The University of California, Berkeley is beyond doubt the world’s top public university. It’s known for its excellent undergraduate programmes in engineering, natural sciences, social science, law & education and business. But do you know everything about UC Berkeley? Here’s a bunch of things we bet you didn’t know:
10 Amazing UC Berkeley Facts
- It has over 130 academic departments and more than 80 interdisciplinary research units
- It was the first school in the UC system
- The campus is open to the public and includes historic architecture, redwood forests and walking paths
- Over 30% of students are a part of the Greek system
- The Free Speech Movement started in 1964 at UC Berkeley
- A fun student tradition is to rub the stone ball in front of the Campanile before an exam, dubbed as the “4.0 ball” and it is considered good luck
- It has a student-faculty ratio of 19:1
- The mascot for UC Berkeley is known as “Oski”, a golden bear
- The university botanical garden is 34-acres and has more than 10,000 types of plants including many rare and endangered species
- UC Berkeley professor & architect John Galen Howard supposedly created and installed Sather Gate in 1910 to prevent vampires from coming onto the campus. It was featured in the movie “Monsters University”
All this makes UCB sound like a unique and intriguing place to study at, and indeed it very much is for many. Getting into UCB isn’t easy though. For everything it offers, the University of California Berkeley expects its students to have an excellent academic record, essays, extracurriculars, voluntary work and more.
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