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The University of California (UC) is a public university
Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private university....
 system in the state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education
California Master Plan for Higher Education

The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by a survey team appointed by the UC Regents and the State Board of Education during the administration of Governor of California Pat Brown....
, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education
Higher education

Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided by university, vocational university, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, Institute of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as Vocational school, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic degrees or professional certifications....
 system, which also includes the California State University
California State University

The California State University is one of three public higher education systems in the U.S. state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system....
 system and the California Community Colleges system
California Community Colleges system

The California Community Colleges System consists of 110 community colleges in 72 community college districts in the U.S. state of California....
.

The University of California has a combined student
Student

The word student is etymology derived through Middle English from the Latin Latin conjugation#Principal parts for the active voice Grammatical conjugation verb "studere", Meaning "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student could be described as 'one who directs zeal at a subject'....
 body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over US$
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
9.6 billion, the 12th largest in the United States.

Its first campus
Campus

A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes library, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings....
, UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines....
, was founded in 1868, while its tenth and newest campus, UC Merced
University of California, Merced

The University of California, Merced, otherwise known as UC Merced or UCM, is the tenth and newest of the University of California campuses....
, opened in the fall of 2005.






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The University of California (UC) is a public university
Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private university....
 system in the state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education
California Master Plan for Higher Education

The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by a survey team appointed by the UC Regents and the State Board of Education during the administration of Governor of California Pat Brown....
, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education
Higher education

Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided by university, vocational university, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, Institute of technology and other collegiate level institutions, such as Vocational school, trade schools and career colleges, that award academic degrees or professional certifications....
 system, which also includes the California State University
California State University

The California State University is one of three public higher education systems in the U.S. state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system....
 system and the California Community Colleges system
California Community Colleges system

The California Community Colleges System consists of 110 community colleges in 72 community college districts in the U.S. state of California....
.

The University of California has a combined student
Student

The word student is etymology derived through Middle English from the Latin Latin conjugation#Principal parts for the active voice Grammatical conjugation verb "studere", Meaning "to direct one's zeal at"; hence a student could be described as 'one who directs zeal at a subject'....
 body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over US$
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
9.6 billion, the 12th largest in the United States.

Its first campus
Campus

A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes library, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings....
, UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines....
, was founded in 1868, while its tenth and newest campus, UC Merced
University of California, Merced

The University of California, Merced, otherwise known as UC Merced or UCM, is the tenth and newest of the University of California campuses....
, opened in the fall of 2005. All campuses enroll both undergraduate
Undergraduate education

Undergraduate education is education taken prior to gaining a first degree, hence in many subjects in many educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree, such as in the United States, where a university entry level is known as undergraduate, while students of higher degrees are...
 and graduate
Graduate school

A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees, such as Doctorate with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous Undergraduate education degree....
 students, with two exceptions: UCSF
University of California, San Francisco

The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world....
 enrolls only graduate and professional students in the medical
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
 and health sciences and the independently administered UC Hastings
University of California, Hastings College of the Law

University of California, Hastings College of the Law is a top tier law school located in the Civic Center of San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1878 by Serranus Clinton Hastings, the first Chief Justice of California, as the first law school of the University of California ....
 enrolls only graduate and professional students in legal studies.

The University of California's campuses boast large numbers of distinguished faculty
Faculty (university)

A faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas . The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had individual faculties for a Madrasah and theological seminary, Sharia and Fiqh, Arabic grammar, Islamic astronom...
 in almost every field. 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 both the U.S. News and World Report and the Academic Ranking of World Universities. The University is considered a model for public institutions across the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.

History

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In 1849, the state of California ratified its first constitution, which contained the express objective of creating a complete educational system including a state university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
. Taking advantage of the Morrill Land Grant Act, the California Legislature established an Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College in 1866. Although this institution was provided with sufficient funds, it lacked land.

Meanwhile, Congregational minister
Minister of religion

In Christian Church body, a minister is someone who is authorized by a church or religious organization to perform clergy functions such as teaching of beliefs; performing services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community....
 Henry Durant
Henry Durant

Henry Durant was the first president of the University of California. Trained at Phillips Academy, Andover, and the Andover Theological Seminary, he founded the Contra Costa Academy, later chartered as the College of California after leaving his position as headmaster of the Dummer Academy in Byfield, Mass....
, an alumnus of Yale, had established the private Contra Costa Academy, on June 20, 1853 in Oakland, California
Oakland, California

Oakland , founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Alameda County, California. Oakland is approximately 8 miles east of San Francisco and the cities are separated by San Francisco Bay....
. The initial site was bounded by Twelfth and Fourteenth Streets and Harrison and Franklin Streets in downtown Oakland. In turn, the Trustees of the Contra Costa Academy were granted a charter on April 13, 1855 for a College of California
College of California

The College of California was the predecessor of the University of California system of public universities. The private College was founded in 1855 by Henry Durant, a Congregational church minister....
. State Historical Plaque No. 45 marks the site of the College of California
College of California

The College of California was the predecessor of the University of California system of public universities. The private College was founded in 1855 by Henry Durant, a Congregational church minister....
 at the northeast corner of Thirteenth and Franklin Streets in Oakland. Hoping both to expand and raise funds, the College of California
College of California

The College of California was the predecessor of the University of California system of public universities. The private College was founded in 1855 by Henry Durant, a Congregational church minister....
's trustees formed the College Homestead Association and purchased 160 acre
Acre

The acre is a Units of measurement of area in a number of different systems, including the Imperial unit#Measures of area and United States customary units#Units of area systems....
s (650,000 m˛) of land in what is now Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland, California and Emeryville, California....
 in 1866. But sales of new homesteads fell short.

Governor Frederick Low
Frederick Low

Frederick Ferdinand Low was an United States politician, US congressman and governor of California.Born in Frankfort in 1828, Low attended the Hampden Academy in Hampden , Maine....
 favored the establishment of a state university based upon the University of Michigan
University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
 plan, and thus in one sense may be regarded as the founder of the University of California. In 1867, he suggested a merger of the existing College of California with the proposed state university. The College's trustees agreed to merge with the state college to their mutual advantage, but under one condition — that there not be simply a "Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College," but "a complete university." Accordingly, the Organic Act, establishing the University of California, was signed into law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
 by Governor Henry H. Haight (Low's successor) on March 23, 1868.

