Berkeley College Berkeley College (Yale University), or should not be confused with the Berklee
College of Music.University of California, Berkeley California, Berkeley.svg University seal University of California, Berkeley Seal Motto: Fiat lux (Latin) Slogan English Let there be light
type Flagship Public research university land grant Established March 23, 1868
Donation $ 4045000000 (2015) Chancellor Nicholas Dirks Students 37 581 (Fall 2014)Undergraduate students 27 126 (Fall 2014) Postgraduate 10455 (2014 Fall) Located in Berkeley, California, USA
campus urban A total of 1,232 acres (499 ha) Core Campus 178 acres (72 hectares)
Total land owner of 6679 acres (2703 ha)
The annual Blue & Gold
Berkeley, California Colours Blue & Gold
Athletics NCAA Division I - Pac-12
27 college sports teams
Username Golden Bears
Oski Bear Mascot
Memberships
California system, the University of AAU IARU, URA, APRI, APLI
The website was www.berkeley.e
California, Berkeley.svg University logo
University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, UC Berkeley, California or referred to simply as Cal) Berkeley is a public research university located in California. The University of California system, but also in the California State University system and the California Community Colleges system the state's public higher education plan, one of the three sections is the flagship campus.
In 2015 the world reputation rankings in the lead and US News' The 2015 Best Global Universities in the US rankings and about 50 other countries in third place six universities Times Higher as one of the brands Education World University accepted by the Rating World Universities (ARWU) Academic Ranking in university of California, Berkeley in the four public universities worldwide, and is the first place. This engineering, science, mathematics, first in third and fourth and fifth wide economics / business computer science at the third fourth special ranking first initial physical chemistry, social sciences, in. University is also known to produce high numbers of good entrepreneurs.
Oakland California private college and public Farming, Mining and Mechanical Arts was established in 1868 as a result of High School reunion, UC Berkeley offers the oldest institutions and about 350 undergraduate and graduate programs in the UC system discipline wide. University of California government for the people "classic" and "practical" education is that both accused. Cal at Los Alamos National Laboratory for the US Department of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, including Energy National Laboratory, Department manages three cooperation United States.
Berkeley faculty, alumni and researchers, nine Wolf Award, (3 alumni including medals) eight areas medals, 20 Turing Award, 45 MacArthur Fellowship, 20 Academy Awards, 11 Pulitzer Prizes and (30 graduates, including Nobel prize) 72 Nobel prize It won 105 Olympic gold medals (47 silver and 33 bronze). So far, the UC Berkeley scientists of the periodic table (californium, seaborgium, I berkelium, einsteinium, fermium, lawrencium I) have discovered six chemical elements. more than any other university in the world - along with Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley researchers have discovered a total of 16 chemical elements. Berkeley is a founding member of the Association of American Universities and research and development expenditures for the fiscal year ended in June 30th, 2014 continues to have very high research activity with $ 730.7 million.
Contents:
1 History
1.1 1866-2014
1.2 Funds
1.3 Name
2 Academic
2.1 Degree programs
2.2 Undergraduate and professional programs
2.3 Faculty and research
2.4 library system
2.5 Rankings and reputation
2.5.1 Global
2.5.2 National
3 Campus
3.1 Architecture
3.2 Natural features
3.3 Environmental record
4 organization and management
4.1 University financial
4.1.1 Financial aid and scholarship programs
5 admission and registration
6 Student Life and traditions
6.1 Student housing
6.1.1 University housing
6.1.2 Cooperative housing
6.1.3 brotherhood and Dormitories
6.2 Student-run organizations
6.2.1 Student government
6.2.2 Communication media
6.2.3 Student groups
6.3 Athletics
6.3.1 California - Stanford rivalry
6.3.2 National Championships
7 Notable alumni, faculty and staff
7.1 Faculty
7.2 Graduates
8. See also
9 Notes and references
10 Further reading and viewing
11 External links
History:
View, Memorial Glade Sather Tower (Campanile), UC Berkeley center. ring his bell and clock can be heard all over campus.
Main article: California, Berkeley University History
2014 - 1866
In 1866, he bought land including private College of California Berkeley campus now. for lack of sufficient funds to operate it, at the end of the University of California, operated by the state government to create the first full-curriculum public university agriculture, mining and Mechanic Arts High School merged with.
