The University of California, referred to as the University of California, is a university administrative system composed of 10 public universities in California, USA. It is also the most influential public university system in the world. It is known as As "a model of public higher education."
The University of California originated from the College of California (College of California) established in Oakland, California in 1853. It was officially renamed "University of California" on March 23, 1868, and the University of California was officially established. In 1873, the school moved to a new location outside Auckland, and in honor of George Berkeley, one of the greatest philosophers of the 18th century, the new university town was named "Berkeley". The University of California is also equivalent to the "University of California, Berkeley", and gradually opened branch campuses in Los Angeles, Davis, California.
In 1952, the "University of California" was established as a university. The administrative system is separated from the "University of California at Berkeley" and is no longer a university. At the same time, the original campuses of the University of California across California have gradually been upgraded to independent universities on the same level as Berkeley. Today, the University of California has developed. It has become a giant university system with 10 public universities and has a profound impact on world development, including the famous "University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley)", "University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)" and "University of California at San Diego (UCSD)", etc. etc. (Note: Today's University of California does not have a so-called "main campus", and "branch campus" is just a Chinese translation misunderstanding left over from history)
The University of California is the world's largest university federation, and its universities are in They are among the best in various academic indicators and rankings. These campuses are independent and closely related to each other. They each exist as an independent university and together form the University of California, which is well-known in the United States and even the world. Basic introduction Chinese name: University of California Foreign Languages. Name: University of California? Abbreviation: University of California (UC)? School motto: Let there be light (Let the light shine)? Founded: 1868? Category: A system of ten top public universities? Current President: Carlo K List and other ten principals? Famous alumni: Li Yuanzhe, Steven Chu, Sun Zhengyi, Gordon Moore, Qiu Chengtong, Ryan Anderson, etc.? Region: California, USA? Major awards: no less than 120 Nobel Prize winners ? Number of campuses: 10? Alliance: Association of American Universities? Founding campus: University of California, Berkeley? Historical evolution, campus distribution, education system, school policy, current style, evaluation, admission application, admission requirements, historical evolution The University of California originated from The private College of California (College of California) was established in Oakland in 1853. In 1866, the Standing Committee of the California Assembly decided to establish a new "agricultural, mining and College of Mechanical Engineering", but suffered from the lack of a suitable campus, and the private California College at the time lacked funding to run schools. Later, people came up with the idea of ??merging the two into one and establishing a comprehensive university. In 1868, the governor of California signed a bill to establish the University of California on the site of the private California College. Five years later, the school moved to a new campus four miles away. At that time, in order to commemorate George Berkeley, a sage who traveled across the ocean to spread religion and culture in North America, the city where the new campus was located was named "Berkeley", and the University of California at this time was also equivalent to At the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley also became the origin and earliest campus of the University of California.
(Note: Today's University of California is not a university but an administrative system. There is no so-called "main campus". "Branch branches" are just misunderstandings in Chinese translation left over from history. Each campus is an independent university. ) With the rise and fame of the University of California at Berkeley, the city called "Berkeley" has also become famous around the world. With the development of California's economy and population, the University of California in the Berkeley area has been unable to meet the increasing needs of society. At the same time, California's vast geography and urban distribution also determine that the University of California cannot be limited to running schools in the Berkeley area. Therefore, the University of California later established 9 campuses in different regions, which eventually formed a giant university system headed by the Berkeley campus - the University of California system. The campus is divided into ten universities and US News World University Rankings, Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU): University of California 1. University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, established in 1868) 2018 ARWU World Academic Ranking - 5th in 2017 US News World University Ranking - 4th 2. University of California, San Francisco (UC San Francisco, established in 1873) 2018 ARWU World Academic Ranking - 21st 2017 US News World University Ranking - 16th (San Francisco campus is mainly A research university in biology and medicine that does not admit undergraduate students. According to purely academic rankings, UCSF ranked second in the world for clinical medicine in the 2018 ARWU World University Rankings, second only to Harvard University, and ranked third in the world for life sciences. 