The University of California's second president, Daniel Coit Gilman
Daniel Coit Gilman

Daniel Coit Gilman was an American academic administrator and educator....
, opened the Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland, California and Emeryville, California....
 campus in September 1873. Earlier that year, Toland Medical College in San Francisco had agreed to become the University's "Medical Department"; it later evolved into UCSF
University of California, San Francisco

The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world....
. In 1878, the University established its first law school
Law school

A law school is an institution specializing in legal education....
 in San Francisco with a US$100,000 gift from Serranus Clinton Hastings
Serranus Clinton Hastings

Serranus Clinton Hastings was a 19th century politician and a prominent lawyer in the United States. He studied law as a young man and moved to the Iowa District in 1837 to open a law office....
; it is now Hastings College of the Law
University of California, Hastings College of the Law

University of California, Hastings College of the Law is a top tier law school located in the Civic Center of San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1878 by Serranus Clinton Hastings, the first Chief Justice of California, as the first law school of the University of California ....
.

In 1905, the Legislature established a "University Farm School" which would be located at Davis
Davis, California

Davis is a city in Yolo County, California, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento, California–Arden-Arcade, California–Roseville, California Sacramento metropolitan area....
 and in 1907 a "Citrus Experiment Station" at Riverside
Riverside, California

Riverside is a large city located in the Inland Empire in Southern California. It is also the county seat of Riverside County, California, California, United States....
 as adjuncts to the College of Agriculture at Berkeley. In 1959, the Legislature promoted the "Farm" and "Experiment Station" to the rank of "general campus," creating, respectively, UC Davis and UC Riverside.

In 1919, the Legislature arranged for an existing normal school
Normal school

A normal school was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose was to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name....
 in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 to become the University's "Southern Branch." In turn, the Southern Branch became UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
 in 1927. In 1944, the former Santa Barbara State College--renamed UC Santa Barbara--became the third general-education campus of the University of California system.

The San Diego
San Diego, California

San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
 campus was founded as a marine station in 1912 and became UCSD
University of California, San Diego

The University of California, San Diego is a public research university in San Diego, California, California. The school's campus contains 694 buildings and is located in the La Jolla, San Diego, California community....
 in 1959. Campuses were established at Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California, California in the United States of America. As of the United States Census, 2000, Santa Cruz had a total population of 54,593....
 and Irvine
Irvine, California

Irvine is an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s....
 in 1965. UC Merced
University of California, Merced

The University of California, Merced, otherwise known as UC Merced or UCM, is the tenth and newest of the University of California campuses....
 opened in fall 2005.

The California Master Plan for Higher Education
California Master Plan for Higher Education

The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by a survey team appointed by the UC Regents and the State Board of Education during the administration of Governor of California Pat Brown....
 of 1960 established that UC select from the top 12.5% (one-eighth) of graduating high school seniors in California. Prior to the promulgation of the Master Plan, UC was to select from the top 15%. The university doesn't follow all tenets of this plan, such as the stricture that no campus is to exceed 27,500 in enrollment to ensure quality. Three campuses, Berkeley, UCLA, and Davis, all currently enroll over 30,000.

Academics

UC researchers and faculty are responsible for 5,505 inventions and 2,497 patents. UC researchers create 3 new inventions per day.

The University of California and most of its campuses are members of the Association of American Universities (AAU)
Association of American Universities

The Association of American Universities is an organization of leading research university devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education....
. Collectively, the system counts among its faculty (as of 2002):
  • 389 members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an organization dedicated to scholarship and the advancement of learning. It serves as a nationwide honor society for the United States....
  • 5 Fields Medal
    Fields Medal

    The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of Mathematicians of the International Mathematical Union, a meeting that takes place every four years....
     recipients
  • 19 Fulbright
    Fulbright Program

    The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of Grant for international educational exchange for scholars, educators, graduate students and professionals, founded by United States Senator J....
     Scholars
  • 25 MacArthur Fellows
  • 254 members of the National Academy of Sciences
    United States National Academy of Sciences

    The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine."...
  • 91 members of the National Academy of Engineering
    National Academy of Engineering

    The United States National Academy of Engineering is a private, non-profit institution which was founded in 1964, under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the United States National Academy of Sciences, signed by Abraham Lincoln, in 1863....
  • 13 National Medal of Science
    National Medal of Science

    The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral science and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics....
     Laureates
  • 32 Nobel
    Nobel Prize

    The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
     laureates. Nobel laureates
    List of Nobel laureates

    The Nobel Prizes are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Karolinska Institute, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in the fields of Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiolo...
     are present at all campuses except Davis
    University of California, Davis

    The University of California, Davis is a public university research university located in Davis, California, and one of ten campuses in the University of California system....
    , Merced
    University of California, Merced

    The University of California, Merced, otherwise known as UC Merced or UCM, is the tenth and newest of the University of California campuses....
    , Riverside
    University of California, Riverside

    The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public university research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system....
    , and Santa Cruz
    University of California, Santa Cruz

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public university, residential college university; one of ten campuses in the University of California....
    . This is the largest number received by any University.
  • 106 members of the Institute of Medicine
    Institute of Medicine

    The Institute of Medicine , one of the United States National Academies, is a Non-profit organization, non-governmental United States organization chartered in 1970 as a part of the United States National Academy of Sciences....


Eight campuses operate on the quarter system, while Berkeley and Merced are on the semester system. However, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

UCLA School of Medicine or David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is an accredited medical school located in Los Angeles, California, United States....
 and all UC law schools operate on the semester system.

UC Libraries

At 34 million items, the University of California library
Library

A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, books, and services, and the structure in which it is housed: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual....
 system contains one of the largest collections in the world. Each campus maintains its own library catalog and also participates in the systemwide union catalog, MELVYL
Melvyl

Melvyl is the name of the Online Public Access Catalog of the University of California's library system, and is a registered trademark owned by the University of California ....
. Besides on-campus libraries, the UC system also maintains two regional library facilities (one each for Northern and Southern California) which each accept older items from all UC campus libraries in their respective region. As of 2007, Northern Regional Library Facility is home to 4.7 million volumes, while SRLF is home to 5.7 million.