Frederick H. Billings Oakland in 1869 that opened the California College of trustees and university Anglo-Irish philosopher George suggested that the time on almost 40 students and faculty members to honor the new University of California Berkeley occurs. In 1870, Henry Durant, California College of the founder, became the first president. Upon completion in 1873, the North and South Halls, the university moved to Berkeley location with 167 male and 222 female students and held its first classes.
Since 1891, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, in 1898, programs and new buildings and a number of fund sponsorship, Berkeley few large gifts made by French architect Emile Benard winning a campus master design presented in Antwerp, Belgium, is an international competition schedule. In 1905, University of California farm eventually, Davis is the University was established near Sacramento. The mid-point of the 1920s, including the number of campus buildings had grown considerably and was designed by architect John Galen Howard twenty structures.
Robert Gordon Sproul 1942 1958 1930 served also as the head of the section number of the American Council on Education elite only took second place at UC Berkeley and Harvard University.
UC Berkeley Students participate in a World War II peace day strike against US involvement. April 19, 1940
During World War II, after Glenn Seaborg plutonium in secret he is removed, Ernest Lawrence Radiation Laboratory began a contract with the US Army to develop atomic bombs. UC Berkeley physics professor Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project's scientific head was elected in 1942 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (formerly Radiation Laboratory) along with Berkeley is a partner now at the helm of the two other labs, Los Alamo National Laboratory (1943) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1952).
Initially, it was necessary for military training male undergraduates and an arsenal of Berkeley homes for this purpose. In 1917, Berkeley ROTC program was established and its Military Aviation School, B.A. including graduated with Jimmy Doolittle, the future pilots trained in 1922, Robert McNamara and Frederick C. Weyand and B.A. earnings, respectively, graduated from UC Berkeley ROTC program in 1937 and 1938 degrees. In 1926, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz will first Marine Reserve Officer Training Corps unit, founded in Berkeley. During World War II, the military stepped up its presence with more officers on campus and in 1944, 1,000 more students enrolled at Berkeley marine training school for the V-12 Maritime College Education Program and diesel engineering. Board of Trustees ended compulsory military training at Berkeley in 1962.
In 1949, during the McCarthy era, the Board of Directors adopted an anti-communist loyalty oath. a number of objections and faculty members were dismissed; they were ten years ago, again with back pay.
In 1952, there was a separate entity at the University of California, Berkeley campus. Each campus was given relative autonomy and its Prime Minister. Then the head of Sproul assumed the presidency of the entire University of California system, UC Berkeley Clark Kerr was the first Prime Minister.
Overlooking the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais Sather Tower (Campanile).
Berkeley Free Speech Movement in 1964 and has earned a reputation for student activism and opposition to the Vietnam War in 1960. 1969 students and schools in conflict over the use of land in a highly publicized protest to the People's Park; The National Guard was called, and violence erupted. Then the governor of California, Ronald Reagan Berkeley campus of the so-called "communist sympathizers, a sanctuary for protesters and sex deviants." conservatives.democrats moderates and a large percentage of faculty who outnumber Republicans by 9 percent in Berkeley Modern students are less politically active as follows: 1.
There is a variety of human and animal rights groups in conflict in Berkeley. Native American Anthropology Phoebe A. Hearst Museum conflicted with the school on the return of the remains. Animal rights activists have threatened faculty members using animals for research. The reaction of civil protest tree sitters school has caused controversy in the local community.
On May 1, 2014 UC Berkeley White House Task Force "on the handling of sexual violence and harassment complaints to federal possible violations of law" one fifty-five higher education institutions are under investigation by the Civil Rights Office to protect students from elected sexual assault. 26 was opened in February University, after the second Clery Act Complaints and Title IX of the lack of response from the complaint was filed, then the first one Clery Act complaint in May 2013 and 31 girls coming inquiry after making three federal complaints in 2014.
Finance
to improve BP Biofuels 10 years has donated $ 400 million, the Hewlett Foundation gave 113 million to endow 100 faculty chair and $ Dow Chemical sustainability research gave $ 10 million: the refused state funding, Berkeley turned from private sources. BP has been criticized for grants to fuel production, food production guidance. Berkeley 2008-13 campaign raised $ 3.13 billion from 281 855 donors.
Name
California is frequently the original name of the University of California or Cal shortened. UC Berkeley's athletic teams, the date and time so that the California Golden Bears, Cal Bears, or is referred to only as Cal. Today, it refers to a University of California school system statewide. UCB, or University of California, Berkeley, as the University of California, Berkeley Touching [51] courage and the domain name was berkeley.e walk. Also, the term "Cal Berkeley school" is not an accurate reference, but sometimes used. It is not affiliated with Berkeley or Berkeley College Berklee College of Music.
