Almost three years ago (I was 28 then) I worked as a copywriter at Yandex and really wanted to become a marketer. I've read a lot about marketing, but it's hard to get your old company to take you seriously in your new profession.
I thought about going to the second higher education - in marketing, but I could not decide. I don’t believe in part-time study, studying full-time is too expensive in terms of lost profits (lost salary). The evening section remained. But by that time I already had a family and a three-year-old child - I didn’t want to take his evenings away for many years.
Time passed - nothing happened.
BOOK
I don’t remember how I bought Oleg Tinkov’s book “I am like everyone else”. But I remember that I read it electronically in two three-hour trips and then was very surprised in the store when I saw how fat it was. :)
My heart pounded on one paragraph - I found out that Oleg studied marketing at Berkeley for several months. Marketing Intensive with University of California professors - sounded really cool:
I studied at the Mining Institute for two and a half years and at Berkeley for six months - these two training models cannot even be compared. I officially declare that Russian educational institutions are a kindergarten. These are cheat sheets and cheat sheets. About nothing. There is a lot of work going on in America. Plowing. Speaking in Russian, I just got...stuck. There are very difficult exams, I barely passed them, with C grades, and I am proud that I have this diploma hanging in my office. And most importantly, I soaked everything up like a sponge and prepared well for my next breakthrough - the beer business. After Berkeley already knew exactly what, how and why.
AFTER
We drove at night along the highway, my husband fell asleep at the wheel, I read in the back seat. It sucked in my stomach when I allowed myself to admit this idea in principle - to go to study marketing in the States. At first, this seems like too much of an idea when you have a three-year-old child, you rent an apartment, and your savings would barely be enough for the minimum installment for a mortgage in the suburbs. But Tinkov’s story is just about “like everyone else” - she infected me with a sense of limitless possibilities, and I immediately expressed my idea to my husband, who immediately stopped nodding and, it seems, was not opposed to me making inquiries.
The University at Berkeley met my parameters - fast, with the best professors and a beautiful logo on the diploma.)
UC Berkeley In addition, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and the famous Californian beaches are nearby.
Then there was the question of price - at first, $19,500 seemed like a huge amount. As I found out the prices for education in the best universities in Moscow and multiplied by three years, the amount no longer seemed so huge. More precisely, these two sums turned out to be identical. The difference is that in a Moscow university I would have been separated from my diploma by three years of study in the evenings, and in Berkeley - by several months of “plowing” day and night.
I chose a four-month course that included the following subjects:
I studied with strategy co-author David Aaker, the former head of Colgate-Palmolive's Far East division, a British Airways consultant, a former Stanford professor, and many teachers with equally impressive credentials. Some taught in very unusual ways. =)
The contingent of students is very diverse, 90% are “like everyone else” from different countries. Some have sold apartments, cars to be here. Companies paid for others, parents paid for others.
Unfortunately, there were very few Russians among us. My friends, who easily found $20,000 to upgrade their cars, were very surprised how I could find the same money for education. Official statistics of the participants of my program by country of the world:
Having come all this way and spent all my savings, I could not afford to study for triples (I'm still not Tinkov), although sometimes I wanted to sleep. In the photo - a Chinese student sleeps on a desk during a lunch break, poor fellow.
I don't think grades are important. Much more important - communication with specialists, cases, links and ideas taken on a pencil. But to clear my conscience, I did everything to get all the "A". What's more, it was exciting. As far as I know, in my group there were only two of us who succeeded - me and the Japanese Yohei. He had a couple of minuses less, so he had to give a speech at the graduation :)
Transcript of my grades - column GRADE.
TOTAL
Probably, if not for the book, I would still work as a copywriter in Yandex. The book not only gave me an idea of where exactly to go to study, but “pushed” me out of the state of “mother”, saving up for a mortgage, working for years in a familiar warm place (Yandex is really very warm - in every sense of the word).
For two years now I have been a marketer at Mann, Ivanov and Ferber and I am unrealistically happy doing this job. Although, according to recent estimates, the money spent is still not recaptured. But it is not important. I got a job in a publishing house precisely because books change people's lives. I don't expect million dollar business ideas from books, but I know that they sharpen my mind and each time I become capable of more. It is important what happened to you after the book. Change is priceless. :)
If you have stories about useful books that have changed your life, send them to the publisher by email [email protected] Don't forget to dilute the text with photographic evidence of your achievements. The most interesting stories will be published on Lifehacker in the BEFORE and AFTER section. At the beginning of summer, the three stories with the highest number of views will receive national fame and five business books each from the Mann, Ivanov and Ferber publishing house - the choice of the winners.
