The University of California, Berkeley is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant university and the first campus of the University of California system. Its fourteen colleges and schools offer over 350 degree programs and enroll some 31,000 undergraduate and 12,000 graduate students. Berkeley is ranked among the world's top universities by 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 founded and maintains close relationships with three national laboratories at Berkeley, Livermore and Los Alamos, and has played a prominent role in many scientific advances, from the Manhattan Project and the discovery of 16 chemical elements to breakthroughs in computer science and genomics.
| Former names | University of California (1868–1958) |
| Motto | Fiat lux (Latin) |
| Motto (English) | Let there be light |
| Type | Public land-grant research university |
| Established | March 23, 1868 |
| Parent institution | University of California |
| Academic affiliations | AAU, IARU, URA, UCAR, APRU, Space-grant |
| Endowment | $4.9 billion (2020) |
| Chancellor | Carol T. Christ |
| Provost | Paul Alivisatos |
| Students | 42,347 (fall 2020) |
| Undergraduates | 30,799 (fall 2020) |
| Postgraduates | 11,548 (fall 2020) |
| Campus | Urban/College town, Core Campus: 178 acres, Total: 8,163 acres |
| Colors | Berkeley Blue & California Gold |
| Mascot | Oski the Bear |
| Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I FBS - Pac-12, MPSF, America East |
关于UC Berkeley
The oldest of the ten University of California research universities. The university has bred over 90 Nobel laureates.
UC Berkeley的成就
The school was ranked third on the U.S. News' 2015 list of the Best Global Universities.
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