Academic
great with the majority of records in Berkeley undergraduate program, not primarily residential research university, but the university using since the program from 1949 university school found Senior Colleges and Universities Commission offers a comprehensive doctoral graduate accredited by the Western Association runs on a time schedule of only two UC campuses one (other UC Merced). Berkeley 106 bachelor's degrees, 88 master's degrees, 97 research-oriented doctoral programs, and 31 received offers professionally oriented graduate degrees.th University 7565 Undergraduate, Graduate or Professional 2610 and 2013-14't 930 doctoral degrees.
Berkeley 130 plus academic departments and programs at UC Berkeley Extension is arranged in addition to the 14 colleges and schools. [4] "schools" usually just graduated, while "Colleges", though some offer undergraduate majors, minors are both undergraduate and or courses.
- Chemistry College
- engineering faculty
- College of Environmental Design
- College of Letters and Science
- College of Natural Resources
- Institute of Education Sciences
- Journalism Institute
- Haas School of Business
- Goldman School of Public Policy
- Information School
- Faculty of Law (Drain Hall)
- School of Optometry
- School of Public Health Directorate
- School of Social Welfare
- UC Berkeley Extension
UC Berkeley does not have a medical school; University of California, San Francisco, an independent medical school located near UCSF Joint Medical Program - but offers college at UC Berkeley.
Degree programs
four years of full-time undergraduate degree programs and graduate programs in high-level co-existence is a focus on the arts and sciences. Freshman accept transfers-in is selective but there are high levels. 106 bachelor's degrees are offered enterprise-wide Haas School (1), Chemistry College (5), Faculty of Engineering (20), Environmental Design College (3), Literature College and Science (67), Natural Resources College (10), and other individual majors (2). The most popular majors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Political Science, Molecular and Cell Biology has, Environmental Science and Economics.
University of California system, Berkeley campus, university or schools and departments: Requirements for undergraduate degrees comes from four sources. These requirements include the requirement to write an entry-level, introductory class takes a passing record before or after the "American History and Institutions" on course to complete (rather than by the typical SAT or ACT as scores of minimum standards agreed exams) before recording "American Cultures Width" Berkeley class requirements for composition and as well as reading section and declared specific requirements by the school. The three-hour final exam in most undergraduate courses required and the final will take place within a week following the fall semester and teaching days in mid-December to mid-May for the spring semester. [58] In academic classes are reported in five letter scale (A, B, C, D, F), as amended by the success point by point the pros and cons for three decades. for academic honors [59] requirements specified by individual schools and colleges, scientific awards are usually given by departments and students are selected according to the criteria of these organizations in honor of the society.
Graduate and professional programs
high association with Berkeley graduate programs offered, but no medical school with a "comprehensive" has a graduate program. University Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Fine Art offers undergraduate degrees in between and Ph.Ds. Juries Doctor degree and professional business such as additional Masteruniversity [62] Acceptance decentralized graduate programs in 2012 and 2506 887 doctoral degrees earned graduate degrees; Applicants apply directly to the department or graduate programs. Most graduate students or research assistants help teach ships ships, supported by scholarships.2010 United States National Research Council identified the UC Berkeley Ranking top in the country as well as with most of the doctoral program. UC Berkeley # 1 ranking received doctoral programs Agricultural and Resource Economics, Astrophysics, Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, English, Epidemiology, Geography, German, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, genetics, genomics and including development, Physics, Plant Biology and Political Science. UC Berkeley in 1333 with the award in 2001 and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2010. 1 was awarded.
Faculty and research
Main article: List of teaching at UC Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley Nobel laureates associated with UC Berkeley and research centers and laboratories List
Seventy-two Nobel Prize university faculty, graduated or researchers. Special signs will show the award-winning campus parking spaces allocated.
a Berkeley research activities "very high" level is a research university. Berkeley in 2013 research and development (R & D) has spent over $ 727 million.1620 full-time and distributed among more than 130 academic departments and more than 80 interdisciplinary research units are 500 part-time faculty members. Arts and Sciences in Berkeley current faculty Fellows 235 American Academy 3 Fields Medal winner, 77 Fulbright Scholars, 139 Guggenheim Fellows, National Academy of Engineering 73 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 7 Nobel Prize 144 members, 4 Pulitzer Prizes, including the winners, 125 Sloan Fellows 7 Wolf Prize winners and 1 Pritzker Prize winner. 72 Nobel Prize-winning faculty, graduates and researchers, most of any public university in the United States and has been affiliated with the university as the world's sixth most of any university.
