University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley, (also referred to as UC

Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, Cal Berkeley, and California)[7] 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 and around the world.

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.[24][25] 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.

Berkeley is considered by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings as one of
six university brands that lead in world reputation rankings in 2016[33] and is ranked third on
the U.S. News' 2015 Best Global Universities rankings conducted in the U.S. and nearly 50
other countries.[34] The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) also ranks the
University of California, Berkeley, third in the world overall, and first among public universities.

Berkeley is a large, primarily residential research university with a majority of enrollments in

undergraduate programs but also offers a comprehensive doctoral graduate program.[68] The
university has been accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior
College and University Commission since 1949.[69] The university is one of only two UC
campuses operating on a semester calendar, (the other is UC Merced). Berkeley offers 106
Bachelor's degrees, 88 Master's degrees, 97 research-focused doctoral programs, and 31
professionally focused graduate degrees.[70] The university awarded 7,565 Bachelor's, 2,610
Master's or Professional, and 930 Doctoral degrees in 2013-14.[71]

The 2016 U.S. News & World Report "Best Colleges" report ranked Berkeley first among public
universities and 20th among national universities.[34] Washington Monthly ranked Berkeley 7th
among national universities in 2016, with criteria based on research, community service, and
social mobility. The Money Magazine Best Colleges ranking for 2015 ranked Berkeley 9th in the
United States based on educational quality, affordability and alumni earnings.[100] For
2015 Kiplinger ranked Berkeley the 4th best-value public university in the nation for in-state
students, and 6th for out-of-state students.[101] The 2016 Forbes America's Top Colleges report
ranked Berkeley 40th among all universities and liberal arts colleges in the United States.[102]

In 2014, The Daily Beast's Best Colleges report ranked Berkeley 11th in the country.[103] The
2013 Top American Research Universities report by the Center for Measuring University
Performance ranked Berkeley 8th over-all, 5th in resources, faculty, and education, 9th in
resources and education, and 1st in education.[104] Berkeley was listed as a "Public Ivy" in
Richard Moll's 1985 Public Ivies.[105]