What is University of California?
[[File:Seal of the University of California.svg|right|250px|The Logo or Seal of the University of California 1868]] [[File:University of California Office of the President.jpg|thumb|right|The Office of the President of University of California building in [[Oakland, California]].]]The '''University of California''' ('''UC''') is a [[public university]] system in the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[California]]. The University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public [[higher education]] system, which also includes the [[California State University]] system and the California Community Colleges system. The University of California has a combined [[student]] body of more than 220,000 students and over 170,000 faculty and staff.<ref>[http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/welcome.html University of California website]</ref> Its first [[campus]], [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]], was founded in 1868, while its tenth and newest campus, [[University of California, Merced]], opened for classes in fall 2005. The University of California's [[campus]]es boast large numbers of distinguished faculty in almost every field and is widely regarded as one of the top public university systems in the world. Eight of its undergraduate campuses are ranked among the top 100, six among the top 50, and two among the top 25 U.S. universities by ''U.S. News and World Report''. All of its undergraduate campuses except UC Merced are members of the [[Association of American Universities]], a group of over 70 top U.S. and Canadian research universities. The current president of the University of California is [[Janet Napolitano]]. ==Campuses== * [[University of California, Berkeley]] * [[University of California, Davis]] * [[University of California, Irvine]] * [[University of California, Los Angeles]] * [[University of California, Merced]] * [[University of California, Riverside]] * [[University of California, San Diego]] * [[University of California, San Francisco]] – Admits only graduate students in