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It is a Berkeley, California, public land-grant research university.

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It was the first land-grant institution in California when it was established in 1868 as the University of California.

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It is the University of California system's inaugural campus.

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More than 350 degree programmes are offered by its fourteen colleges and schools.

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and has 13,200 graduate students and about 31,800 undergraduate students enrolled. One of the best universities in the world is Berkeley.

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Berkeley Science and Engineering is a founding member of the Association of American Universities.

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and are home to several significant math-focused research facilities.

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Three national laboratories in Berkeley, Livermore, and Los Alamos have tight relationships with the university that it developed and continues to maintain.

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advancements in computer science, the discovery of 16 chemical elements, and the Manhattan Project

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and has been crucial in numerous scientific breakthroughs.

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genomics. Berkeley is renowned for its political involvement as well as the 1960s Free Speech Movement.

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The California Golden Bears, the name of Berkeley's sporting teams that participate mostly in the Pac-12 Conference,

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Berkeley's alumni, faculty, and researchers include Fields Medalists, Turing Award winners, and Nobel Prize winners

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More Wolf Prize winners than at any other public university as well.

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Nation; It has received more MacArthur "Genius Grants" than any other public institution, including 34 Pulitzer Prizes, 19 Academy Awards, and Oscars.