UC Berkeley School of Republicans than Democrats are more likely to be registered; This is similar to the findings of Stanford University.
library system
Doe Library with Memorial Glade in the foreground on the north side.
Main article: University of California, Berkeley Library System
Berkeley 32 libraries, only the fourth largest academic library in the United States Library of Harvard University, Yale University Library and tie together to make surpassed by the University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign Library. However, taking into account the relative size and age of the university library, Berkeley's collection is growing about as fast as Harvard and Yale combined: Specifically, 1.8 times faster than Harvard and Yale than 1.9 times faster. In 2003, the Research Libraries Association based on various statistical measures of quality third overall and ranked as the top public university library in North America. As of 2006, Berkeley's library system contains 11 million volumes and maintains over 70,000 serial titles. libraries with over 12 acres of land (4.9 ha) to cover the complex and is one of the largest libraries in the world. The main collection of the subterranean Gardner Main Stacks and Moffitt Undergraduate Library while maintaining the Doe Library, the library system serves as a reference term and administrative center. Bancroft Library, with holdings of 400,000 printed volumes, California, with an emphasis on Mexico and Central America, holds a collection documenting the history of the western part of North America.
Rankings and reputation
university rankings
National
ARW 4
Forbes 35
US News & World Report 20
Washington Monthly 4
global
ARWI [77] 4
QS [78] 26
Times 13
global
Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2015-2016 reputation for academics in the world and 6th in the world in Berkeley ranks 13th. In its 2016 edition, US News & World Report in 2015. Their "Best Global University Rankings" Berkeley # 3 located in Berkeley QS Academic World University Ranking (ARWU) and 26 and was ranked 4th in the world World University world university rankings.th Centre for Placement (CW) training in 2015, graduate employment, faculty, publications, influence, quotes, large impact quality and was ranked 7th in the world by university patent quality.
National
2016 US News & World Report "Best High Schools" report, public universities and took first place among 20 among national universities in Berkeley. Washington Monthly research, community service and social mobility based on the criteria, is ranked fourth among national universities in Berkeley in 2015. Money Magazine 2015 Best Colleges rankings for the quality of education in the United States based on affordability and 9 took place in Berkeley graduate earnings. 2015 Kipling Berkeley out-of-state 4 the best value for students, took part in six international universities and public-state students. 2015 Forbes America's Best High Schools report among all universities and liberal arts colleges in the United States was ranked 35th in Berkeley.
In 2014, Daily Beast Best Colleges took 11th place in the Berkeley report states. University Center Performance Measurement by 2013 Top American Research Universities report educational resources, faculty, resources and training in education, 9, and 1 took place on the 8th in all 5 Berkeley. Berkeley Public Ivies Richard Mullen in 1985 a "Public Ivy" took place. [89]
Campus
Main article: California, Berkeley, University Campus
"The central campus" only low-western region of the 178 acres (72 hectares) covered by Berkeley campus, though, about 1,232 acres (499 hectares) covers. The remaining acreage, approximately 200 acres (81 hectares) is occupied by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Other facilities on the main campus of Science Lawrence Hall and several research units, particularly Laboratory Space Sciences, Research Institute of Mathematical Sciences, undeveloped 800 acre (320 hectare) ecological preserve, University of California Botanical Garden and a recreation including Strawberry Canyon center. campus mostly undeveloped, in fact in some parts of the eastern area of Oakland City; This section through Tilden Park Panoramic Hill neighborhood lies north of Claremont Resort.
West Berkeley campus is in the central business district of the city center; world-famous restaurants like Chez Panisse northwest because of the presence of so-called Gourmet Ghetto, including a commercial area known for high quality food, North Berkeley neighborhood. Just north, a large graduate student in a quiet residential neighborhood known as the north side of the population; Berkeley Hills is a luxurious residential neighborhoods are north of it. Just southeast campus fraternity row and Clark Kerr Campus lies in an upscale residential and called Claremont beyond that. southern university area of student housing and Telegraph Avenue, stores, contains one of the street vendors and restaurants catering to tourists and college students with Berkeley's main shopping district. In addition, the University also has a land in the northwest of the main campus, Albany ( "Albany Village" and "Gill Road"), the nearby town of 90 acres (36 hectares) married student housing complex and a field research station in Richmond, north a few miles to California.
