Fiat Lux: Faculty of Distinction
“Brilliant faculty exert a powerful gravitational force. They inspire young minds, influence their trajectories, and catapult thought to places no one could have imagined. Our stellar faculty are at the center of Berkeley’s far-reaching universe.”
— Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau
Berkeley’s preeminence is founded on world-class faculty
The University of California, Berkeley’s high international renown rests on a number of extraordinary strengths. These include the quality of its students, research, curricula, Library collections, other scholarly and technological resources — and, especially, faculty.
Berkeley’s 1,697 faculty members are at the heart of the University’s achievements. Residing in more than 130 academic departments and more than 65 interdisciplinary research units, Berkeley’s professors are highly distinguished and productive researchers and scholars. Many of them are the leading experts in their fields. Berkeley’s professors have been key to the experience of generations of students — educating, challenging, mentoring, and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders in academia, arts & culture, business, government, and the professions.
Institutional Excellence
Berkeley has more graduate programs ranked in the Top10 than any other university in the country, according to the prestigious National Research Council.
By our yardstick, University of California, Berkeley is about the best thing for America we can find.
- The Washington Monthly College Rankings 2006.Berkeley placed second based on indicators that included performance as an engine of social mobility, scientific and humanistic research, and service to country.
