The University of California, chartered in 1868, is a 10 campus public university system with a mission of teaching, research and public service. With 220,000 students, 180,000 faculty and staff, and 1.6 million living alumni, UC is the world's premier public university. UC has five medical schools, three law schools and the nation's largest continuing education program. A total of 56 faculty members and researchers affiliated with the University of California have won 57 Nobel Prizes, including 24 since 1995. UC-affiliated faculty and researchers also include 57 National Medal of Science winners, more than 350 National Academy of Sciences members, and more than 150 Institute of Medicine members.

UC currently manages Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratoy on behalf of the Department of Energy. The University, working with Bechtel National and other private-industry partners, also manages Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.

UC researchers are pioneers in agriculture, medicine, technology and the environment. Thousands of California jobs, billions of dollars in revenues, and countless everyday household items – from more plentiful fruits and vegetables to compact fluorescent light bulbs – can be traced back to UC discoveries. Similarly, many of the state's leading businesses have connections to UC. Those companies were either based on technology developed by the university, were founded by our faculty or alumni, or are headed by UC graduates.

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