Campus California Museum of Paleontology University, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is home to many museums and including Lawrence Hall of Science. Valley Paleontological Museum in the Life Sciences Building lobby, various exhibits a Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur fossils, including a complete breakdown.
Outside the Bay Area, the University has a variety of both the northern and southern Sierra Nevada research laboratories and research forests.
360 degree views of the UC Berkeley campus'
Architecture
South Hall (1873), University of California, one of the two original structures still standing in Berkeley campus
What today is considered historic campus in 1898 "Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan International Competition for University of California," William Randolph Hearst's mother and was initially funded by the results held in Antwerp in Belgium; eleven finalists in 1899 [92] In winning the French Emile Benard re-trial in San Francisco, but refused to personally oversee the implementation of his plan, and later was given the task of architecture professor John Galen Howard was. Howard in 1950 and set up the sound of the campus expansion until the 1960s, designed over twenty buildings. campus "classical core" forming structures Beaux-Arts building in a classic style and the Hearst Greek Theatre, Hearst Memorial Mining Building, Doe Memorial Library, California Hall, Wheeler Hall, (old) Le Conte Hall contains Gilman Hall, Haviland Hall, Wellman Hall, Sather Gate and (architecture inspired by Venice, then St Mark's Campanile "Campanile" dubbed) 307-foot (94 m) Sather Tower. The buildings he designed in shingle or Collegiate Gothic style, particularly "serious", temporary non-academic, or accept; Examples of these include the North Gate Hall, Dwinell Annex and is located in Stephens Hall. Howard's design for many California Historical Landmark recognized and listed in the National Register of Historical Places.
It is a Victorian Second Empire style, built in 1873, South Hall California oldest university building. This is the main campus Frederick Law Olmsted designed Piedmont Avenue East, John Galen Howard from the original University of California before the building was built there are only ruins. the study found that the campus and the surrounding Bernard Maybeck Other architects [94], Maybeck student Julia Morgan (Hearst Women's Gymnasium), Charles Willard Moore (Haas School (known for the Palace of the best San Francisco Fine Art) Business) and Joseph Esherick (Wurster Hall ).
Natural features
As it can be seen from Dwinell Hall and Lower Sproul Plaza south fork of Strawberry Creek.
Strawberry Creek flowing into the main campus has two branches. south fork of Strawberry Canyon at the mouth of a culvert and entertainment complex goes up before appearing Faculty Glade again passes under California Memorial Stadium. Later campus before the western end of the ground lost runs through the middle campus. north fork appears just east of University House and northern Valley Life Sciences Building, the original site of the Campus Arboretum goes glade.
In the 1870 date trees from the University of organizations. campus, itself, contains numerous wooded areas; including: Installers Rock, Faculty Glade, Grinnell Natural Area, the highest stand of trees in the world and such a long stand of hardwood trees in North America and Eucalyptus Grove ,.
Campus California Memorial Stadium runs directly Hayward Fault, sits. stadium construction has continued to strengthen. "Treesit" protest new Student Athlete High Performance Center to build the stadium, clearing away trees revolved around the discussion. stadium sits directly on the fault as they improve campus safety concerns of the student athletes as they train in the event of an earthquake of this plant under the stadium stands.
Environmental records
The two committees and UC officially tries to implement sustainability initiatives in Sustainability and Energy Department at the Berkeley campus. Such steam trap systems and possible savings as installing energy-saving technology around the university campus encourages the purchase of green. [98] UC Berkeley has a green building policy. Two buildings will be LEED certified six others on campus and meet LEED standards. Multiple buildings in the area is intended for alternative uses and has been re-routed almost all construction projects from landfills. Water-saving technologies are founded on university campuses and uses a variety of techniques to manage rain water. [98] UC Berkeley, which heats and cools the powers of their laboratory equipment using the power of a natural gas facility on campus. [99] efforts towards sustainability at UC Berkeley won the B school College Sustainability Report Card; Overall, the majority of high school section of the report card grades A 's win was had.
