University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (also known as UC Berkeley, Berkeley University, University of Berkeley) is one of the top public research universities in the United States and one of the world's top engineering and technology institutions. Founded in 1868, the school was one of the first of the University of California and is now located in Berkeley, near San Francisco. It was ranked 20th in the 2014 USNEWS Comprehensive Ranking of American Universities, along with Georgetown University and Emory University.