3. University of California, Los Angeles (UC Los Angeles, founded in 1919) 2018 ARWU World Academic Ranking - 11th 2017 US News World University Ranking - 10th 4. University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego, 1960 Established) 2018 ARWU World Academic Ranking - 15th 2017 US News World University Ranking - 15th 5. University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara, 1944) 2018 ARWU World Academic Ranking - No. 46 2017 US News World University Rankings - No. 24 6. University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine, established in 1965) 2018 ARWU World Academic Ranking - No. 83 2017 US News World University Rankings - No. 65th place 7. UC Davis (founded in 1905) 2018 ARWU World Academic Ranking - 96th 2017 US News World University Ranking - 42nd 8. University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside , established in 1954) 2018 ARWU World Academic Ranking - 151st to 200th 2017 US News World University Ranking - 113th 9. University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz, established in 1965) 2017 ARWU World Academic Ranking - 83rd 2017 US News World University Ranking - 27th 10. University of California, Merced (UC Merced, established in 2005) 2017 US News World University Ranking - Unranked Education System Western United States California has three major public higher education systems: research university UC - University of California (10), teaching university CSU - California State University (24), community college CCC - California Community College (119) . In addition, there are many private universities and colleges in California, including the famous California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Southern California, etc. The University of California System (UC) enjoys a high reputation in the United States and even the world, and is currently the best higher education system in the world.
Chapter 4, Section 9 of the new California Constitution stipulates that the University of California Board of Regents is “solely responsible for the organization and governance of the university.” Since Kerr became president in 1958, it began to give the branch campus more autonomy. After continuous development and expansion, the University of California system now has 10 universities, 9 of which have undergraduate departments and graduate schools (the San Francisco campus only has graduate schools), with more than 210,000 students and more than 160,000 faculty and staff. The first campus (university), the University of California, Berkeley, is a well-known academic institution in the world and ranks among the best in many authoritative university rankings; in 2010, the ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities rated the University of California, Berkeley as the second best university in the world, ranking second only to Harvard University ranks first, ahead of many well-known universities such as MIT, Oxford University, Stanford University, etc., and has been ranked among the top 4 in the world for more than ten years. Graduate programs leading to doctoral degrees are a key indicator of the quality of American university education. U.S. Newsweek evaluated again in 2005: the graduate program of the University of California, Berkeley, ranked first in the United States again. All fifteen of Berkeley's graduate programs rank among the top five in the United States. Then ranked second, third, fourth and fifth were Stanford University, MIT, Harvard University and Princeton University. At the same time, many other campuses such as the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of California at Davis, the University of California at San Diego and the University of California at Irvine are also among the top fifty in the United States and the world. The school's policy is to be inclusive, free and open. At the beginning of the school's establishment, the school's development goals for the University of California were to achieve consensus - to adopt an inclusive, free and open policy to accommodate the world's wise men under one roof, thereby bringing the university to the forefront. Built as a world-class university, the University of California is known for its academic freedom and student autonomy. There are no constraints from conservative traditions and no insurmountable rules and regulations here. In this free land, you can think about anything and freely explore the future world; here, even if others do not agree with your views, your thoughts will always be respected. It is precisely because of this kind of free thought that countless great ideas and discoveries were nurtured and matured here. The successive presidents of the University of California cherish this precious tradition very much, even when this kind of free thought and the real world of the United States occur. In times of serious conflict, the presidents have not given up on the historical protection of the liberal tradition of the University of California. It is precisely because of the liberal tradition that the University of California can maintain a spirit of constant innovation and continuous progress. This has been achieved in the construction of its new disciplines. This is fully reflected: Berkeley has opened a large number of courses and research projects in emerging disciplines, and has adjusted the original subject scope and added many new subject areas. While accelerating the development of various disciplines, the school has also made every effort to Recruit talents from all walks of life. Through high-paying recruitment methods, supplemented by an excellent working environment and a free and open academic atmosphere, it has recruited a large number of famous professors and famous scholars. Among its professors, there are nearly a hundred Nobel Prize winners. The University of California does not engage in seniority ranking, and encourages new teachers to open up new research fields on their own, making the academic field full of competition. This is because the educational spirit of the university embodies sincere care for society and strong moral obligations, respects individual rights and freedoms, and respects individual rights and freedoms. The University of California is recognized as one of the world's top universities by implementing its ideals in a pragmatic way. University of California campus Today's style The University of California is the world's largest public university system, with 10 independent campuses (universities), 4 law schools, 5 medical schools and teaching hospitals. The University of California also manages three national laboratories: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The University of California is in Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara. The campuses in Santa Babara and Santa Cruz are world-class educational and research institutions. Since 1901, according to official incomplete statistics, the University of California has produced 62 Nobel Prize winners and won 63 Nobel Prizes. According to relatively complete statistics of relevant information, the number of Nobel Prize winners at the University of California is no less than 120, of which no less than 107 are at Berkeley (third in the world). The university has more members in the National Academy of Sciences and more invention patents issued by its institutes than any university in the United States.
