University of California, Berkeley

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The University of California, Berkeley, an open exploration college, is viewed as a standout amongst the most prestigious state colleges in the US. Part of the University of California System, it was established in 1868.

Berkeley's creation originated from a dream in the state constitution of a college that would "contribute much more than California's gold to the eminence and joy of propelling eras".

Berkeley's shades of blue and gold were picked in 1873 – blue speaking to the California sky and sea as well as the Yale graduates who served to establish the organization; gold the "Brilliant State" of California.

The college is situated in San Francisco's Bay Area, where it is home to around 27,000 college understudies and 10,000 postgraduate understudies.

Berkeley workforce have won 19 Nobel prizes, for the most part in material science, science and financial matters. Late victors incorporate Saul Perlmutter, who won the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics for driving a group that found the quickening development of the universe, recommending the presence of a type of dull vitality that contains 75 for each penny of the universe; and George Akerlof, who won the 2001 Prize for Economics for showing how advertises breakdown when purchasers and venders have admittance to various data.

Remarkable graduated class incorporate writer and columnist Jack London, Oscar-winning on-screen character Gregory Peck, previous leader and president of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, writer Joan Didion and Women's World Cup-winning US footballer Alex Morgan.

Berkeley has a convention as a focal point of political activism. Amid the 1960s and 1970s, the grounds was a hotbed for understudy dissents against the Vietnam War.

Attractions on grounds incorporate a Botanic Garden built up in 1890 and the 60,000-limit California Memorial Stadium utilized by the college's games groups.

The Golden Bear is the image of Berkeley's games groups.

Berkeley's donning ability was exhibited at the 2012 Olympics in London, when its graduates won 17 awards – 11 gold, one silver and five bronze. On the off chance that Berkeley had been a nation, it would have positioned joint 6th in the gold decoration table, close by France and Germany.