Berkeley University of California
Berkeley Motto: Let there be light Established: March 23, 1868 Type: Public research university Location : Berkeley, California, USA Total : 1, 232 acres (499 ha) Core Campus 178 acres (72 ha)
University of California -higher education and research institutions in the USA, was founded in 1868 and located in Berkeley - a suburb of San Francisco, California. This - the oldest and most prestigious campus University of California system which has ten campuses around San Francisco. The University and the city in which it is located, named in honor of the famous Irish philosopher and Anglican Archpriest George Berkeley. Academic programs Berkeley, which as of 2011 there are over 300, are among the best in the world higher education a long time - since the Second World War. Regular study of the American Council of Education evaluated the university as a model for a wide range of depth and excellence of its programs in specialties ranging from mathematics, science and engineering to the humanities, social sciences and arts.
View from Memorial Glade of Sather Tower (The Campanile), the center of UC Berkeley. The ring of its bells and clock can be heard from all over campus. Sather Tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpai s.
Berkeley's 32 libraries tie together to make the fourth largest academic library in the United States surpassed only by Harvard University Library, Yale University Library and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. However, considering the relative sizes and ages of these University libraries, Berkeley's collections have been growing about as fast as those at Harvard and Yale combined: specifically, 1. 8 times faster than Harvard, and 1. 9 times faster than Yale. In 2003, the Association of Research Libraries ranked it as the top public and third overall university library in North America based on various statistical measures of quality. As of 2006, Berkeley's library system contains over 11 million volumes and maintains over 70, 000 serial titles. The libraries together cover 12 acres of land form one of the largest library complexes in the world. Central America.
Fields of study Ø 130 academic departments and 34 interdisciplinary graduate groups that offer degrees. ØColleges and schools: UC Berkeley is divided into 14 colleges and schools, most of which are subdivided into departments. ØMost popular majors (as of Fall 2013): Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, 1274; Economics, 937; Political Science, 853; Business Administration, 700; and Psychology, 642. ØCourses offered: Almost 8, 000 courses in some 350 degree programs; the campus produces more Ph. D. s annually than any other U. S. university.
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