Governance

The University of California is governed by the Regents of the University of California
Regents of the University of California

The Regents of the University of California make up the governing board of the University of California. The Board has 26 full members:* The majority are appointed by the Governor of California for 12-year terms....
, as required by the current Constitution of the State of California
California Constitution

The Constitution of the State of California is the document that establishes and describes the duties, powers, structure and function of the Government of California of the U.S....
. Eighteen regents are appointed by the governor
Governor of California

The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government, whose responsibilities include making annual "State of the State" addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced....
 for 12-year terms. One member is a student appointed for a one-year term. There are also 7 ex officio
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 members — the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the Assembly, Superintendent of Public Instruction, president and vice president of the Alumni Associations of UC, and the UC President. According to a recent report issued by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Western Association of Schools and Colleges

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the School accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin....
, the UC system has "significant problems in governance, leadership and decision making," with much "confusion about the roles and responsibilities of the university president, the regents and the 10 campus chancellors with no clear lines of authority and boundaries."

The Academic Senate, made up of faculty members, is empowered by the Regents to set academic policies. In addition, the system-wide faculty chair and vice-chair sit on the Board of Regents as non-voting members.

Originally the President was directly in charge of the first campus, Berkeley, and in turn, all other UC locations (with the exception of Hastings College of the Law) were controlled by the Berkeley campus. In 1952, the system was reorganized so that day-to-day "chief executive officer
Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking Corporate title or Administration in charge of total management of a corporation, company, non-profit organization, or government agency, reporting to the board of directors....
" functions for each campus were transferred to Chancellor
Chancellor (education)

A Chancellor is the head of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as President or Rector.In most Commonwealth of Nations nations, the Chancellor is usually a Titular ruler non-resident head, often with a Pro-Chancellor as practical Chairman of the governing body ; the actual chief executive of a university is the V...
s who were entrusted with a high degree of autonomy. In turn, all Chancellors (again, with the exception of Hastings) report as equals to the UC President. Today, the UC Office of the President and the Office of the Secretary of the Regents of the University of California share an office building in downtown Oakland which serves as the UC system's headquarters
Headquarters

Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are concentrated. The corporate headquarters is the entity at the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities....
.

Besides substantial six-figure incomes, the UC President and all UC chancellors enjoy a number of controversial perks, such as free housing in the form of university-maintained mansions. In 1962, Anson Blake's will donated his estate (Blake Garden
Blake Garden, Kensington

Blake Garden is a botanical garden located at 70 Rincon Road in Kensington, California, United States. It is a teaching facility for the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning of the University of California, Berkeley....
) and mansion (Blake House) in Kensington
Kensington, California

Kensington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in the East Bay , part of the San Francisco Bay Area, in Contra Costa County, California, United States....
 to the University of California's Department of Landscape Architecture. In 1968, the Regents decided that Blake House would become the official residence of the UC President. As of 2005, it currently costs around US$300,000 per year to maintain Blake Garden and Blake House; the latter, built in 1926, is a mansion with a view of San Francisco Bay. Also, all UC chancellors live for free in a mansion on or near campus that is usually known as University House. UCSD's mansion has been closed due to its age and poor condition, but the university plans to replace it.

UC Presidents

  • 1868-1869 Henry Durant
    Henry Durant

    Henry Durant was the first president of the University of California. Trained at Phillips Academy, Andover, and the Andover Theological Seminary, he founded the Contra Costa Academy, later chartered as the College of California after leaving his position as headmaster of the Dummer Academy in Byfield, Mass....
  • 1869-1870 John LeConte
  • 1870-1872 Henry Durant
    Henry Durant

    Henry Durant was the first president of the University of California. Trained at Phillips Academy, Andover, and the Andover Theological Seminary, he founded the Contra Costa Academy, later chartered as the College of California after leaving his position as headmaster of the Dummer Academy in Byfield, Mass....
  • 1872-1875 Daniel Coit Gilman
    Daniel Coit Gilman

    Daniel Coit Gilman was an American academic administrator and educator....
  • 1881-1885 W.T. Reid
  • 1885-1888 Edward S. Holden
  • 1888-1890 Horace Davis
    Horace Davis

    Horace Davis was a United States Representative from California. He was the son of Governor of Massachusetts John Davis and the younger brother of diplomat Bancroft Davis....
  • 1890-1899 Martin Kellogg
  • 1899-1919 Benjamin Ide Wheeler
    Benjamin Ide Wheeler

    Benjamin Ide Wheeler was a Greek language and Historical linguistics professor at Cornell University as well as President of the University of California from 1899 to 1919....
  • 1919-1923 David Prescott Barrows
  • 1923-1930 William Wallace Campbell
    William Wallace Campbell

    William Wallace Campbell was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1900 to 1930. He specialized in spectroscopy.Campbell was a pioneer of astronomical spectroscopy, he catalogued the radial velocities of stars, and was a director of Lick Observatory from 1901 to 1930....
  • 1930-1958 Robert Gordon Sproul
    Robert Gordon Sproul

    Robert Gordon Sproul was eleventh President of the University of California serving from 1930 to 1958.Sproul's outstanding contribution during his 28-year administration was the multiple-campus expansion of the University to meet the demands for higher education in widely separated parts of the state, while maintaining one institution gove...
  • 1958-1967 Clark Kerr
    Clark Kerr

    Clark Kerr was an American professor of economics and academic administrator. He was the first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley and twelfth president of the University of California....
  • 1967 Harry R. Wellman
  • 1967-1975 Charles J. Hitch
    Charles J. Hitch

    Charles J. Hitch was Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1965. He was president of the University of California from 1967 to 1975.Hitch was born in Boonville, Missouri to Arthur M....
  • 1975-1983 David S. Saxon
    David S. Saxon

    David S. Saxon was an American physicist and educator who served as the President of the University of California system as well as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation....
  • 1983-1992 David P. Gardner
    David P. Gardner

    David P. Gardner was the president of the University of California....
  • 1992-1995 Jack W. Peltason
    Jack W. Peltason

    Jack W. Peltason was the president of the University of California, and former chancellor of the University of California, Irvine....
  • 1995-2003 Richard C. Atkinson
    Richard C. Atkinson

    Richard C. Atkinson is an American professor of psychology and academic administrator. He is the former president and regent of the University of California system, and former chancellor of U.C....
  • 2003-2008 Robert C. Dynes
    Robert C. Dynes

    Robert C. Dynes is a Canadian-American physicist, researcher, and academic administrator, and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the former President of the University of California system, and former Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego....
  • 2008-present Mark Yudof
    Mark Yudof

    Mark G. Yudof is an American law professor and academic administrator. He is president of the University of California, former chancellor of the University of Texas System, and former president of the University of Minnesota....


