University of California

The Office of the President of University of California building in Oakland, California.

The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. The University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges system.

The University of California has a combined student body of more than 220,000 students and over 170,000 faculty and staff. Its first campus, UC Berkeley, was founded in 1868, while its tenth and newest campus, University of California, Merced, opened for classes in fall 2005.

The University of California's campuses boast large numbers of distinguished faculty in almost every field and is widely regarded as one of the top public university systems in the world. Eight of its undergraduate campuses are ranked among the top 100, six among the top 50, and two among the top 25 U.S. universities by U.S. News and World Report. All of its undergraduate campuses except UC Merced are members of the Association of American Universities, a group of over 70 top U.S. and Canadian research universities. The current president of the University of California is Janet Napolitano.

Campuses

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Davis
• University of California, Irvine
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of California, Merced
• University of California, Riverside
• University of California, San Diego
• University of California, San Francisco – Admits only graduate students in the health sciences.
• University of California, Santa Barbara
• University of California, Santa Cruz
• The University of California College of the Law, San Francisco is affiliated with UC, but governed separately from the rest of the UC system.

University Of California Media

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  In November 1857, the College of California's trustees began to acquire various parcels of land facing the Golden Gate in what is now Berkeley.

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  South Hall, built in 1873, is the oldest building on the Berkeley campus.

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  UC San Francisco campus in 1908.

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  The Citrus Experiment Station, built in 1917, is the oldest building on the UC Riverside campus.

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  Hart Hall at UC Davis, built in 1928, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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  Powell Library, built in 1929, is one of the four oldest buildings on the UCLA campus.

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  UC Irvine was founded and had its campus built out in the 1960s.

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  Geisel Library, at UC San Diego, was built in 1970.

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  UC Santa Cruz, founded in 1965.

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  UC Merced, founded in 2005.

Other websites

• Official website of the University of California