The University of California's academic programs rank among the top 10, and its academic research fields involve more than 150 disciplines. It is one of the higher education research institutions with the widest research scope in the world. In November 2017, the ranking of the world's most employable universities was released, with the University of California, Berkeley ranked 20th. Evaluation "The liberal and radical intellectual university, the origin of modern American culture." The University of California, Berkeley, was founded in 1868 and is located in Berkeley, 21 kilometers east of San Francisco. It is the world's top public university. It is not only the one with the longest history among the 10 branches, but its teaching quality, scientific research achievements, teachers, hardware equipment and student quality are also the best among the 10 "brothers", and it has always been among the best in the world. It can be said that the Berkeley campus is the best in the entire University of California system and stands out from the rest. Berkeley is one of the most liberal, tolerant, and diverse universities in the United States: the free speech movement of the 1960s, hippie culture, anti-Vietnam War movement, Eastern mysticism culture, back-to-nature culture, etc. all originated here. Under the wave of high technology, Berkeley is creating a new myth: Because it is located on the edge of Silicon Valley, many new high-tech tycoons have emerged among the school's graduates. Gordon Moore, the founder of Intel, and Andy Grove is one of the representatives. The campus has a complete range of subjects and provides more than 5,000 courses, giving every student ample room for choice and making learning very convenient. Among the rankings of public universities in the United States, the Berkeley campus has long been the leader, ranking first. More undergraduates at the school earn doctorates than at any other American university. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university located in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is one of the top comprehensive universities in the United States. UCLA is the cradle of professional talents in business, finance, high-tech industry, and film arts in the United States. It offers 337 degrees in different disciplines and is one of the universities with the widest range of fields for cultivating cutting-edge talents in the United States. The UCLA campus covers an area of ??419 acres (approximately 1.7 square kilometers), with 163 buildings. There are approximately 29,000 undergraduates and 13,000 graduate students registered on campus. It is the university with the largest number of applicants in the United States and is also the largest high school student in the United States. One of the most coveted schools. It is the second university in the University of California system, behind only UC Berkeley. UCLA has consistently ranked among the top fifteen in the Times Global University Rankings, and ranked 10th in the 2017 USNews Global University Rankings. The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is located in the La Jolla community of San Diego (also often translated as San Diego) in Southern California. It is a national first-tier (Tier1) university in the United States. UCSD was established in 1959, with a campus area of ??1,976 acres (866 hectares). The campus is located by the beach, with a beautiful environment and pleasant climate. Although it was only established for just over fifty years, it has produced twenty Nobel Prize winners (five of whom are currently teaching). It is academically on par with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and ranks among the top of the University of California system. three. In terms of total university research funding, UCSD ranks fifth in the United States and is an important academic development center in the United States. The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) ranked 18th in the world in the 2015 U.S. News and World Report (US News) Global Top Universities Rankings, and ranked 14th in the world in the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities. It was also in Washington from 2010 to 2014. It has been ranked first in the United States for five consecutive years in the Washington Monthly American University Rankings. The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) is a world-leading research university located in Davis, California, east of San Francisco. It is a Tier-1 (first-tier university in the United States) and is known as It is one of the public Ivy League schools and a well-known science and technology center in the United States.