  • On 13 August 2007, President Dynes announced that he will step down effective June 2008, or until his replacement is selected. However, he also announced that Provost Wyatt (Rory) Hume will take over as the system's chief operating officer, effective immediately. Three state lawmakers had publicly demanded his resignation for his handling of the executive pay compensation scandal that stemmed from UC system Provost M.R.C. Greenwood's violation of UC conflict-of-interest rules. (She had created a management job at UC headquarters for a friend with whom she owned rental property, and a subordinate, Winston Doby, improperly helped create a highly-paid year-long internship for her son at UC Merced.)

    Incoming President Mark Yudof took over on June 16 2008.

    Finances

    The state of California currently spends US$3.3 billion or 3.2% of its annual budget on the UC system. In May 2004, UC President Robert C. Dynes
    Robert C. Dynes

    Robert C. Dynes is a Canadian-American physicist, researcher, and academic administrator, and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the former President of the University of California system, and former Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego....
     and CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed
    Charles B. Reed

    Charles B. Reed is the Chancellor of the California State University system.The chancellor of the CSU is the chief executive officer of the United State?s largest senior system of public higher education....
     struck a private deal, called the "Higher Education Compact," with Governor Schwarzenegger. They agreed to slash spending by about a billion dollars (about a third of the University's core budget for academic operations) in exchange for a funding formula lasting until 2011. The agreement calls for modest annual increases in state funds (but not enough to replace the loss in state funds Dynes and Schwarzenegger agreed to), private fundraising to help pay for basic programs, and large student fee hikes, especially for graduate and professional students. A detailed analysis of the Compact by the Academic Senate "Futures Report" indicated, despite the large fee increases, the University core budget would not recover to the levels it was at in 2000. Undergraduate student fees have risen 90% from 2003 to 2007.

    The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco recently ruled that the University of California owes nearly US$40 million dollars in refunds to about 40,000 students who were promised that their tuition fees would be held steady but were hit with increases when the state ran short of money in 2003.

    Faculty pay

    Salaries for UC faculty increased in late 2007 and are slightly higher than in the California State University
    California State University

    The California State University is one of three public higher education systems in the U.S. state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system....
     system. As of September, 2007 instructors earn up to $53,200, assistant professors up to $80,300, associate professors up to $97,100 and full professors up to $164,700. According to the 2007 - 2008 payscale, the following pay ranges apply per fiscal year with Cost-of-Living-Adjustments (COLA):

    PositionSalary rangeMaximum off-scale limit
    Lecturer$50,292 - $140,724N/A
    Senior lecturer$92,400 - $140,724N/A
    Assistant Professor$61,700 - $80,300$90,000
    Associate Professor$76,700 - $97,100$111,700
    Full Professor$90,200 - $164,700$178,600


    Campuses and rankings

    At present, the UC system officially describes itself as a "ten campus" system consisting of the campuses listed below except Hastings. Only campuses under the direct control of the Regents and President are included in the official count.

    Although affiliated with the UC system, the Hastings College of Law is not controlled by the Regents or President; it has a separate board of directors and must seek funding directly from the Legislature. However, under the California Education Code, the Juris Doctor
    Juris Doctor

    Juris Doctor is a first professional degree graduate degree and professional doctorate in law degree. The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century as a degree similar to the old European doctor of law degree and the legal studies counterpart to the M.D....
     from Hastings is awarded in the name of the Regents and bears the signature of the President. Furthermore, Education Code section 92201 states that Hastings "is affiliated with the University of California, and is the law department thereof."

    Some campuses are better known around the world than others, especially Berkeley and UCLA. According to UCLA's Daily Bruin
    Daily Bruin

    The Daily Bruin is the student newspaper at the University of California, Los Angeles. When classes are in session, it publishes Monday through Friday during the school year and once a week on Mondays in the summer quarter....
     campus newspaper
    Newspaper

    A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
    , UCLA is so well-known in Asia that the university has licensed its trademark to 15 UCLA-branded stores across East Asia
    East Asia

    East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either Geography or cultural terms. Geography and geopolitically, it covers about 12,000,000 km?, or about 28 percent of the Asian continent, about 15 percent bigger than the area of Europe, though some categorize Tibet, Xinjiang, and Mongolia as Central Asia....
    .

    Campus Acreage Founded Enrollment Operations Athletics NicknameUSNews ARWU
    Academic Ranking of World Universities

    The Academic Ranking of World Universities is compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University?s Institute of Higher Education and includes major institutes of higher education ranked according to a formula that took into account alumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals , staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals , ?highly-cited researchers...
    NSF
    National Science Foundation

    The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering....
    Wash. Monthly NCAA Category
    Berkeley
    University of California, Berkeley

    The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines....
    1,600 1868 33,558 1.59 billion Golden Bears
    California Golden Bears

    The California Golden Bears is the nickname used for 27 varsity athletic programs of the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as California or Cal, the university competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I primarily as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference, and for a limite...
    21-Tier1 3 15 3 Div I Pac-10
    Davis
    University of California, Davis

    The University of California, Davis is a public university research university located in Davis, California, and one of ten campuses in the University of California system....
    3,697 1908 29,637 2.27 billion Aggies 44-Tier1 48 17 8 Div I Big West
    Big West Conference

    The Big West Conference is an National Collegiate Athletic Association-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A college football, through the 2000 season....
    Irvine
    University of California, Irvine

    The University of California, Irvine is a public university coeducational research university founded in 1965, situated in Irvine, California....
    1,400 1965 25,024 1.42 billion Anteaters
    UC Irvine Anteaters

    UC Irvine's Athletics program participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I, as members of the Big West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation....
    44-Tier1 46 58 49 Div I Big West
    Big West Conference

    The Big West Conference is an National Collegiate Athletic Association-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A college football, through the 2000 season....
    Los Angeles
    University of California, Los Angeles

    The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, California, United States....
    419 1919 37,221 3.39 billion Bruins
    UCLA Bruins

    The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I as part of the Pacific-10 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ....
    25-Tier1 13 4 2 Div I Pac-10
    Merced
    University of California, Merced

