Cal Crew: Pulling together over the blue to the gold
In 1875, when the University Boat Club became Berkeley’s first athletic club, the sport of rowing was so popular that trains pulled stands full of fans to watch races unfold in real time.
UC Berkeley inspires
As the top public university, UC Berkeley acts as a catalyst for transformation around the globe. Berkeley Inspire is home to uplifting, powerful stories you need to inspire, and be inspired by, your Berkeley community.
Grit and Gravitas
From clean energy and sustainable industry to beneficial AI to global health to the international marketplace, UC Berkeley researchers are advancing vital work that changes lives for the better. The Berkeley Research Impact Fund provides a flexible source of support for projects that are currently underway. Resources will be allocated at the discretion of Chancellor Rich Lyons, Vice Chancellor for Research Kathy Yelick, and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Ben Hermalin, to ensure critical research advances during a time when the funding landscape is shifting.
UC Berkeley is an American dream engine.
- Berkeley has been recognized as the leading university in moving students further up the economic ladder.
- Berkeley matriculates over 20 percent more Californians now than 10 years ago. In-state tuition is locked for six years once a student starts.
- For Californians earning less than $60,000, the net cost of attending has plummeted by 40 percent since 2007.
- Tuition for low-income students (net of aid and inflation) has fallen over the last 20 years by 35 percent. Nearly two-thirds of undergraduates receive financial aid.
Inspiring stories
Peruse inspiring stories about people like you who have helped transform UC Berkeley.
Pan Scholars help extend UC Berkeley’s global reach to Taiwan
In UC Berkeley’s first summer internship program in Taiwan, students dive deep into the country’s innovation, hospitality, and cultural richness, “a powerful way to build bridges of understanding between these two vibrant communities,” said benefactor Steven Pan.
Gift catalyzes exploratory design and teaching
Alum Karen Swett Conway ’82 has made a $1M gift to the College of Environmental Design (CED) that will sustain its leadership in design. The Design Futures Fund and Endowment aim to position CED at the forefront of creative new modes of design practice and teaching.
Research scholarships advance undergraduate acumen
In his undergraduate teaching, developmental biologist and Dean of Biological Sciences Richard Harland incorporates accounts of his field’s seminal experiments. For more direct and immersive exposure, Harland also invites undergraduates to participate in his lab’s research.
Cal Facts
Supporting students
63% of all undergraduates receive some form of financial aid
7,600+ students participated in community service
Faculty honors
519 Hellman Fellows launching new careers
6 assistant professors named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows, among the largest cohort from any single university