Organization and management
University of California ex-officio member, without the right to a single student regent and voting student serving as regent- 12 year period assigned by the governor of California, 18-regents, 7 A 26-member Board is governed by the Board of Chancellor designate.th position individual campuses lead was established in 1952. The Board of Directors appointed Robert J. Birgenea originally in 2013 after university in 2004, Nicholas Dirks has been appointed chancellor announced his resignation 10. 12 vice presidents report directly to the chancellor. Executive President and the President serves as chief academic officer and dean of the college offices and 14 reports of schools.
Haas School of Business
2006-07 budget totaled $ 1.7 billion; 33% came from the state of California. In 2006-07, 7850 donors contributed $ 267.9 million and donations were worth $ 2.89 billion.
UC Berkeley directly 24,700 people employed and employees unionize allowed and AFSC Up, California Nurses Association (CNA) is represented by CUE-Teamsters Local 2010 (University Personnel former Coalition (CUE)), the UAW, UC-AFT and the UP in.
University financial
See also: University of California fiscal
UC Berkeley federal and state authorities and sources, including private donors, are taking a variety of support. except for government contracts, public money of UC Berkeley and the UC Office of the President through the University of California system in proportion to the other 9 universities.
State funding, historically, the University of California has been very high. In 1987, the state provided 54% of the budget of UC Berkeley. However, the 2008-11 California budget crisis in part, recent educational grants to universities have seen a significant decline. Federal American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) through the state's annual budget of the general government support and funding as state education grants, 2010-11 fell to $ 37 million from the previous calendar year. In 2013, the state fell by 12% of the total revenues of the university's general support. The state budget shortfalls, as well as rising pension costs have been cited by the university as two of the leading causes for the current financial woes. In response to the decline in revenue, the UC Regents and university courses has increased more expensive out-of-state non-resident license costs will pay off, is trying to increase the number. Approximately one-third of their income from tuition and other student fees will be refunded to students as scholarships and grants.
Cal controversial, 2012. (See the section for additional details Athletics) both opened $ 321 million seismic insecure Memorial Stadium renovation and construction of a new $ 153 million student athletic center has received a $ 445 million debt to the fund.
In 2014, the launch of Cal students and faculty members to create a venture capital fund will provide funding presented a plan to the Board of Trustees.
Financial aid and scholarship programs
See also: Student financial aid in the United States
UC Berkeley students and prospective students, is suitable for a variety of public and private financial aid. Most [weasel words] financial aid questions are handled through the UC Berkeley Financial Aid and Scholarships Office. Some institutes such as Business and Law School at UC Berkeley Haas School has its own financial aid offices.
Admission and registration
First Class Profile Fall
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2015
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confession
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1870-2240
1840-2240
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28-33
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Berkeley Freshman Fall 2015 undergraduate acceptance rate was 16.9%. Fall Berkeley graduate and professional students.californi residents for the 2014 Fall 2012 students from 79% and Fall 2013 graduate and professional students make up 40% of female undergraduate enrollment of 52.1 and 45.2%% forming 27 126 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled 10,455.
Fall 2011 cohort, 97% of first-class, taken next year. Autumn four-year graduation rate for the 2007 cohort was 61% and the six-year rate was 88%. In the fall of 2014 for the first 4:39 Enrolled average high school grade point average and had the full weight average 3.85 unweighted GPA. 2014 first applicants 32-33 average ACT composite had points and the nation as much as a third in 2124 the average combined SAT scores-state acceptance and 2171 National Merit Scholars out-of-state admits.berkeley the records admitted for Fall 2002 accepted students participate in the National Merit program receive federal Pell grants% was discontinued.31.
student body demographics (Fall 2014)
Undergraduate Graduate California US Population
Black 3.3% 3.7% 6.6% 13.1%
Asia 38.9% 17.9% 13.9% 5.1%
White non-Hispanic 26.6% 38.8% 39.4% 63.0%
13.5% 6.8% 38.2% 16.9% (of any race) Hispanic
Indians 0.7% 0.9% 1.7% 1.2%
International 13.5% 22.4% N / A N / A
Other / Unknown 3.5% 9.5% 4.1% 2.6%
Student life and traditions [edit]
Sather Gate and Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus Sather Tower (Campanile)
debuted in 1941, before official university mascot, live bear cubs were used as mascots at Memorial Stadium has Oski Bear. The costumed mascot would be a better alternative to live bear was decided in 1940. Oski-wow-wow yell, then members of his name by the Committee for the care of the Os have specific knowledge of the costume-wearer's identity.
Since 1891, the University of California Marching service offers universities, select road games every home football game and also performs well. Cal Band, the Straw Hat Band, a smaller subset of basketball games, volleyball games and perform other campus and community events.