    The University of California, Merced, otherwise known as UC Merced or UCM, is the tenth and newest of the University of California campuses....
    2,160 2005 878 0.07 billion Golden Bobcats
    Golden Bobcats

    The mascot of UCM is the Bobcat and the school colors are royal blue and gold. UCM's sports teams compete only as club sports and intramurals, and expect to start official collegiate competition in a couple of years....
    Not Ranked N/A N/A N/A N/A
    Riverside
    University of California, Riverside

    The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public university research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system....
    1,160 1954 16,622 0.46 billion Highlanders 89-Tier1 101-151 113 15 Div I Big West
    Big West Conference

    The Big West Conference is an National Collegiate Athletic Association-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A college football, through the 2000 season....
    San Diego
    University of California, San Diego

    The University of California, San Diego is a public research university in San Diego, California, California. The school's campus contains 694 buildings and is located in the La Jolla, San Diego, California community....
    2,124 1960 25,938 2.08 billion Tritons 35-Tier1 14 6 4 Div II CCAA
    California Collegiate Athletic Association

    The California Collegiate Athletic Association is an list of college athletic conferences in the Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association....
    San Francisco
    University of California, San Francisco

    The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world....
    135 1873 4,174 2.48 billion Bears 5 (Med School) 18 5 N/A N/A
    Santa Barbara
    University of California, Santa Barbara

    The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public university research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system....
    990 1944 21,016 0.62 billion Gauchos
    University of California, Santa Barbara Gauchos

    The mascot of UCSB is the Gaucho and the school colors are blue and gold. UCSB's sports teams compete in the Big West Conference, with the exception of the men's and women's water polo teams and the men's volleyball team, which are in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation....
    44-Tier1 36 97 36 Div I Big West
    Big West Conference

    The Big West Conference is an National Collegiate Athletic Association-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A college football, through the 2000 season....
    Santa Cruz
    University of California, Santa Cruz

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public university, residential college university; one of ten campuses in the University of California....
    2,950 1965 15,012 0.45 billion Banana Slugs
    Banana slug

    Species* Ariolimax californicus J. G. Cooper, 1872 ? California banana slug* Ariolimax columbianus ? Pacific banana slug...
    96-Tier1 101-151 123 76 Div III independent


    The 2009 issue of US News & World Report Best Colleges-National Universities recognized UC Riverside (9th), UC Irvine (14th) and UC San Diego (14th) in its "up and coming universities" to watch for rankings.

    UCLA, Berkeley, and Santa Cruz were named in the top 20 gay-friendly campuses in the nation by The Advocate
    The Advocate

    The Advocate is a American LGBT-related monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing gay publication in the United States....
     magazine.

    UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, and UC Davis were named by the magazine Washington Monthly as four of top 10 campuses in the country based on social mobility and community service.

    Administration

    While the UC campuses are operated fairly efficiently, some—especially UC Berkeley—do have a reputation among their students and alumni for mediocre customer service
    Customer service

    Customer service is the provision of Service to customers before, during and after a purchase.According to Turban et al. , ?Customer service is a series of activities designed to enhance the level of customer satisfaction ? that is, the feeling that a product or service has met the customer expectation.?...
    . The most common symptoms are the long lines which students often must stand in to get even the simplest administrative tasks accomplished, the long wait times before phone calls are answered, and the overcomplicated paperwork that is often required. In August 1990, UC Berkeley attempted to ease the tedium of standing in line by setting up televisions which showed comedians making jokes about standing in line.

    Labor unions


    Most UC employees beside faculty and administration are represented by labor unions. Unions in the UC system include:

    • University Professional and Technical Employees UPTE - health care, technical and research workers
    • Coalition of University Employees (CUE) - clericals
    • University Council-American Federation of Teachers UC-AFT - faculty and librarians
    • United Auto Workers
      United Auto Workers

      The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers , is a trade union which represents workers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....
       UAW - Academic student employees
    • American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
      American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

      The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is the second- or third-largest trade union in the United States and one of the fastest-growing, representing over 1.4 million employees, primarily in local and state government and in the health care industry....
       AFSCME - service workers and patient care technical employees.
    • California Nurses Association
      California Nurses Association

      The California Nurses Association , is a trade union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States. CNA has a four-member Council of Presidents, currently including Deborah Burger, RN; Zenei Cortez, RN; Geri Jenkins, RN; and Malinda Markowitz, RN....
       CNA
      CNA

      CNA may be an acronym or abbreviation for any of the following:*California Nurses Association*Canadian Nuclear Association*Canadian Number Administrator...
       - Nurses
    • Society of Professionals, Scientists and Engineers - UC Scientists and Engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

      The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California is a scientific research laboratory founded by the University of California in 1952....

    Admissions

    Each UC school handles admissions separately, but a student wishing to apply for undergraduate admission uses one application for all UCs. If it is not already in electronic form, the application is then scanned into a computer and distributed to the individual campus undergraduate admission offices. Graduate and professional school admissions are handled directly by each department or program to which one applies.

    Prior to 1986, students who wished to apply to a UC for undergraduate study could only apply to one campus. If the student was rejected at that campus, but otherwise met the UC minimum eligibility requirements, he or she would be redirected to another campus with available space. For students who did not wish to be redirected, the application fee was returned. In 1986, that system was changed to the current "multiple filing" system, in which a student can apply to as many or as few UC campuses as he or she wants on one application, paying a fee for each campus. This system significantly increased the numbers of applications to the Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses, since students could choose which campus they wanted to attend after they received acceptance letters, without the fear of being redirected to a campus they did not want to attend.

    The University of California accepts fully eligible students from among the top eighth of California public high school graduates through regular statewide admission, or the top 4% of any given high school class through Eligibility in the Local Context (see below). All eligible California high school students who apply are accepted to the University, though not necessarily to the campus of choice. Eligible students who are not accepted to the campus(es) of their choice are placed in the "referral pool", where campuses with open space may offer admission to those students; in 2003 10 percent of students who received an offer through this referral process accepted it. In 2007, about 4,100 UC-eligible students who were not offered admission to their campus of choice were referred to UCR and UC Merced, the system's newest campus.