UC Davis is the leading agricultural research center of the University of California and even the United States. Its veterinary, plant and agricultural majors enjoy a wide reputation around the world and are ranked among the top 3 in the world all year round. UC Daivs is ranked 38th overall in the United States, on par with the University of California, San Diego (37th in the United States) in the California system, and each has its own academic characteristics. In addition, unlike other universities in the University of California that tend to focus on science and engineering, UC Davis is also extremely famous in social sciences such as economics, management, law, and psychology, and is often ranked among the top 25 in the United States in each discipline. According to the 2015 U.S. News & World Report, UC Davis is a top university in the United States and the world, ranking 8th nationally among U.S. public universities, 38th overall among U.S. universities, and consistently ranking among world universities. Stay around 35. UC Davis ranks 32nd in the world in The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2015. Ranked 57th in the world in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report World University Rankings, 42nd in the world in the 2016 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), and 42nd in the world in the 2014 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. . The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) is located in the famous bay city of Santa Cruz near the San Francisco Bay Area. It was established in 1965 and has a campus area of ??2,000 acres (approximately 8.09 square kilometers/809 hectares). ), the school is located in Redwood Park and is one of the most beautiful campuses in the United States. Santa Cruz is located about an hour's drive south of San Francisco and only half an hour's drive from Silicon Valley. It is California's most famous seaside resort and surfing resort, facing the most beautiful beaches on the Pacific coast. It has spectacular redwood nature reserves and Spanish classical architecture that attracts many tourists. Santa Cruz is one of the most prestigious universities among the ten campuses of the University of California system and is a top university in the world. UCSC offers 61 undergraduate majors, including 32 graduate areas. Popular undergraduate majors include art, business management economics, molecular and cellular biology, and psychology. Interdisciplinary programs such as Feminist Studies, Community Studies, American Studies, Environmental Studies, Digital Arts and New Media, etc. In 2017, the US News and World Report (US NEWS) World University Ranking ranked 27th in the world, and in 2015, the Times Higher Education ranked 1st in the Academic Impact of World Universities. Application for Admission The application deadline for the University of California system (undergraduate) is December 1 of the year prior to admission. At the same time, please note that the UC system does not provide EA or ED opportunities. All applicants are treated equally. Admission or non-admission will be given at the end of March to early April of the admission year, that is, 4-5 months after submitting the application. result. California requires students to submit application forms, application essays, extracurricular activities and other supplementary materials such as letters of recommendation by the deadline. It is also recommended that students provide SAT1 and TOEFL scores. Students are not required to provide high school transcripts, but students must fill in their scores truthfully. After the admission results come out, students are required to submit proof of deposit and high school transcripts. Of course, proof of deposit can also be submitted when applying. In view of this characteristic, the following suggestions are provided to UCers: 1. Since there are no EA/ED opportunities, success or failure depends on this. It can also be seen from this that UC does not want students to use them as an experiment. If you want to apply, So please apply seriously. 2. You may not provide SAT scores temporarily when applying, but you must indicate when you will take the test. On the bright side, students applying to UC can even submit their SAT scores in February, which means they can give themselves longer time to prepare for the exam, which is conducive to better test scores. On the downside, the risks of doing so are high and uncontrollable.
Because December to April is the review period for UC, at any time during this period, the admission committee may see the applicant's materials. If the applicant does not have competitive test scores when the admission committee sees the materials, This is a very dangerous thing. 3. It should be noted that in addition to direct undergraduate admission, the University of California, Irvine (UCI) also offers international freshman credit courses. The courses are available for spring, summer, autumn and winter admissions. After completing the courses and meeting the requirements, you can transfer to UCI Study for a formal undergraduate degree. Admission requirements Undergraduate IELTS: 7 points Postgraduate IELTS: 7 points