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The University of California, Berkeley is one of the world's premier research universities. It is committed to maintaining a research environment conducive to creating and freely disseminating the very best scholarly contributions and scientific discoveries. Berkeley is consistently rated among the top institutions in the world for the quality and breadth of its research enterprise, for the scholarly distinction of its faculty, for the excellence of its Ph.D. programs, and for the amount of funding received for support of its research programs. Berkeley ranks first amongst U.S. universities in the number of its research programs considered "distinguished" (32), according to the most recent National Research Council study of American universities.