    Undergraduate admissions are conducted on a two-phase basis. In the first phase, students are admitted based solely on academic achievement. This accounts for between 50 to 75% of the admissions. In the second phase, the university conducts a "comprehensive review" of the student's achievements, including extracurricular activities, essay, family history, and life challenges, to admit the remainder. Very rarely, students who do not qualify for regular admission are "admitted by exception." In 2002, 2% of these exceptions were granted.

    The process for determining admissions varies. At some campuses, such as Davis, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Santa Cruz, a point system is used to weight grade point average
    Grade (education)

    In education, a grade is a teacher's standardized evaluation of a student's work. In some countries, evaluations can be expressed quantifiably, and calculated into a numeric grade point average , which is used as a metrics by employers and others to assess and compare students....
    , SAT
    SAT

    The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized testing for college admissions in the Education in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States, and was once developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service ....
     Reasoning or ACT
    ACT (examination)

    The ACT is a standardized test Achievement test examination for University and college admissionss in the Education in the United States produced by ACT, Inc....
     scores, and SAT Subject scores, while at Berkeley, Irvine, and Los Angeles, academic achievement is examined in the context of the school and the surrounding community.

    Race, gender
    Gender

    Gender comprises a range of differences between man and woman, extending from the biological to the social. Biologically, the male gender is defined by the presence of a Y-chromosome, and its absence in the female gender....
    , national origin
    Nationality

    Nationality is a the relationship between a person and their state of origin, culture, association, affiliation and/or loyalty. Nationality affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of the state....
    , and ethnicity
    Ethnic group

    An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
     have not been used as UC admission criteria since the passing of Proposition 209
    California Proposition 209 (1996)

    Proposition 209 is a 1996 California ballot proposition which Constitutional amendment the state Constitution of California to prohibit public institutions from considering Race , sex, or ethnic group....
    . However, this information is collected for statistical purposes.

    Eligibility in the Local Context

    Eligibility in the Local Context, commonly referred to as ELC, is met by applicants ranked in the top four percent of their high school class in terms of performance on an 11-unit pattern of UC-approved high school courses. Beginning with fall 2007 applicants, ELC will also require a UC-calculated GPA of at least 3.0. Fully eligible ELC students are guaranteed a spot at one of UC's undergraduate campuses, though not necessarily at their first-choice campus or even to a campus to which they applied.

    Statistics: Freshman Admission Profile (Fall 2008)

    Published by the University of California:
    CampusApplicantsAdmitsAdmit RateGPA AvgACTSAT ReadingSAT MathSAT WritingSAT Composite
    UC Berkeley48,46210,38221.4%4.19296656966742034
    UC Davis40,61221,25652.3%3.94276046426141860
    UC Irvine42,42920,42948.5%3.95265946396061839
    UC Los Angeles55,40612,57422.7%4.15296536866642003
    UC Merced10,4258,54482.0%3.54235375775401654
    UC Riverside22,39016,81675.9%3.58235365765441686
    UC San Diego47,40719,01040.1%4.07286306716421943
    UC Santa Barbara47,07323,16649.2%3.94276066336161855
    UC Santa Cruz27,83920,26772.8%3.69255836025871792


    Peripheral enterprises


    The University of California has a long tradition of involvement in many enterprises that are often geographically or organizationally separate from its general campuses, including national laboratories, observatories, hospitals, continuing education programs, hotels, conference centers, an airport, and an art institute.

    National laboratories

    Uc Campuses and Labs
    The University of California directly manages and operates one United States Department of Energy National Laboratory
    United States Department of Energy National Laboratories

    The United States Department of Energy National Laboratories and Technology Centers are a system of facilities and laboratories overseen by the United States Department of Energy for the purpose of advancing science and helping promote the economic and defensive national interests of the United States of America....
    :
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
      Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

      The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , is a United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy National Labs conducting unclassified scientific research....
       (LBNL) (Berkeley, California
      Berkeley, California

      Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland, California and Emeryville, California....
      )


    UC is a limited partner in two separate private companies that manage and operate two other Department of Energy national laboratories:
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
      Los Alamos National Laboratory

      Los Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy National Labs, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico....
       (LANL) (Los Alamos, New Mexico
      Los Alamos, New Mexico

      Los Alamos is a townsite and census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States. The population of the CDP was 11,909 at the United States Census, 2000....
      ) operated by Los Alamos National Security
      Los Alamos National Security

      Los Alamos National Security, LLC is a private limited liability company formed by the University of California, Bechtel, BWX Technologies, and Washington Group International....
      , LLC.


    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
      Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

      The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California is a scientific research laboratory founded by the University of California in 1952....
       (LLNL) (Livermore, California
      Livermore, California

      Livermore is a city in Alameda County, California, California, United States. The population was 73,345 at the 2000 United States Census, but estimated by city officials to be presently in 100,000 + ....
      ) operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.


    Laboratory missions
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory conducts unclassified research across a wide range of scientific disciplines with key efforts in fundamental studies of the universe; quantitative biology; nanoscience; new energy systems and environmental solutions; and the use of integrated computing as a tool for discovery.

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory uses advance science and technology to ensure that the US’s nuclear weapons remain safe, secure, and reliable. LLNL also has major research programs in supercomputing and predictive modeling, energy and environment, bioscience and biotechnology, basic science and applied technology, counter proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and homeland security. It is also home to the most powerful supercomputers in the world.

    Los Alamos National Laboratory focuses most of its work on ensuring the safety and reliability of the US's nuclear weapons. Other work at LANL involves research programs into preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction and US national security, such as protection of the US homeland from terrorist attack.

    The UC's ties to the three laboratories have occasionally sparked controversy and protest, because all three laboratories have been intimately linked with the development of nuclear weapon
    Nuclear weapon

    A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either nuclear fission or a combination of fission and nuclear fusion....
    s. During the World War II
    World War II

    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
     Manhattan Project
    Manhattan Project

    The Manhattan Project was the project to develop the first atomic weapon during World War II; involving the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada....
    , Lawrence Berkeley Lab developed the electromagnetic method for separation of uranium isotopes used to develop the first atomic bombs. The Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore labs have been involved in designing the nation's nuclear weapons from inception until the shift into stockpile stewardship
    Stockpile stewardship

    Stockpile stewardship refers to the United States program of reliability testing and maintenance of its nuclear weapons without the use of nuclear testing....
     after the close of the Cold War
    Cold War

    The Cold War was the continuing state of conflict, tension and competition that existed between a number of world powers, including the United States, the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, France, United Kingdom and those countries' respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s....
    .

