The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California. Founded in 1868, it is the oldest campus of the University of California system. Berkeley offers over 350 degree programs through its 14 colleges and schools, which enroll 31,000 undergraduates and 12,000 graduate students. Berkeley is ranked among the world's top universities in major educational publications.
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California. Founded in 1868, it is the oldest campus of the University of California system. Berkeley offers over 350 degree programs through its 14 colleges and schools, which enroll 31,000 undergraduates and 12,000 graduate students. Berkeley is ranked among the world's top universities in major educational publications. A founding member of the Association of American Universities, Berkeley hosts many leading research institutes, including the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and the Space Sciences Laboratory. It also founded and maintains close relationships with three national laboratories at Berkeley, Livermore and Los Alamos, and played a prominent role in many scientific advances, from the Manhattan Project and the discovery of 16 chemical elements to innovations in computer science and genomics. Berkeley alumni and faculty count among their ranks 107 Nobel laureates (34 alumni), 25 Turing Award winners, 14 Fields Medalists, 28 Wolf Prize winners, 103 MacArthur Fellows, 25 Pulitzer Prize recipients, and 19 Academy Award winners. The university has produced five foreign heads of state, chief justices of the United States and California, 15 cabinet-level officials, seven state governors, and 25 living billionaires. Berkeley alumni, recognized for their entrepreneurship, have founded or co-founded many notable companies. The university, which competes in the Pac-12 Conference as the California Golden Bears, has won 97 NCAA team championships, and its students and alumni have won 207 Olympic medals.