The University of California at Berkeley (official site www.berkeley.edu) is the oldest campus of the University of California founded in 1868. This US institution of higher education is included in the list of the best universities in the world. And according to U.S. News & World Report, is a public university.
one of the oldest buildings at the University of Berkeley
This US educational center became famous primarily for its powerful base for training specialists in physics, IT and computer technology (the BSD operating system was created here), as well as in economics. In these areas, the university is a worthy competitor. Scientists at the University of California at one time took an active part in the development of atomic and hydrogen bombs, a laser, gave a scientific explanation for the processes occurring during photosynthesis, studied the antiproton, invented the cyclotron, and also discovered several chemical elements - plutonium, seaborgium, lawrencium, berkelium and californium .
The name of the University of California is closely associated with the most famous student movements and rebellions. The most striking evidence of the unprecedented activity of local students is the Movement for Freedom of Speech (1964), the Uprising in the People's Park (1968) and many others. However, despite numerous acts of dissatisfaction on the part of students, the Berkeley campus, inspiring with its architecture and a wide variety of green areas, is today considered very calm and conducive to the fruitful development of knowledge.
University structure
The main elements of the vast university hierarchy are 14 colleges and schools organized under 130 faculties of Berkeley. The colleges are open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Schools only accept graduate students.
Berkeley University Library building
- Walter School of Business
- School of Journalism
- School of Education
- School of Science and Literacy
- Community Health School
- School of Optometry
- School of Social Protection
- Boalt Law School
- Goldman School of Public Policy
- School of Information Technology
- College of External Design
- College of Natural Resources
- College of Engineering
- College of Chemistry
Laboratory them. Lawrence at Berkeley
A special pride of the campus is the National Laboratory. Lawrence at Berkeley, founded on August 26, 1931. Looking at the photo of this laboratory, you can visualize the scale of this outstanding structure. The laboratory occupies 0.8 sq. km of territory, and the number of permanent employees working in it reaches 4000 people.
Students have the opportunity to use 32 excellent libraries, visit museums, film archives and other scientific and educational facilities on campus.
Admission
Every year, the number of applicants wishing to enter the University of Berkeley is about 50 thousand people, of which, as a rule, no more than 25% are enrolled. According to the latest data, more than 30 thousand students and graduate students study at the university.
student housing in Berkeley
For admission to the university, applicants will need:
- a document on general secondary (higher) education;
- letters of recommendation and other documents that attest to successes and achievements in a particular area of knowledge and skills
- GMAT and TOEFL language certificates
- worthy passage of entrance examinations, the form and conditions of which vary depending on the chosen faculty and program
For students from other countries, the admission conditions do not differ from the admission procedure for Americans. So, residents of Russia, Ukraine and other countries of the world, if they wish and fully comply with the stated admission requirements, can discover a prestigious and promising future study abroad.
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A university with private parking for Nobel laureates, Berkeley is renowned as one of the best universities in the world for training physicists, economists and high-tech specialists. The diploma of the Haas Business School is highly rated, and the university itself constantly occupies the top lines in the rankings.
Story
Berkeley University is inferior in age not only to European universities, but also to educational institutions of the US East Coast. The history of the American West, often referred to as the "Wild", is very different, and local universities were founded not by the first settlers from the Old World, but by Americans discovering new regions. Berkeley was founded in 1868 at the height of the Gold Rush. Now the University of Berkeley is part of the system of public California universities, which unites 10 universities, but in the 19th century, Berkeley was the first and only university in the newly formed state. By that time, there was already a private California College (College of California) and the State College of Agriculture, Mining and Mechanical Arts (Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College). Through the merger of these educational institutions, the University of Berkeley was formed.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the new president of the university was able to attract new teachers to the university, and also provided funding for research and scholarships. By the middle of the century, Berkeley was known to the world as a major research center. During the Second World War, research was carried out here to create an atomic bomb. In the 1960s, the university was at the center of student unrest, and although the intensity of political activity has long subsided, the University of Berkeley is still famous for its liberal atmosphere and pacifist sentiments. Berkeley itself is known as the "City of Learning".