    Historically the two national laboratories in Berkeley and Livermore named after Ernest O. Lawrence, have had very close relationships on research projects, as well as sharing some business operations and staff. In fact, LLNL was not officially severed administratively from LBNL until the early 1970s. They also have much deeper ties to the university than the Los Alamos Lab, a fact seen in their respective original names; the University of California Berkeley Radiation Laboratory and the University of California Radiation Laboratory at Livermore.

    Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore
    The University of California's ties to the labs have so far outlasted all periods of internal controversy. However, in 2003, the U.S Department of Energy for the first time opened the Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy National Labs, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico....
     (LANL) contract for bidding by other vendors. UC entered into a partnership with Bechtel Corporation, BWXT, and the Washington Group International
    Washington Group International

    Washington Group International was an American corporation which provided integrated engineering, construction and management services to businesses and governments around the world....
    , and together they created a private company called Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS). The only other bidder on the LANL contract was a Lockheed-Martin Corporation-created company that included, among others, the University of Texas System
    University of Texas System

    The University of Texas System comprises fifteen educational institutions in Texas, of which nine are for academy university and six are health institutions....
    . In December 2005, a seven-year contract to manage the laboratory was awarded to the Los Alamos National Security, LLC.

    On June 1, 2006, the University of California ended its direct involvement in operating Los Alamos National Laboratory, and management control of the laboratory was taken over by Los Alamos National Security, LLC. Approximately 95% of the former 10,000 UC employees at LANL were rehired by LANS to continue working at LANL.

    On October 1, 2007, the University of California ended its direct involvement in operating the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Management control of the laboratory was taken over by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, a limited liability company whose members are Bechtel National, the University of California, Babcock and Wilcox, the Washington Division of URS Corporation, Battelle Memorial Institute, and The Teaxs A&M University System.

    Other than UC appointing three members to the two separate board of directors (each with eleven members) that oversee LANS and LLNS, UC now has virtually no responsibility or direct involvement in either LANL or LLNL. UC policies and regulations that apply to UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California no longer apply to LANL and LLNL, and the LANL and LLNL Directors no longer report to the UC Regents or UC Office of the President.

    High-performance networking

    The University of California is a founding and charter member of CENIC, the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California, the nonprofit organization which provides extremely high-performance Internet-based networking to California's K-20 research and education community.

    Other national research centers

    The University of California also works with the NASA Ames Research Center
    NASA Ames Research Center

    NASA Ames Research Center is a NASA facility located at Moffett Federal Airfield, which covers at the borders of the cities of Mountain View, California and Sunnyvale, California in California....
     at Moffett Federal Airfield
    Moffett Federal Airfield

    Moffett Federal Airfield , also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military airport located 3 miles north of downtown Mountain View, California, in Santa Clara County, California, California, United States....
     in California. In September 2003, a ten-year contract valued at more than US$330 million was awarded to the UC to establish and operate a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) — the largest grant ever awarded the University. UC Santa Cruz manages the UARC for the University of California, with the goal of increasing the science output, safety, and effectiveness of NASA
    NASA

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
    's missions through new technologies and scientific techniques. Since 2002, the NSF
    NSF

    NSF may refer to:...
    -funded San Diego Supercomputer Center
    San Diego Supercomputer Center

    The San Diego Supercomputer Center is an organized research unit of the University of California, San Diego . Physically, SDSC is located on the east end of the Eleanor Roosevelt College on the campus of UCSD....
     at UC San Diego has been managed by the University of California, taking over for the previous manager, General Atomics
    General Atomics

    General Atomics is a nuclear physics and defense contractor headquartered in San Diego, California. Among other things, it is the manufacturer of the RQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle ....
    .

    Observatories

    The University of California manages two observatories
    Observatory

    An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed....
     as a multi-campus research unit headquartered at UC Santa Cruz.
    • Lick Observatory
      Lick Observatory

      The Lick Observatory is an astronomy observatory, owned and operated by the University of California. It is situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton , in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, USA....
       atop Mount Hamilton
      Mount Hamilton (California)

      Mount Hamilton is a mountain in California's Diablo Range. In 1861, while working for Josiah Whitney on the first California Geological Survey, William Henry Brewer invited local San Jose, California preacher Laurentine Hamilton to join his company on a trek to a nearby Topographical summit....
      , in the Diablo Range
      Diablo Range

      The Diablo Ranges is a mountain range in western California, part of the California Coast Ranges subdivision of the much larger Pacific Coast Ranges....
       just east of San Jose
      San Jose, California

      San Jose or San Jos? is the List of cities in California city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States....
      .
    • Keck Observatory at the 4,145 meter (13,600 ft) summit of Mauna Kea
      Mauna Kea

      Mauna Kea is a volcano#volcanic activity in the U.S. state of Hawaii, one of five volcanoes which together form the Hawaii . Mauna kea means "white mountain" in the Hawaiian language, a reference to its summit being regularly covered by snow in winter....
       in Hawai'i.


    The Astronomy Department at the Berkeley
    Berkeley, California

    Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland, California and Emeryville, California....
     campus manages the Hat Creek Radio Observatory
    Hat Creek Radio Observatory

    The Hat Creek Radio Observatory is operated by the Radio Astronomy Laboratory . It is located approximately 467 km north-east of San Francisco, California at an elevation of 1280m above sea level in Hat Creek, California ....
     in Shasta County
    Shasta County, California

    Shasta County is a county located in the Northern California portion of the U.S. state of California. The county occupies the northern reaches of the Sacramento Valley, with portions extending into the southern reaches of the Cascade Range....
    .

    Hospitals

    The University of California has medical school
    Medical school

    A medical school is a tertiary educational institution?or part of such an institution?that teaches medicine.In addition to a medical degree program, some medical schools offer programs leading to a Master's Degree, Doctor of Philosophy , or other post-secondary education....
    s at Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco. UCSF is consistently ranked in the Top 10 nationwide, UCLA and UCSD in the Top 15, by U.S. News and World Report. The affiliated teaching hospitals are also highly regarded, with UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA Medical Center

    The Ronald Reagan University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California....
     ranked No. 1 on the West Coast by U.S. News and World Report.

