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University of California, Berkeley's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #15. Its in-state tuition and fees are $15,891; out-of-state tuition and fees are...
Berkeley offers over 300 degree programs through its academic departments. Search with our A to Z guide.
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Founded in 1868 and named after Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley, it is the state's first land-grant university and the founding campus of the University of California system.
Berkeley is home to some of the world’s greatest minds leading more than 130 academic departments and 80 interdisciplinary research units and addressing the world’s most pertinent challenges.
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.
Life at Berkeley blends research and reflection, the scientific with the artistic, and the scholarly with the athletic. Our students come from different places and backgrounds, but together they create a diverse and kinetic community that seeks to create a better world.
No matter how much you’ve read or heard about Berkeley, nothing can compare to seeing it for yourself! Stroll along Sproul Plaza, meet our students, listen to an Admissions presentation, talk to advisers, visit a residence hall, and maybe even run into one of our Nobel Prize-winning faculty.