Programs
Berkeley offers nearly 8,000 courses and 350 programs leading to a bachelor's, master's, or PhD degree. The university ranks first among the number of annually awarded doctoral degrees. Berkeley is a multidisciplinary university where you can study the liberal arts, sciences, and engineering. The most popular programs are Computer Science, Economics, Political Science, Business Administration and Psychology.
Number of students A: Berkeley has over 36,000 students, with almost 26,000 undergraduate students.
Famous Alumni. Media mogul William Randolph Hearst, actor Gregory Pack, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and 29 Nobel laureates have studied at Berkeley. He studied at Berkeley, but the writer Jack London did not graduate from the university.
UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE
The University of Berkeley consists of 14 colleges and schools, most of which are divided into departmental departments. Unlike many other universities, Berkeley College is not a purely undergraduate department. Many Berkeley colleges offer a master's degree and research work leading to a PhD degree.
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences(College of Letters and Science) is the largest college in Berkeley. It consists of 60 departments and departments and offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs in Biology, Art, Humanities, Physics and Social Sciences.
College website: www.ls.berkeley.edu - Walter Haas School of Business(Haas School of Business) is a prestigious business school where you can get a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, as well as a doctoral degree in business and economics.
School website: www.haas.berkeley.edu - College of Chemistry(College of Chemistry) consists of the Department of "Chemistry" and "Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering". Undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs are offered.
College website: www.chemistry.berkeley.edu - Graduate School of Education(Graduate School of Education) prepares educators, civil servants and legislators for the education sector.
School website: www.gse.berkeley.edu - College of Applied Sciences(College of Engineering) offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs in Bioengineering, Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering.
College website: www.engineering.berkeley.edu - College of Environmental Design(College of Environmental Design) awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban and regional planning.
College website: www.ced.berkeley.edu - School of Information(School of Information) is the youngest and smallest school in Berkeley. The school offers master's and postgraduate programs focused on research work in the field of information creation and communication. Among the subjects studied are computer science, design, sociology, management and law.
School website: www.ischool.berkeley.edu - Graduate School of Journalism(Graduate School of Journalism) - a prestigious faculty of journalism, where you can get a master's degree.
School website: www.journalism.berkeley.edu - School of Law(School of Law) - a very respected division of the University of Berkeley, which annually accepts less than three hundred out of 7 thousand applicants.
School website: www.law.berkeley.edu - College of Natural Resources(College of Natural Resources) includes the departments of agricultural economics, ecology, agricultural management and environmental protection. Bachelor's, Master's and Doctor of Science degrees are awarded.
College website: www.nature.berkeley.edu - School of Optometry(School of Optometry) is engaged in research and teaching work in the field of optometry.
School website: www.optometry.berkeley.edu - School of Public Health(School of Public Health) offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs in biostatistics, epidemiology, public health management, vaccinology, nutrition, maternal and child health.
School website: www.sph.berkeley.edu - Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy(Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy) awards master's and doctoral degrees in public administration.
School website: www.gspp.berkeley.edu - School of Social Welfare(School of Social Welfare) trains specialists in the social service and is engaged in research in the field of social policy.
School website: www.socialwelfare.berkeley.edu
The structure of the university also includes three central libraries, 18 specialized and 11 specialized libraries.
ADMISSION CONDITIONS
Undergraduate
Graduates of secondary schools, including Russian ones, can enter the Berkeley undergraduate program. The selection committee, when considering applications, takes into account two main points - meeting the requirements of the university and selecting the best students from the applicants who applied. Therefore, everything is important - grades, academic success, and personal qualities.
Applicants must provide the results of the ACT Plus Writing or SAT Reasoning Test, information about the grades received in high school (if you plan to start studying at the university immediately after high school, but you do not need to wait for a certificate, you can provide transcripts of grades starting from grade 9, and provide an official certificate after receiving it and enrolling in the university). Recommendations are not required for undergraduate admission, but some schools and departments may require them.
Applicants who have completed their secondary education in a language other than English must also provide TOEFL or IELTS scores.
