UC Berkeley

Golden Bears school

UC Berkeley is the University of California, Berkeley—the flagship campus of the University of California system, located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Founded in 1868, it ranks among the world's most prestigious public universities, known for academic excellence, Nobel laureates, and a history of student activism: She got into UC Berkeley.

Also called Cal or Berkeley.

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UC BerkeleyStanford

California private research university

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UC BerkeleyBrigham Young University

Mormon-founded Utah university

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UC BerkeleyStanford University

California research institution

private university · Harvard University · Yale University · Princeton University · MIT

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