University of California system
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| Motto | Fiat lux (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Let there be light |
| Type | Public university system |
| Established | 1868 |
| Endowment | $14.267 billion (2015) |
| Budget | $28.5 billion (2016) |
| President | Janet Napolitano |
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Academic staff
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21,200 (October 2016) |
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Administrative staff
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144,000 (October 2016) |
| Students | 251,700 (October 2016) |
| Undergraduates | 198,800 (October 2016) |
| Postgraduates | 52,800 (October 2016) |
| Location | Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Campus | 10 campuses under direct control (nine with undergraduate and graduate schools, one professional/graduate only), one affiliated law school, one national laboratory |
| Colors | Blue & Gold |
| Website | universityofcalifornia |
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Coordinates: 37°48′08″N 122°16′17″W / 37.802168°N 122.271281°W
The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-system public higher education plan, which also include the California State University system and the California Community Colleges System.
Governed by a semi-autonomous Board of Regents, the University of California has 10 campuses, a combined student body of 251,700 students, 21,200 faculty members, 144,000 staff members and over 1.86 million living alumni as of October 2016.
The University of California was founded in 1868 and operated temporarily in Oakland until opening its first campus in Berkeley in 1873. Its tenth and newest campus in Merced opened in fall 2005. Nine campuses enroll both undergraduate and graduate students; one campus, UC San Francisco, enrolls only graduate and professional students in the medical and health sciences. In addition, the UC Hastings College of Law, located in San Francisco, is legally affiliated with UC, but other than sharing its name is entirely autonomous from the rest of the system.
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