General information for undergraduate applicants: www.admissions.berkeley.edu
Information for undergraduate international students: www.admissions.berkeley.edu/internationalstudents
Master's and Postgraduate Studies
The basic requirements for admission to graduate programs at Berkeley are a bachelor's degree, a high grade point average for the diploma, and the necessary experience for research work (this is especially important for graduate students).
In addition to the basic requirements, many schools and faculties have their own requirements, including the results of the GRE or GMAT exams. Specify in advance what are the requirements for admission to your chosen specialization. Foreigners educated in a language other than English are also required to provide TOEFL scores. You will also need three recommendations, and in some cases an essay or motivation letter, why you want to study in this program and in Berkeley.
Information for graduate and graduate applicants: www.grad.berkeley.edu/admissions/apply/
MBA
The main criteria for selection to a business school are the candidate's professional experience, academic abilities and personal qualities. Applicants must fill out an application online, attach a resume, essay, references, transcripts of grades obtained (for example, in undergraduate studies), GMAT or GRE test results, TOEFL or IELTS test results. After reviewing the application, the business school invites candidates for an interview, which can be held on campus or in different cities around the world.
Business School Admission Information: www.mba.haas.berkeley.edu/admissions/
COST OF TRAINING (per year):
- Undergraduate. 13 thousand dollars
- Master's degree. From $13,000 to $29,000. The most expensive programs are Business, Law, Medicine, and Architecture.
- Postgraduate. From $13,000 to $29,000. Tuition fees are usually covered by scholarships and grants. Graduate students also receive salaries for teaching and research work.
- MBA. 28 thousand dollars
Scholarships
More than 60% of undergraduate students receive financial assistance to pay for tuition - full or partial. Most often, scholarships are provided by external private foundations. About a third of students receive scholarships based on low family income. According to statistics, there are more low-income students at Berkeley on scholarships than at all Ivy League universities combined.
General financial aid information for Berkeley students: www.berkeley.edu/apply/aid.shtml
Information about scholarships and grants for undergraduate students: www.admissions.berkeley.edu/typesofaid
Master's and PhD students can receive a scholarship or research grant. As a rule, all graduate students receive financial assistance in various forms, covering the cost of education.
Information about scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students: www.grad.berkeley.edu/financial/fellowships/
University of California at Berkeley
The cost of the programs indicated on the website includes not only a full package of services (including visa processing, insurance, bank transfer, round-the-clock communication with parents and monitoring of the traveler during the trip, multimillion-dollar financial guarantees and an official detailed contract approved by the supervisory authority), but also a special , individual service for each pupil / student " Albion+»: testing before departure, organization of preparation for classes at the summer school before the start of the trip, drawing up an individual training plan during the stay at the summer school, monitoring the implementation of individual tasks by foreign teachers, a detailed report on the results of the educational trip.
The level of service and capabilities of Albion also allows, at the request of parents, to organize meetings with world celebrities, visits to scientific laboratories and creative workshops, acquaintance with the work of world-famous universities and companies during the student's stay at the Summer School.
Accommodation conditions:
Students live in the university residence on campus. Modern rooms are designed to accommodate two people. Toilets and bathrooms are available in sufficient quantity on each floor. Each residence has common recreation areas where children can relax, chat, watch TV or play games.
The program includes three balanced meals a day. On Sunday, students are offered a late breakfast combined with lunch (brunch). During the excursions, students receive a packed lunch.
Description of the training center:
San Francisco is a world tourist destination, and is famous for its cold summer fogs, steep hills and mix of Victorian and modern architecture. City attractions include the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, the cable car system, Coit Tower, and Chinatown. During the years of the gold rush, a lot of Chinese workers came to the city to work in the gold mines, and in the future - to work on the transcontinental railway. Chinatown was and remains one of the largest in the country. One fifth of San Francisco residents are Chinese, this is one of the largest Chinese diasporas in the world. The climate in San Francisco is generally similar to the Mediterranean climate, characterized by mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers. San Francisco is surrounded by water on three sides, so its climate is influenced by the rather cool Pacific Ocean in the area due to the cold currents, which leads to a mild climate with little seasonal temperature fluctuations.
San Francisco is located near two tectonic faults, which are the cause of frequent earthquakes. Small earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay area occur intermittently.
