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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 land-grant research university
Established	March 23, 1868; 152 years ago (1868-03-23)[1]
Parent institution	University of California
Academic affiliations	AAU IARU URA APRU APLU Space-grant
Endowment	$4.79 billion (2019)[2]
Chancellor	Carol T. Christ
Provost	Paul Alivisatos
Students	43,204 (fall 2019)[3]
Undergraduates	31,348 (fall 2019)[3]
Postgraduates	11,856 (fall 2019)[3]
Location	Berkeley , California , United States 37°52′19″N 122°15′31″W / 37.871899°N 122.258537°W / 37.871899; -122.258537[4]Coordinates: 37°52′19″N 122°15′31″W / 37.871899°N 122.258537°W / 37.871899; -122.258537[4]
Campus	Urban college town Core Campus 178 acres (72 ha)[5] Total land owned 8,163 acres (3,303 ha)[6]
Colors	Berkeley Blue California Gold[7]
Athletics	NCAA Division I FBS
Nickname	Golden Bears
Sporting affiliations	Pac-12 America East MPSF
Mascot	Oski the Bear
Website	www.berkeley.edu

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California)^[8][9] is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the state's first land-grant university, it was the first campus of the University of California system and a founding member of the Association of American Universities. Its 14 colleges and schools offer over 350 degree programs and enroll some 31,000 undergraduate and 12,000 graduate students.^[3][10][11] Berkeley is ranked among the world's top universities by major educational publications.^[12]

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,^[13] 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.^[14] Berkeley is also known for student activism and the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s.^[15]

Berkeley alumni and faculty count among their ranks 110 Nobel laureates (34 alumni), 25 Turing Award winners (11 alumni), 14 Fields Medalists, 28 Wolf Prize winners, 103 MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipients, 30 Pulitzer Prize winners, and 19 Academy Award winners. The university has produced seven heads of state or government; five chief justices, including Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren;^[16] 22 cabinet-level officials; 11 governors; and 25 living billionaires.^[17] It is also a leading producer of Fulbright Scholars, MacArthur Fellows, and Marshall Scholars.^[18] Berkeley alumni, widely recognized for their entrepreneurship, have founded many notable companies.^[19][20]

Berkeley's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA, primarily in the Pac-12 Conference, and are collectively known as the California Golden Bears. The university's teams have won 107 national championships, and its students and alumni have won 207 Olympic medals.^[21][22]