    In the latter half of the 20th century, the UC hospitals became the core of full-fledged regional health systems; they were gradually supplemented by many outpatient clinics, offices, and institutes. Three UC hospitals are actually county hospitals which were sold to UC, which means that UC has come to play a major role in providing healthcare to the indigent. The medical hospitals operated by UC Irvine (acquired in 1976), UC Davis (acquired in 1978), and UC San Diego (acquired in 1984), each began as the respective county hospitals of Orange County
    Orange County, California

    Orange County is a county in Southern California California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana, California. The state of California estimates its population as of 2008 to be 3,121,251, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County, California and San Diego County, California....
    , Sacramento County
    Sacramento County, California

    Sacramento County is a List of California counties in the U.S. state of California. The county seat is the city of Sacramento, California, the state capital....
    , and San Diego County
    San Diego County, California

    San Diego County is a county located near the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California. The state of California estimates San Diego County's population as of 2008 to be 3,146,274 people, making it the second most populous county in California, ahead of its northwestern neighbor Orange County, California....
    .

    UC Extension

    For over a century, the University has operated a continuing education program for working adults and professionals. At present, UC Extension enrolls over 500,000 students each year in over 17,000 courses. One of the reasons for its large size is that UC Extension is a dominant provider of Continuing Legal Education
    Continuing Legal Education

    Continuing Legal Education are requirements for Lawyer in the United States to maintain their ability to practice law after initial admission to the bar in the United States....
     and Continuing Medical Education
    Continuing medical education

    Continuing medical education refers to a specific form of continuing education that helps those in the medicine field maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field....
     in California. For example, the systemwide portion of UC Extension (directly controlled by the UC Office of the President) operates Continuing Education of the Bar under a joint venture agreement with the State Bar of California
    State Bar of California

    The State Bar of California is California's official bar association. It is responsible for managing the admission of lawyers to the practice of law, investigating complaints of professional misconduct, and prescribing appropriate discipline....
    .

    UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

    The University of California division of Agriculture and Natural Resources plays an important role in the State's agriculture industry, as mandated by the UC's legacy as a land-grant institution. In addition to conducting agriculture research, every county in the state has a field office with county farm advisors. The county offices also support 4-H
    4-H

    4-H in the United States is a youth organization administered by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, with the mission of "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development." The name represents four personal development a...
     programs and have nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisors who assist local government.

    UC Natural Reserve System

    The NRS
    University of California Natural Reserve System

    The University of California Natural Reserve System is the largest and most diverse system of university-administered Nature reserve in the world....
     was established in January 1965 to provide UC faculty with large areas of land in which they could conduct long-term ecosystem research without having to worry about outside disturbances like tourists. Today, the NRS manages 35 reserves which together encompass more than .

    Travel and conference facilities

    • UC Berkeley's California Alumni Association operates travel excursions for alumni (and their families) under its "BearTreks" brand. BearTreks is unusual in that the tour guides are usually Berkeley professors. CAA also operates an exclusive resort in the Sierra Nevada, the Lair of the Golden Bear, also just for Cal alumni and their families.
    • UCLA operates both its own on-campus hotel
      Hotel

      ----A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including Bathroom#Types of bathroomss and air conditioning or clima...
      , the UCLA Guest House, and a lavish conference center at Lake Arrowhead
      Lake Arrowhead, California

      Lake Arrowhead is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. It lies within a census-designated place by the same name, adjacent to the Lake Arrowhead Reservoir....
      . During the summer, the conference center hosts the Bruin Woods vacation programs for UCLA alumni and their families.
    • The University Inn and Conference Center, located in downtown Santa Cruz, is owned and operated by UC Santa Cruz.
    • The UC system's Education Abroad program has two foreign campuses to support UC students: California House in London
      London

      London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
       and La Casa de la Universidad de California in Mexico City
      Mexico City

      Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
      . There is also a UC Washington Center
      UC Washington Center

      The University of California Washington Center is a Washington, D.C. residential facility owned and operated by the University of California . Its purpose is to house undergraduate students from UC campuses during their internships in the D.C....
       in Washington, D.C.
      Washington, D.C.

      Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....


    University Airport

    UC Davis operates the University Airport
    University Airport

    University Airport is a public-use airport located two nautical miles west of the central business district of Davis, California, a city in Yolo County, California, California, United States....
     as a utility airport for air shuttle service in the contractual transportation of university employees and agricultural samples. It is also a public General Aviation airport. University Airport's ICAO identifier is KEDU.

    Seaport

    UC San Diego owns a seaport, the Nimitz Marine Facility, which is just south of Shelter Island on Point Loma, San Diego. The port is used as an operating base for all of its oceanographic vessels and platforms.

    Other affiliated institutions

    • University of California, Hastings College of the Law
      University of California, Hastings College of the Law

      University of California, Hastings College of the Law is a top tier law school located in the Civic Center of San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1878 by Serranus Clinton Hastings, the first Chief Justice of California, as the first law school of the University of California ....
    • Kearney Research and Extension Center
      Kearney Research and Extension Center

      The University of California's Kearney Research and Extension Center, the largest field station in the UC system, is an active extension facility dedicated to agriculture research....


    See also

    • California Community Colleges
    • California Master Plan for Higher Education
      California Master Plan for Higher Education

      The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by a survey team appointed by the UC Regents and the State Board of Education during the administration of Governor of California Pat Brown....
    • California State University
      California State University

      The California State University is one of three public higher education systems in the U.S. state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system....
    • Colleges and universities
    • Innovative Vector Control Consortium
      Innovative Vector Control Consortium

      The Innovative Vector Control Consortium is a consortium of five leading academic institutions. The IVCC's mission statement is "to improve health by enabling partnerships for the accelerated development and delivery of new products and tools that increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the control of insects which transmit disease." It...
    • University of California Natural Reserve System
      University of California Natural Reserve System

      The University of California Natural Reserve System is the largest and most diverse system of university-administered Nature reserve in the world....
    • University of California Police Department
      University of California Police Department

      The University of California Police Department is the police agency charged with providing law enforcement to the campuses of the University of California system....
    • University of California Students Association
      University of California Students Association

      The University of California Students Association is a student advocacy group organized to voice the interests of students attending the University of California system....
    • University of California Washington Center
      UC Washington Center

      The University of California Washington Center is a Washington, D.C. residential facility owned and operated by the University of California . Its purpose is to house undergraduate students from UC campuses during their internships in the D.C....

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