) Core Campus 178 acres (72 ha) Total land owned 6,679 acres (2,703 ha)
Colors	Berkeley Blue & California Gold
Athletics	NCAA Division I – Pac-12
Nickname	Golden Bears
Mascot	Oski the Bear
Affiliations	University of California system, AAU, IARU, URA, APRU, APLU
Website	www.berkeley.edu

Urban
Total 1,232 acres (499 ha) Core Campus 178 acres (72 ha)

The University of California, Berkeley, (also referred to as Berkeley, UC Berkeley, California, and Cal) is a public research university located in Berkeley, California. Founded in 1868, Berkeley is the oldest of the ten research universities affiliated with the University of California system, and is often cited as the top public university in the United States and around the world.

Established in 1868 as the University of California, resulting from the merger of the private College of California and the public Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College in Oakland, Berkeley offers approximately 350 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. The Dwinelle Bill of March 5, 1868 (California Assembly Bill No. 583) stated that the "University shall have for its design, to provide instruction and thorough and complete education in all departments of science, literature and art, industrial and profession[al] pursuits, and general education, and also special courses of instruction in preparation for the professions... ." In 1960s, UC Berkeley was particularly noted for the Free Speech Movement as well as the Anti-Vietnam War Movement led by its students.

Berkeley is a founding member of the Association of American Universities and continues to have very high research activity with $789 million in research and development expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. It also co-manages three United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy, and is home to many world-renowned research institutes and organizations including Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and Space Sciences Laboratory.