University of California Berkeley - UCB

University of California, Berkley is one of the best public Universities in the US and the Worls, From a group of academic pioneers in 1868 to the Free Speech Movement in 1964, Berkeley is a place where the brightest minds from across the globe come together to explore, ask questions and improve the world. With more than 100 undergraduate majors and dozens of academic opportunities, you connect with a tradition of excellence at Berkeley. And you’ll study among the best students in the world, with the most distinguished faculty.

Following the gold rush that brought hundreds of thousands of people to the state, the University of California is founded when two institutions merge - the private College of California in Oakland, and a new state land-grant institution, the Agricultural, Mining and Mechanical Arts College. Leaders of the two institutions decide to join the two schools. A mere 10 faculty members and 40 students make up the new university when it opens.

UBC is proud by its current faculty members and alumni, and their achievements: 7 Nobel Prizes are held by current faculty, 77 Faculty Fulbright Scholards, 87 National championships won by Cal teams, 103 golden, 47 silver and 33 bronze olympic medals are won by students and alumni, 3 Fields medals are held by current faculty, 4 Pulitzer Prizes winners among current faculty, 29 Nobel Prizes are held by alumni, 32 Faculty McArthur Fellows, 3 AM Turing Prizes by current faculty, 13 National Medals of Science held by current faculty, 10 Faculty recipients of the National Medal of Schience, 141 Faculty members of the National Academy of Sciences.

UC Berkeley is No. 1 in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of public national universities, claiming the top position for the 17th straight year. It is also ranked 3rd in the World, after Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

UCB has 14 schools and colleges:

• Chemistry: Includes departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
• Education: Master’s and doctoral programs, teacher preparation, undergraduate minor program and leadership training.
• Engineering: Includes departments of Bioengineering; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences; Industrial Engineering & Operations Research; Materials Science & Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; and Nuclear Engineering.
• Environmental Design: Includes departments of Architecture; Landscape Architecture; and City and Regional Planning.
• Haas School of Business: Undergraduate degrees, MBA programs and executive education.
• Information: Graduate programs in information management systems and data science.
• Journalism: Two-year immersive Master of Journalism program.
• Law: Offers J.D. and J.S.D. programs, and the first U.S. law school to offer M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in jurisprudence and social policy.
• Letters & Science: Berkeley’s largest college includes more than 60 departments in the biological sciences, arts and humanities, physical sciences, and social sciences.
• Natural Resources: Includes departments of Agricultural and Resource Economics; Environmental Science, Policy, and Management; Nutritional Science; and Plant and Microbial Biology.
• Optometry: Professional program for optometry.
• Public Health: Master’s and doctoral programs in a wide range of public health disciplines.
• Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy: Master’s, doctoral and an undergraduate minor program in public policy.
• Social Welfare: Offering master’s, concurrent master’s, doctoral and credential programs.