Berkeley, California, United States
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The University of California, Berkeley, is recognized worldwide for its commitment to academic excellence. It has received an A++ rating by GyanDhan Grading. This grading system is unique because it combines various public university and course rankings from top publishers, organizing them into nine categories ranging from A++ to C. This approach considers the availability of courses in specific countries and evaluates universities based on their locations.
In the QS 2025 University Ranking, UC Berkeley is ranked #12, a slight drop from its previous position at #10 in 2024. In the Times Higher Education (THE) University Ranking for 2024, UC Berkeley is placed at #9, which is a decrease from its #8 spot in 2023. Additionally, in the US News National University category for 2024, UC Berkeley is ranked #15. These rankings reflect a slight decline in its positions over the past year.
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Universities | 4 | 5 | – / – |
| National University | 20 | 15 | 17 |
| Best Graduate Law Schools | 9 | 10 | – / – |
| Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Biomedical Engineering PG | 4 | 6 | – / – |
| Chemical Engineering PG | 2 | 2 | – / – |
| Civil Engineering PG | 1 | 2 | – / – |
| Computer Engineering PG | 2 | 1 | – / – |
| Electrical Engineering PG | 2 | 3 | – / – |
| Entrepreneurship MBA | 5 | 4 | – / – |
| Finance MBA | 8 | 8 | – / – |
| Graduate Business School | 11 | 7 | – / – |
| Information Systems MBA | 14 | 14 | – / – |
| MBA Business Analytics | 6 | 7 | – / – |
| Mechanical Engineering PG | 3 | 3 | – / – |
| Supply Chain Management MBA | 20 | 21 | – / – |
| UG Business | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| UG Computer Engineering | 3 | – / – | 5 |
| UG Electrical-Electronic and Communications Engineering | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| UG Mechanical Engineering | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMBA | 14 | 7 | 19 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World University | 27 | 10 | 12 |
| Accounting and Finance | 9 | 9 | – / – |
| Architecture and Built Environment | 9 | 9 | – / – |
| Art and Design | 51 | 51 | – / – |
| Biological Sciences | 7 | 11 | – / – |
| Communication and Media Studies | 12 | 13 | – / – |
| Engineering and Technology | 5 | 5 | – / – |
| Global MBA | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| Law and Legal Studies | 9 | 9 | – / – |
| Mathematics | 6 | 6 | – / – |
| Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | 6 | 7 | – / – |
| Performing Arts | 51 | 50 | – / – |
| Physics and Astronomy | 7 | 7 | – / – |
| Politics | 9 | 9 | – / – |
| Sociology | 5 | 4 | – / – |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Arts and Humanities | 8 | 7 | – / – |
| Clinical and Health | 19 | 11 | – / – |
| Engineering | 3 | 6 | – / – |
| Law | 13 | 6 | – / – |
| Life Sciences | 9 | 9 | – / – |
| PG Business and Economics | 7 | 4 | – / – |
| PG Computer Science | 8 | 10 | – / – |
| Psychology | 6 | 5 | – / – |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universities | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Law | 8 | 8 | – / – |
| Mathematics | 14 | 26 | – / – |
| Physics | 6 | 4 | – / – |
| Political Sciences | 12 | 13 | – / – |
| Sociology | 5 | 8 | – / – |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| US News & World Report - Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| US News & World Report - UG Computer Engineering | 3 | 3 | - |
| US News & World Report - UG Mechanical Engineering | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| US News & World Report - UG Electrical-Electronic and Communications Engineering | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| US News & World Report - UG Business | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Law and Legal Studies | - | 9 | 9 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Law | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| US News & World Report - Best Graduate Law Schools | - | 9 | 9 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Law | - | 14 | 13 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Sociology | - | 5 | 5 |
| QS - Politics | - | 9 | 9 |
| QS - Communication and Media Studies | - | 11 | 12 |
| QS - Art and Design | - | 51 | 51 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Political Sciences | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Sociology | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Arts and Humanities | - | 9 | 8 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Architecture and Built Environment | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT (Financial Times) - GMBA | - | 14 | 7 |
| US News & World Report - MBA Business Analytics | - | 6 | 6 |
| US News & World Report - Finance MBA | - | 8 | 8 |
| QS - Global MBA | - | 11 | 11 |
| US News & World Report - Entrepreneurship MBA | - | 5 | 5 |
| US News & World Report - Graduate Business School | - | 8 | 11 |
| US News & World Report - Information Systems MBA | - | - | 14 |
| Bloomberg - Best Business School USA | 7 | 14 | 10 |
| US News & World Report - Supply Chain Management MBA | - | - | 20 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Performing Arts | 48 | 51 | 50 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Accounting and Finance | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - PG Business and Economics | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Physics and Astronomy | - | 6 | 7 |
| QS - Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | - | 6 | 6 |
| QS - Mathematics | - | 5 | 6 |
| QS - Biological Sciences | - | 7 | 7 |
| QS - Engineering and Technology | - | 9 | 5 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Mathematics | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Physics | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| US News & World Report - Computer Engineering PG | - | 2 | 2 |
| US News & World Report - Electrical Engineering PG | - | 1 | 2 |
| US News & World Report - Mechanical Engineering PG | - | 3 | 3 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Life Sciences | - | 9 | 9 |
| US News & World Report - Civil Engineering PG | - | 1 | 1 |
| US News & World Report - Chemical Engineering PG | - | 2 | 2 |