The Junior Summer Program is hosted at UC Berkeley, the oldest of UC Berkeley's ten campuses. According to numerous rankings, it is the best public university in the US. It was founded in 1868 and covers an area of about 5 km². It is world famous as one of the best centers for training specialists in computer technology, economics, and physics. Berkeley physicists played a key role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and the hydrogen bomb afterward. Berkeley scientists invented the cyclotron, explored the antiproton, played a key role in the development of the laser, explained the processes underlying photosynthesis, and discovered many chemical elements, including seaborgium, plutonium, berkelium, lawrencium, and californium. From the walls of the university came 20 Nobel laureates.
Students are tested at the beginning of the course, as well as at the end of the course to visualize the progress of each student. At the end of the program, students receive certificates.
Classes are held five days a week (from Monday to Friday) for 4 lessons per day in groups of no more than 15 people. Lessons can take place both in the morning and in the afternoon. The lessons are divided into two parts. First part: language immersion, including the development of grammar and vocabulary through tasks and exercises. The second part: activities to improve fluency skills. To do this, students are offered various projects, such as designing a website or poster, staging a short play, etc. Students are given educational materials designed for a two-week program and revealing the following topics: American life; money, numbers and shopping; food and diet; hobbies and sports; school and work; health; weather and seasons; entertainment and fame.
For each excursion, students prepare in advance in the classroom, studying brief information about the place visited.
Sport:
football, volleyball, tennis, swimming, baseball, table tennis, basketball, badminton
Excursions and entertainment program:
After classes and in the evenings, students are given the chance to take part in cultural and leisure activities that enhance their learning experience. Along with numerous sports activities, various activities are organized, including art, drama, excursions to local attractions, dancing and more.
On Saturdays, full-day excursions are organized, on Sundays - half-day excursions, or activities at the camp. In the list of sightseeing trips and visits: San Francisco - Golden Gate Bridge, Union Square, Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf (among the attractions of Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco Marine National Historical Park, a cannery, an old chocolate factory, Ghirardelli Square, a museum of mechanics and a museum wax figures, numerous restaurants and stands selling seafood), Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Auckland.
Cost of education:
The current cost of the program can be clarified by calling the Albion company by phone or by sending an e-mail
Today, it is quite easy for graduates of elite foreign universities to find a job in the labor market. They are in demand in many large companies and organizations. And this is understandable: what you get implies that students have skills that are in demand and a good assimilation of relevant knowledge. Many US universities have been consistently on the list of the world's best universities for a long time.
Top American Schools
There is hardly a person who does not know how prestigious it is to study at Princeton, Yale or Harvard. These are members of the famous "Ivy League" - the eight best American universities. Only six to ten percent of foreign citizens can enter them. It is these educational institutions that lead the United States. These are Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Cornell and Dortmund elite universities.
Benefits of studying in the USA
The best American educational institutions offer a balanced curriculum developed by world-famous teachers. Studying at US universities gives students the opportunity to gain knowledge that they are given by outstanding professors, world leaders, heads of large companies. According to statistics, about ninety-five percent of Ivy League graduates find a fairly high-paying job within six months of receiving their graduation diploma. Many of them today occupy very prestigious positions, but the most talented ones have become Nobel Prize winners or
The libraries of American universities have collected a huge number of books and journals, publications, and rare manuscripts. Their study provides students with an extensive knowledge base in any direction. The most impressive library, which Columbia University in New York is proud of, consists of more than ten million books.
When choosing the United States for higher education, many, including Russians, rely on progressiveness. After all, studying at prestigious world universities becomes a chance to become a member of a developed society.
Public or private
At present, the urgent question of where to go to study has received a new semantic connotation. Applicants are faced with a choice: where is it better to carry documents - to a public or private university.
In our country, it has already been established from the outset that a state university necessarily issues a more prestigious, reliable and, most importantly, high-quality diploma. However, such a formulation of the question is completely absent abroad. For example, according to the American system of higher education, not a single university is subject to state management. Educational institutions that are located on the territory of a particular state are only controlled and licensed by local authorities. However, they do not in any way interfere with accreditation and, moreover, do not guarantee the quality of education. These two functions are assigned to non-governmental and independent organizations.
Where is the best place to study
It is impossible to answer the question of which American educational institutions are more prestigious - private or public universities in the United States. According to polls, the list of the most popular on a global scale includes both the first and second. At the same time, it should be noted that the list of the so-called Ivy League, which includes the oldest American universities that provide the most fundamental knowledge and quality education, includes mainly private universities.
