University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, The University of California, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated east of the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, California, overlooking the Golden Gate. The oldest and flagship campus of the University of California System, Berkeley is a leading research university. Its graduate programs and faculty are consistently ranked among the best in the world.

Academics

The University of California, Berkeley currently boasts 221 American Academy of Arts & Sciences Fellows, 3 Fields Medal holders, 83 Fulbright Scholars, 139 Guggenheim Fellows, 11 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators, 28 MacArthur Fellows, 87 members of the National Academy of Engineering, 128 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 8 Nobel Prize winners, 3 Pulitzer Prize winners, 83 Sloan Fellows, and 7 Wolf Prize winners among a bevy of distinguished faculty.

Related Topics:
American Academy of Arts & Sciences - Fields Medal - Fulbright Scholars - Guggenheim Fellows - Howard Hughes Medical Institute - MacArthur Fellows - National Academy of Engineering - National Academy of Sciences - Nobel Prize - Pulitzer Prize - Sloan Fellows - Wolf Prize

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

According to the National Research Council, Berkeley ranks 1st nationally in the number of graduate programs in the top 10 in their fields (97 percent) and 1st nationally in the number of "distinguished" programs for the scholarship of the faculty (32 programs). World Universities Rankings performed in 2004 by the UK Times Higher Education Supplement named Berkeley No. 2 in the world overall. No. 1 Engineering and IT, No. 3 in Humanities & Social Sciences, and No. 4 in science. Similar rankings performed in 2004 by the Institute of Higher Education in Shanghai placed Berkeley at No. 4 among the Top 500 World Universities. Undergraduate rankings performed in 2006 by US News and World Report place Berkeley as the country's top public university but at No. 20 overall in the nation.

Related Topics:
National Research Council - Times Higher Education Supplement

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Berkeley has graduated more students who go on to earn doctorates than any other university in the United States, and its enrollment of National Merit Scholars was third in the nation prior to 2002, when participation in the National Merit program was discontinued. With more than 7,000 courses in nearly 300 degree programs, the university awards about 5,500 bachelor's degrees, 2,000 master's degrees, 900 doctorates and 200 law degrees each year.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The University's library system houses nearly 10 million volumes, spread over 32 departmental (and affiliated) libraries. Its holdings rank fifth in North America after the Library of Congress, Harvard University, Yale University, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Related Topics:
North America - Library of Congress - Harvard University - Yale University - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~