| US News & World Report - Biomedical Engineering PG | - | 4 | 4 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Engineering | - | 3 | 3 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - PG Computer Science | - | 8 | 8 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Psychology | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Clinical and Health | 14 | 19 | 11 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Accounting and Finance | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Architecture and Built Environment | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Performing Arts | 48 | 51 | 50 |
| QS - Art and Design | 51 | 51 | 51 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Arts and Humanities | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT (Financial Times) - GMBA | - | 14 | 7 |
| US News & World Report - UG Business | - | 3 | 2 |
| US News & World Report - MBA Business Analytics | - | 6 | 6 |
| US News & World Report - Finance MBA | - | 8 | 8 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - PG Business and Economics | - | 6 | 7 |
| QS - Global MBA | - | 11 | 11 |
| US News & World Report - Entrepreneurship MBA | - | 5 | 5 |
| US News & World Report - Graduate Business School | - | 8 | 11 |
| US News & World Report - Information Systems MBA | - | - | 14 |
| Bloomberg - Best Business School USA | 7 | 14 | 10 |
| US News & World Report - Supply Chain Management MBA | - | - | 20 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| QS - Engineering and Technology | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| US News & World Report - Computer Engineering PG | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| US News & World Report - Electrical Engineering PG | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| US News & World Report - Mechanical Engineering PG | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| US News & World Report - Civil Engineering PG | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| US News & World Report - Chemical Engineering PG | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| US News & World Report - Biomedical Engineering PG | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Engineering | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - PG Computer Science | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| US News & World Report - Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| US News & World Report - UG Computer Engineering | 3 | 3 | - |
| US News & World Report - UG Mechanical Engineering | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| US News & World Report - UG Electrical-Electronic and Communications Engineering | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Sociology | - | 5 | 5 |
| QS - Politics | - | 9 | 9 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Political Sciences | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Sociology | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Psychology | - | 5 | 6 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Law and Legal Studies | - | 9 | 9 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Law | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| US News & World Report - Best Graduate Law Schools | - | 9 | 9 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Law | - | 14 | 13 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Communication and Media Studies | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Clinical and Health | 14 | 19 | 11 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Physics and Astronomy | - | 6 | 7 |
| QS - Mathematics | - | 5 | 6 |
| QS - Biological Sciences | - | 7 | 7 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Mathematics | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Physics | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Life Sciences | - | 9 | 9 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Biological Sciences | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Life Sciences | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| US News & World Report - Biomedical Engineering PG | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| US News & World Report - Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE (Times Higher Education) - PG Business and Economics | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| US News & World Report - Chemical Engineering PG | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| US News & World Report - Civil Engineering PG | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE (Times Higher Education) - PG Computer Science | 8 | 8 | 10 |
| US News & World Report - UG Computer Engineering | 3 | 3 | - |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| US News & World Report - Electrical Engineering PG | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| US News & World Report - UG Electrical-Electronic and Communications Engineering | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Ranked by | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| US News & World Report - Information Systems MBA | 14 | 14 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Mathematics | - | 5 | 6 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Mathematics | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| US News & World Report - Mechanical Engineering PG | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| US News & World Report - UG Mechanical Engineering | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Physics and Astronomy | - | 6 | 7 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Physics | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Politics | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Ranked by | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| US News & World Report - Supply Chain Management MBA | 20 | 21 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Accounting and Finance | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Politics | - | 9 | 9 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Political Sciences | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Psychology | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Sociology | - | 5 | 5 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Sociology | 5 | 5 | 8 |
