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How to get to University of California-Berkeley by bus, BART or light rail?

Directions to University of California-Berkeley with public transportation

The following transit lines have routes that pass near University of California-Berkeley

    BusBus: 51B, 52, 7, F, 36.BARTBART: RICHMOND - DALY CITY/MILLBRAE, WARM SPRINGS/SOUTH FREMONT - RICHMOND.

How to get to University of California-Berkeley by bus?

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How to get to University of California-Berkeley by BART?

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Bus stops near University of California-Berkeley

  • Bancroft Way:College Av, 1 min walk,

Bus lines to University of California-Berkeley

  • F, Adeline - Market Transbay,
  • 7, Arlington - Shattuck - Ashby,
  • 36, Dwight - Shellmound - Adeline,
  • 51B, University - College - Rockridge,
  • 52, UC Village - Cedar - UC Campus,
  • 79, Colusa - The Alameda - Claremont,
  • 604, Head Royce - Hebrew Day - Berkeley,
  • 605, Head Royce - Montclair - College,
  • 851, College - Broadway All Nighter,
  • P-LINE, Perimeter,
Questions & Answers
  • What are the closest stations to University of California-Berkeley?

    The closest stations to University of California-Berkeley are:

    • Bancroft Way:College Av is 77 yards away, 1 min walk.
  • Which bus lines stop near University of California-Berkeley?

    These bus lines stop near University of California-Berkeley: 51B, 52, 7.

  • Which BART lines stop near University of California-Berkeley?

    These BART lines stop near University of California-Berkeley: RICHMOND - DALY CITY/MILLBRAE, WARM SPRINGS/SOUTH FREMONT - RICHMOND.

  • What’s the nearest bus stop to University of California-Berkeley?

    The nearest bus stop to University of California-Berkeley is Bancroft Way:College Av. It’s a 1 min walk away.

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Bus: 51B, 52, 7, F, 36.BART: RICHMOND - DALY CITY/MILLBRAE, WARM SPRINGS/SOUTH FREMONT - RICHMOND.

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University of California-Berkeley
University of California-BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California. It was founded in 1868 and serves as the flagship institution of the ten research universities affiliated with the University of California system. Berkeley has since grown to instruct over 40,000 students in approximately 350 undergraduate and graduate degree programs covering numerous disciplines.Berkeley is one of the 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities, with $789 million in R&D expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. Today, Berkeley maintains close relationships with three United States Department of Energy National Laboratories—Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory—and is home to many institutes, including the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and the Space Sciences Laboratory. Through its partner institution University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Berkeley also offers a joint medical program at the UCSF Medical Center.As of October 2018, Berkeley alumni, faculty members and researchers include 107 Nobel laureates, 25 Turing Award winners, and 14 Fields Medalists. They have also won 9 Wolf Prizes, 45 MacArthur Fellowships, 20 Academy Awards, 19 Pulitzer Prizes, and 207 Olympic medals (117 gold, 51 silver and 39 bronze). In 1930, Ernest Lawrence invented the cyclotron at Berkeley, based on which UC Berkeley researchers along with Berkeley Lab have discovered or co-discovered 16 chemical elements of the periodic table – more than any other university in the world. During the 1940s, Berkeley physicist J. R. Oppenheimer, the "Father of the Atomic Bomb," led the Manhattan project to create the first atomic bomb. In the 1960s, Berkeley was particularly noted for the Free Speech Movement as well as the Anti-Vietnam War Movement led by its students. In the 21st century, Berkeley has become one of the leading universities in producing entrepreneurs and its alumni have founded a large number of companies worldwide.For 2018–19, UC Berkeley ranks 5th internationally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, 27th in the QS World University Rankings, 15th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and 4th in the U.S. News & World Report Global University Rankings.[26] [27] [28] [29] Berkeley has been consistently cited as one of the six most prestigious universities in the world by Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings.

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Public transit lines with stations closest to University of California-Berkeley

Bus lines with stations closest to University of California-Berkeley