University of California, Berkeley, U.S.

 

Total score:71.6

2011 rank:4

2011 score:71.9

University of California, Berkeley was founded in 1868 as the result of merger of the private College of California and the public Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College in Oakland. As the oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California (UC), Berkeley has been charged with providing both "classical" and "practical" education. Till now, a total of 21 faculty of the school have been named Nobel Prize winners, including the eight who are current faculty members, along with 32 MacArthur Fellows and 4 Pulitzer Prize winners.

Website:http://berkeley.edu/