University of California, Berkeley

Address: Berkeley, CA, United States

Admission rate: 17% (2014)

Number of members: 36 204 (2013)

Phone: + 1 510-642-6000

Founder: Legislature of the State of California

Date of Foundation: March 23, 1868

Football stadium: California Memorial Stadium

Web site: www.berkeley.edu

The University of California is at Berkeley, in the United States, going from fourth to third place in the standings in 2013. Founded in 1868, it is one of the most prestigious U.S. universities and includes 14 faculties; the most popular being those of electrical and computer engineering, biology and political science. Berkeley also has a research center crowd-pleasing where are coming two laureates of the Field Medal, twenty-and-one the Nobel Prize winners and four Pulitzer Prize winners. And then 48 of 52 research programs ranked in the top 10 of their domain on the American continent. More fun, it is the 9th University which has produced the most billionaires!

Note on 100: 71.3

Number of students: 34 664

Country: United States

Position in 2012: 3^rd