Founded in 1901, UC Rally Committee, California is the official protector of the Spirit and Traditions. wearing a traditional blue and gold rugbies, Rally Committee members all major sporting and spirit events occur. Committee members, who are charged with the maintenance of the five Cal flags, Memorial Stadium Student Section and Haas Pavilion, California Victory Cannon, Card Stunts and other tasks between large "C" flood large California banner. he is Cali Rally Committee is also responsible for storage with the Stanford Axe. The maintenance of the Chairman of the Committee title Rally Committee "Axe responsible" amount.
Overlooking the main Berkeley campus on the outskirts of the East, Big "C" is an important symbol of California school spirit. Big "C" usually as a wrestling match race developed from an early 20th century Charter Hill campus event called the freshman and sophomore classes pitted against each other "Rush," it has its roots. Finally, in 1905, Great .Owing to its prominent position "C" have come together in the show unity to build the first and second year courses Rush stop was decided and large "C" jokes often large with the goal of "C" red and also the brotherhood and this paint the color of their organization, the League of paint rival Stanford University students. Rally Committee's functions is one of the traditional colors of yellow King Alfred the Great "C" is to repaint.
Cal students invented college football tradition of card stunts. Then known as Bleacher Stunts, first performed during the 1910 Big Game and consisted of two stunts: Stanford Axe on a white background with a picture and a big blue "C". The tradition continues today in the Cal student section, an imaginary yellow pencil Cal script logo on a blue background monitoring, for example, involves complex movements.
Placed on Tightwad Hill overlooking the stadium California Victory Cannon, after each score, shoot before each home football game and that after every Cal victory. 1963 Big Game was first used at the original Cal 12 touchdowns during a game against Pacific in 1991 Tightwad Hill in 1971 was just over when the ball was placed between them before transporting ammunition.
Other traditions spanning events have included only a few years. William (or Willie) Polka Dot Man in the late 1970s and became a performance artist frequented Sproul Plaza during the 1980s.Batman melodies performed naked (now deceased), Guy and Larry Drummer, appeared in the early 1980s and 1990s. [
A few current traditions Main Stacks, Happy Happy Man and includes Stoney Burke finals lines throughout the week.
Student housing
UC Berkeley, lives in addressing various students' personal and academic housing preferences and styles. University offers first class entered two years of guaranteed housing, and a year to enter the transfer students. Berkeley Student Cooperative, a member of the community immediately surrounding the house with two apartments, Greek (fraternity and sorority) offers housing and housing cooperatives.
university housing
Main article: University of California at Berkeley House
Cunningham Hall and Towle Hall, a dormitory complex part of the Unit 2
University International student house in the residential housing international students and optional re-entry license (which is themed and non-themed two) works ranging from twelve different residential halls of dormitories and student family housing. Undergraduate dormitories located on campus in the city of Berkeley. Located on the south side of campus Units 1, 2 and 3, each floor offering high rise accommodation with communal areas. Units 1 and 2 share a common dining hall called Crossroads ,. older units, Unit 3, three old and Cafe 3 further away and at the same time on campus downstairs called the southern side has its own dining hall, Clark Kerr, many students hosting an undergraduate residence hall complex athletes was once a school for deaf and blind.
Parents Weekend and Homecoming in 2003 Bowles Hall
Foothill, Stern, and Bowles: center in the outskirts of the East campus, there are three additional licenses dormitory complexes. Bair is a co-ed suite-style room reminiscent of a Swiss chalet. According to the Chancellor, it is considered one of the best dorms at UC Berkeley. Only with original wall by the Hearst Greek Theatre, overlooking all the women in the traditional style of Diego Rivera in southern Foothill has Stern Hall. Because of their proximity to the College of Engineering and College of Chemistry, these dorms often house science and engineering majors. They tend to be quieter than the southside complexes, but because their position next to the theater, often get free glimpses of concerts. Bowles Hall, the former California state homeland is located just north of California Memorial Stadium. In 1929 and dedicated to the National Register of Historic Places, this all-male dormitory occupancy of four large rooms and a fortress look.
. Channing-Bowditch and Ida Jackson apartments are designed for older students family residential student housing consists of two main groups: University Village and Smyth-Fernwald. University Village 3 miles (4.8 km) Clark Kerr campus near Albany, California and Smyth-Fernwald campus is located in the north-west.
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