But in this case, it is the name of the university that is valued, and not the form of its ownership. At the same time, many large state educational institutions have rich traditions and a fairly long history. They work closely with the leadership of the states in whose territory they are located, and in some cases are financed from the government budget. As a rule, US public universities are organized as centers of scientific and social life of the territorial division and attract many foreign citizens. And since education in them is cheaper than studying in private universities, and at the same time they are more prestigious, their popularity is much higher.
State universities operate both in metropolitan areas and in small towns. Many of them have a wide network of branches - campuses scattered throughout the state.
Payment
State higher education institutions are managed by specially organized boards of trustees. They are in varying degrees dependent on the state. As a rule, higher education institutions in the United States are controlled by regional authorities and are not subordinate to the federal department of education - the ministry.
Thanks to the financial support received from the state, the cost of education in such universities is somewhat lower than in private universities. However, it is still quite high. In addition, as in many countries, it grows from year to year, so middle-income Americans have to apply for a bank loan to study at a public university.
The University of California
The University of California is one of the most famous scientific and educational centers in the world. This university shares the third place in the ranking with the Michigan Higher Educational Institution. Both of these universities are considered the most prestigious in the United States.
More than 200,000 students are currently studying in various departments of the University of California (UC). The University of California was transformed in 1868 from the college of the same name. Among its graduates and lecturers there are Nobel laureates and owners of many prestigious awards in various fields of science and art.
The California university trains specialists in business and economics, medicine and public relations, ecology and agriculture. Students are offered several hundred scientific and educational programs to choose from.
The University of California is a conglomeration of eleven campuses - campuses, which are located in many cities in California. The main one is located in In addition to it, there are divisions in Belmont, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, Merced, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz. In addition, the university includes the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Hastings College of Law.
Campus at Berkeley
As part of the University of California system, this branch consists of ten independent universities, each of which is autonomous and has its own administration and finances. Berkeley is the oldest in the UC conglomerate of campuses. It is located in the city of the same name, not far from San Francisco. UC Berkeley is the only public institution in the top 25 universities in the United States.
Story
In 1866, the land on which Berkeley is located today was bought by a private college. But because he lacked financial resources, he eventually had to merge with the local government-run state industrial and agricultural schools. The founding document, according to which the united university at Berkeley was created, was signed by G. Hait. It happened on March 23, 1868.
The University of California at Berkeley began its activities in September of the following year. In 1871, the Board of Regents of the university decided to admit to it on an equal footing with men and women. It was a very progressive decision for that time.
Development
The donations received from the Hearst family, the magnates who began to sponsor the university from the last decade of the nineteenth century, contributed a lot to the fact that the educational institution functioned normally. As a public university, the University of Berkeley has successfully attracted private and educational purposes for research purposes. However, in time, funding has declined sharply. Nevertheless, the University of Berkeley was able to maintain a leading position in the US higher education system. By 1942, according to the Board of Education, Berkeley was second only to Harvard on many counts.
During World War II, the University Radiation Laboratory also played a significant role in the development of atomic weapons. For example, the discovery of plutonium by Professor G. Seaborg contributed a lot to this.
Undergraduate studies
The tuition fee at the University of Berkeley for the first stage is on average about thirty thousand dollars with accommodation on campus. This amount includes tuition, housing, food, books and other necessary benefits. In addition, students have to pay money for personal needs and transport. Nevertheless, the cost of studying at the University of Berkeley is significantly lower than in other leading research universities. This is due to state status. In addition, approximately seventy-five percent of undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid.
The cost of studying for master's or doctoral programs is much higher. It is about 33 thousand dollars for residents of this state and almost 50 for non-residents.
Subdivisions
With 130 faculties of this university, 14 schools and colleges are organized. The latter are for students only. In turn, "schools" are postgraduate. Colleges have the following specializations: Chemistry, External Design, Literature and Science, Natural Resources. In the list of schools - pedagogical, legal, medical, public policy named after Goldman, social protection. There is also a focus on journalism and information technology. However, the most popular is the School of Business, named after Walter Haas.
Statistics
Berkeley University today has more than 50 thousand applicants, of which only 25% will be enrolled in the university. The total number of students is almost 40,000, of which 11,000 students are masters and doctoral students.