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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Robert J. Birgeneau, Chancellor
Representative: Don McQuade, Vice Chancellor

The University of California, Berkeley, established in 1868, is one of the world's premiere public universities, with superb research facilities and a distinguished faculty that includes Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners, National Academy of Science members and Guggenheim Fellows. Berkeley is ranked the best overall graduate institution in the nation and offers more than 50 organized research units, including the Space Sciences Laboratory, the Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics, the Institute of East Asian Studies and the Graduate School of Journalism. Berkeley also ranks first in the number of distinguished programs for faculty scholarship. The university's student body is unique in its diversity and variety: no single racial, ethnic or cultural group forms a majority of its students.

The Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley encourages students to gain a broad understanding of current affairs and develop expertise in specialized subjects along with traditional journalism practices. The two-year program leading to a Master of Journalism allows students to take up to one-third of their coursework in other departments and schools. Joint degree programs in combination with Asian, Latin American, international and area studies are also available. The school's programs include mid-career training for journalists and the Berkeley China Internet Project.