The University of California at Berkeley is also known as UC-Berkeley, and is located in Berkeley, California, USA. It boasts over 35,000 students in courses of study that include Public Policy, Business, Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Health, Civil Engineering, Electronics, Sociology, History and English.
Established in 1868, the College of California, as it was then known, did not have adequate funding. It merged with the Agricultural College to form U of C. The new school opened in 1869 in Oakland, California. Students in the 1960’s were active in the movement for Free Speech. UC-Berkeley now has private as well as state funding.