UC Berkeley Academic and Faculty Distinctions

The Times of London Higher Education Supplement recently ranked the University of California Berkeley #2 in its survey of the best universities in the world

Ranks first nationally in the number of graduate programs in the top 10 in their fields (National Research Council)

The only university with Ph.D. programs ranked in the top five across all 15 categories in the 2006 edition of US News and World Report's listing of top graduate schools

Ranked #2 in the nation, after MIT, in the 2006 Washington Monthly College Rankings, based on three main criteria: performance as an engine of social mobility, research output, and promotion of a service ethic

The leading institution in awarding doctoral degrees to minorities and women

20 Nobel Prize laureates (including the late Haas Professor John Harsanyi)

201 American Association for the Advancement of Science Awards

29 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Awards

76 Fulbright Scholars

383 Guggenheim Fellows

28 MacArthur Fellows

85 National Academy of Engineering Awards

131 National Academy of Sciences Awards

14 National Medal of Science Awards

92 Sloan Fellows

5 Wolf Prizes

3 Pulitzer Prizes

1 National Poet Laureate