University of California system

The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. It has about 235,000 students enrolled at the campuses Berkeley, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Davis, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Riverside, San Diego and Merced. UC Davis has about 32, 000 students.
The University of California's campuses boast large numbers of distinguished faculty in almost every field and it is widely regarded as one of the top public university systems in the world. By the Academic Ranking of World Universities, one of its campuses, UC Berkeley, is ranked second worldwide among public and private universities, and three—Berkeley, Los Angeles, and San Diego—are ranked among the top 15.