University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university in Berkeley, California, and a campus of the University of California system. The university traces its founding to 1868, when the College of California joined a state land-grant institution. Its schools and colleges provide undergraduate, graduate and professional education across a broad range of disciplines. Faculty, students and research centers conduct work in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities and other fields. The campus also carries a land-grant public service mission through research and extension programs that connect its work with communities across California.