University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California)[11][12] 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 also a founding member of the Association of American Universities. It has been regarded as one of the top universities in the world.[13]
Not to be confused with Berkeley College (disambiguation).
Berkeley is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities—Very high research activity" and has three national laboratories for the U.S. Department of Energy (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory).[14][15] Between 2001 and 2010, it was the No. 1 recipient of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships with 1,333 awards.[16] In 2021, the funding for research and development exceeded $1 billion.[17] Thirty-two libraries compose the Berkeley library system which is the sixth largest research library by number of volumes in the United States.[18][19][20] Berkeley's athletic teams, the California Golden Bears, compete in the Pac-12 Conference and have won 107 national championships and 223 Olympic medals (121 gold).[21][22]
Among Berkeley's alumni, faculty, and researchers are 260 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows,[23] 190 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship,[24] 144 members of the National Academy of Sciences,[25] 139 Guggenheim Fellows, 125 Sloan Fellows, 75 members of the National Academy of Engineering,[26] 68 recipients of the National Medal of Science, 34 Pulitzer Prize winners, 30 Wolf Prize winners, 25 Turing Award winners, 22 cabinet members, 19 Academy Award winners, 14 Fields Medalists, 10 state governors, 7 heads of state or government, 6 chief justices,[27] and 1 Pritzker Prize winner.[28] It is also a top producer of Fulbright Scholars.[29]
Organization and administration
Name
Officially named the "University of California, Berkeley" it is often shortened to "Berkeley" in general reference or in an academic context (Berkeley Law, Berkeley Engineering, Berkeley Haas, Berkeley Public Health) and to "California" or "Cal" particularly when referring to its athletic teams (California Golden Bears).[11][12][89] In August 2022, a university task force was formed which recommended renaming the athletic identity to "Cal Berkeley" to further tie the athletic brand to academic prestige, and reduce public confusion.[90]
Governance
The University of California is governed by a twenty-six member Board of Regents, eighteen of whom are appointed by the Governor of California to 12-year terms. The board also has seven ex officio members, a student regent, and a non-voting student regent-designate.[91] Prior to 1952, Berkeley was the University of California, so the university president was also Berkeley's chief executive. In 1952, the university reorganized itself into a system of semi-autonomous campuses, with each campus having its own chief executive, a chancellor, who would, in turn, report to the president of the university system. Twelve vice-chancellors report directly to Berkeley's chancellor, and the deans of the fifteen colleges and schools report to the executive vice chancellor and provost, Berkeley's chief academic officer.[92] Twenty-three presidents and chancellors have led Berkeley since its founding.[93][51]
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Earl Warren, BA 1912, LLB 1914, 14th Chief Justice of the United States, 30th Governor of California
![Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, BA 1950,[213] 4th President of Pakistan, 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Z_A_Bhutto_%28President_of_Pakistan%29.jpg/83px-Z_A_Bhutto_%28President_of_Pakistan%29.jpg)
Christina Romer, Professor of Economics, 25th Chairperson of the President's Council of Economic Advisers
![Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, heir apparent to the throne of Norway, BA 1999[214]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Crown_Prince_Haakon_of_Norway_2012-03-26_001.jpg/85px-Crown_Prince_Haakon_of_Norway_2012-03-26_001.jpg)
Robert McNamara, BA 1937, 5th President of World Bank, 8th United States Secretary of Defense, President of Ford Motor Company
Daniel Kahneman, PhD 1961, awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his work in Prospect theory
