Category:North America/United States of America/California/Berkeley/University of California at Berkeley/

Coordinates: 37°52′17″N 122°15′50″W 37.87139, -122.26389

University of California at Berkeley

• Address: 110 Sproul Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720-5800, U.S.A.
• Phone: 510-642-6000
• Website: [1]
• Overview

The University of California, Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, California, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. The university occupies 6,651 acres (2,692 ha) with the central campus resting on approximately 200 acres (80.9 ha).^[1]

The University was founded in 1868 in a merger of the private College of California and the public Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College. Berkeley was a founding member of the Association of American Universities. Sixty-two Nobel Laureates have been affiliated with the university as faculty, researchers, or alumni.^[1]

The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked UC Berkeley 3rd internationally. Newsweek and Webometrics Ranking of World Universities ranked Berkeley 5th in the World. UC Berkeley ranks 1st among public universities and ranks 21st overall in the USNWR "National University" Ranking. It ranked 2nd for undergraduate engineering and 3rd for its undergraduate business program.^[1]

Berkeley physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific director of the Manhattan Project which he personally headquartered at Los Alamos, New Mexico, during World War II. Since that time, the university has managed or co-managed the Los Alamos National Laboratory, as well as its later rival, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy.^[1]

Cal student-athletes compete intercollegiately as the California Golden Bears. A member of both the Pacific-10 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in the NCAA, Cal students have won national titles in many sports, including football, men's basketball, baseball, softball, water polo, rugby, and crew. In addition, they have won over 100 Olympic medals. The official colors of the university and its athletic teams are Yale Blue and California Gold.^[1]

History & Memorable Moments

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• Employment Opportunities

External Links

• Official Website

Directions

• From Northbound Highway 101 (Daly City)
  • Exit to San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge
  • Exit to I-80 East (Berkeley/Sacramento)
  • Exit University Avenue. Veer to your right, heading East, towards the Berkeley Hills
  • Continue East on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street.
• From Westbound 24 (Contra Costa County)
  • Take 24 through the Caldecott Tunnel to Highway 13 Berkeley exit
  • Continue on 13, Hwy 13 becomes Ashby Avenue near the Claremont Hotel
  • Turn right at Shattuck Avenue
  • Turn right at University Avenue and continue east one block to Oxford Street
• From Westbound Highway 13
  • Highway 13 becomes Tunnel Road
  • Continue on Tunnel Road. Tunnel Road becomes Ashby Avenue near that Claremont Hotel
  • Turn right at Shattuck Avenue
  • Turn right at University Avenue and continue east one block to Oxford Street
• From I-80 East or West (San Francisco, Sacramento, Richmond, Vallejo)
  • Exit University Avenue
  • Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street.
• From Westbound I-580
  • Exit I-80 East (Berkeley/Sacramento)
  • Exit at University Avenue
  • Continue East on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street
• From North I-880 (San Jose; Hayward; Oakland Airport)
  • Head north on I-880
  • Exit 80 East (to Berkeley-Sacramento)
  • Exit at University Avenue
  • Continue East on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street

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