campus, the college or school, and the department. These requirements
include an entry-level writing requirement before enrollment (typically
fulfilled by minimum scores on standardized admissions exams such as the
SAT or ACT, completing coursework on "American History and
Institutions" before or after enrollment by taking ancience. UC Berkeley was also the #1 recipient of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships between 2001 and 2010, with 1,333 awards.[51]
Faculty and research[edit]
Main articles: List of UC Berkeley faculty, Research centers and laboratories at UC Berkeley, and List of Nobel laureates associated with University of California, Berkeley
Seventy-two Nobel Laureates have been university faculty, alumni or researchers. Special signs indicate campus parking spaces reserved for the Laureates.
Berkeley is a research university with a "very high" level of research activity.[40] There are 1,582 full-time and 500 part-time faculty members dispersed among more than 130 academic departments and more than 80 interdisciplinary research units.[citation needed] Berkeley's current faculty includes 227 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows, 3 Fields Medal winners, 83 Fulbright Scholars, 139 Guggenheim Fellows, 87 members of the National Academy of Engineering, 132 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 8 Nobel Prize winners, 3 Pulitzer Prize winners, 84 Sloan Fellows, 7 Wolf Prize winners and 1 Pritzker Prize winner.[53] 72 Nobel Laureates have been affiliated with the university as faculty, alumni or researchers, the most of any public university in the United States and sixth most of any university in the world.
Rankings and reputation[edit]
University rankings
National
ARWU[54] 3
Forbes[55] 22
U.S. News & World Report[56] 20
Washington Monthly[57] 5
Global
ARWU[58] 3
QS[59] 25
Times[60] 8
Berkeley was listed as a "Public Ivy" in Richard Mull's 1985 Public Ivies.[61] In the 2013 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings Berkeley was ranked the world's 5th most prestigious university and one of six globally recognized "super brands."[62] Among world universities, Berkeley had the 2nd highest number of academic programs rated in the Top Ten in their field by QS.[63] In 2009 the Center for Measuring University Performance placed Berkeley 9th among national research universities.[64] In 2013 Kiplinger ranked Berkeley 8th out of the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in the nation, and 2nd in California.[65] The Princeton Review ranks Berkeley as a "college with a conscience"[66] and the 5th best value in public colleges.[67] Berkeley was ranked as 1st for public universities by US News and World Report in 2013.
Campus[edit] introductory class, pasing an "American Cultures Brea
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Faculty and research[edit]
Main articles: List of UC Berkeley faculty, Research centers and laboratories at UC Berkeley, and List of Nobel laureates associated with University of California, Berkeley
Seventy-two Nobel Laureates have been university faculty, alumni or researchers. Special signs indicate campus parking spaces reserved for the Laureates.
Berkeley is a research university with a "very high" level of research activity.[40] There are 1,582 full-time and 500 part-time faculty members dispersed among more than 130 academic departments and more than 80 interdisciplinary research units.[citation needed] Berkeley's current faculty includes 227 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows, 3 Fields Medal winners, 83 Fulbright Scholars, 139 Guggenheim Fellows, 87 members of the National Academy of Engineering, 132 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 8 Nobel Prize winners, 3 Pulitzer Prize winners, 84 Sloan Fellows, 7 Wolf Prize winners and 1 Pritzker Prize winner.[53] 72 Nobel Laureates have been affiliated with the university as faculty, alumni or researchers, the most of any public university in the United States and sixth most of any university in the world.
Rankings and reputation[edit]
University rankings
National
ARWU[54] 3
Forbes[55] 22
U.S. News & World Report[56] 20
Washington Monthly[57] 5
Global
ARWU[58] 3
QS[59] 25
Times[60] 8
Berkeley was listed as a "Public Ivy" in Richard Mull's 1985 Public Ivies.[61] In the 2013 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings Berkeley was ranked the world's 5th most prestigious university and one of six globally recognized "super brands."[62] Among world universities, Berkeley had the 2nd highest number of academic programs rated in the Top Ten in their field by QS.[63] In 2009 the Center for Measuring University Performance placed Berkeley 9th among national research universities.[64] In 2013 Kiplinger ranked Berkeley 8th out of the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in the nation, and 2nd in California.[65] The Princeton Review ranks Berkeley as a "college with a conscience"[66] and the 5th best value in public colleges.[67] Berkeley was ranked as 1st for public universities by US News and World Report in 2013.
Campus[edit] introductory class, pasing an "American Cultures Brea
