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UCB is the University of California, Berkeley.

University of California at Berkeley

Berkeley), located in Berkeley, San Francisco Bay Area, USA, is a world-famous public research university and enjoys a high reputation in academic circles. It is one of the top public universities in the world, with USNews World University 20 18- 19 ranking 4th in the world and 5th in academic ranking of world universities.

Berkeley, the founding campus of the University of California, is famous for its free and inclusive school spirit. The "freedom of speech movement" initiated by its students in 1964 has had a far-reaching impact on American society and changed the views of generations on politics and morality.

Berkeley is one of the most important research and teaching centers in the world. ARWU ranks in the top five in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer, economy and social sciences, and together with Stanford University in South Bay, San Francisco, it constitutes an academic center in the western United States.

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1. The land where the University of California at Berkeley is located was bought by California Private College 1866. However, due to the shortage of funds in that year, the College merged with the State College of Agriculture, Mining and Mechanical Technology, and the University of California was established in Oakland, California on March 23rd. 1868.

2. 1870, Henry Durant, the founder of the school, became the first president of the University of California, Berkeley.

3. 1873, the North Pavilion and the South Pavilion were completed, and the school officially moved to the new site in Berkeley. The first students in the new campus are 167 boys and 222 girls.

4. Since 189 1 year, Ms. phoebe apperson hearst, a wealthy woman from California, has continuously donated money to Berkeley, which has enabled the school to develop a large number of new disciplines and acquire new teaching facilities.

5. 1905, the school established a "university farm" near Sacramento in the northeast of Berkeley, and then became independent from Berkeley and became another campus of the University of California-University of California, Davis.

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