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University of Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley
Seal of University of California, Berkeley.svg
Former names
University of California
Motto Fiat lux (Latin)
Motto in English
Let there be light
Type Flagship
Public research university
Land Grant
Established March 23, 1868 (1868-03-23)
Endowment $4.045 billion (2015)
Chancellor Carol T. Christ
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 FBSPac-12
Nickname Golden Bears
Affiliations
Mascot Oski the Bear
Website www.berkeley.edu
Logo of the University of California, Berkeley.svg
University rankings
National
ARWU 3
Forbes 40
U.S. News & World Report 20
Washington Monthly 7
Global
ARWU 3
QS 27
Times 10
U.S. News & World Report 4

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

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

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 the 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.


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