University of California, Berkeley

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University of California, Berkeley

Former names University of California (1868–1958)

Motto Fiat lux (Latin)

Motto in English Let there be light

Type Public research university

Flagship

Land-grant

Established March 23, 1868

Parent institution University of California

Academic AAU
affiliations IARU

URA

APRU

APLU

WASC

Endowment $4.79 billion (2019)[1]

 Chancellor Carol T. Christ

Students 43,204 (fall 2019)[2]

Undergraduates 31,348 (fall 2019)[2]

Postgraduates 11,856 (fall 2019)[2]

Location Berkeley

, 

California

, 

United States

Campus Urban

Total 1,232 acres (499 ha)

Core Campus 178 acres (72 ha)[3] Total land

owned 6,679 acres (2,703 ha)[4]

Colors Berkeley Blue

California Gold[5]
         

Athletics NCAA Division I FBS

Nickname Golden Bears

Sporting Pac-12
affiliations
America East

MPSF

Mascot Oski the Bear

Website www.berkeley.edu

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California)[6]

[7]
 is a public research university in Berkeley, California.[7] Founded in 1868, it is
the flagship campus and the oldest of the ten campuses of the University of California.
Berkeley has been ranked by numerous major education publications as among the top
ten universities in the world.[8][9][10][11][12]
Berkeley is one of the 14 founding members of the Association of American
Universities and had $789 million in R&D expenditures in the fiscal year ending June
30, 2015.[13][14] Today, Berkeley maintains close relationships with three United States
 Department of Energy National Laboratories—Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National
Laboratory—and is home to many institutes, including the Mathematical Sciences
Research Institute and the Space Sciences Laboratory.[15] Through its partner
institution University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Berkeley also offers a
joint medical program at the UCSF Medical Center.[16]
As of October 2019, Berkeley alumni, faculty members and researchers include 107
Nobel laureates, the third most of any university worldwide, as well as 25 Turing Award
winners, and 14 Fields Medalists. They have also won 19 Wolf Prizes, 45 MacArthur
Fellowships,[17] 20 Academy Awards, 19 Pulitzer Prizes, and 207 Olympic medals.[18] In
1930, Ernest Lawrence invented the cyclotron at Berkeley, based on which UC Berkeley
researchers along with Berkeley Lab have discovered or co-discovered 16 chemical
elements – more than any other university.[19][20][21] During the 1940s, Berkeley physicist J.
R. Oppenheimer, the "Father of the Atomic Bomb", led the Manhattan project to create
the first atomic bomb. In the 1960s, Berkeley was particularly noted for the Free Speech
Movement as well as the anti–Vietnam War movement led by its students.[22][23][24] In the
21st century, Berkeley has become one of the leading universities in producing
entrepreneurs, and its alumni have founded or co-founded many companies worldwide,
including five classified as Fortune 500 Companies as of 2017. [25][26][27][28][29]

Contents

 1History
o 1.1Founding
o 1.2First half of 20th century
o 1.3Second half of 20th century
o 1.421st century
 2Organization and administration
o 2.1Name
o 2.2Governance
o 2.3Funding
 3Academics
o 3.1Undergraduate programs
o 3.2Graduate and professional programs
o 3.3Faculty and research
o 3.4Library system
o 3.5Rankings
o 3.6Admissions and enrollment
 4Discoveries and innovation
o 4.1Natural sciences
o 4.2Computer and applied sciences
o 4.3Companies and entrepreneurship
 5Campus
o 5.1Architecture
o 5.2Natural features
 o 5.3Environmental record
 6Student life and traditions
o 6.1Student housing
o 6.2Student-run organizations
o 6.3Athletics
 7Notable alumni, faculty, and staff
o 7.1Faculty and staff
o 7.2Alumni
 8Controversies
 9See also
 10References
 11Further reading
 12External links

History[edit]

View from Memorial Glade of Sather Tower (The Campanile), the center of Berkeley—the ring of its bells and
clock can be heard from all over campus

Main article: History of the University of California, Berkeley

Founding