s 178 acres (72 ha)[3] Total land owned 6,679 acres (2,703 ha)[4] Nobel Laureates 72[5] Colors Yale Blue California Gold Athletics 27 Varsity Teams

Oxford University is the setting for numerous works of fiction. Oxford was mentioned in fiction as early as 1400 when Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales referred to a "Clerk [student] of Oxenford". As of 1989, 533 Oxford-based novels had been identified, and the number continues to rise.[167] Famous literary works range from Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, to the trilogy His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, which features an alternate-reality version of the University.
See alsoUniversity of California, Berkeley
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University of California, Berkeley
University of California Berkeley seal.svg
Seal of U.C. Berkeley
Motto    Fiat lux (Latin)
Motto in English    Let there be light
Established    March 23, 1868
Type    Flagship
Public
Endowment    $3.03 billion[1]
Chancellor    Nicholas Dirks
Students    35,899 (Fall 2012)
Undergraduates    25,574 (Fall 2012)[2]
Postgraduates    10,125 (Fall 2012)[2]
Location    Berkeley, California, United States
Campus   
Urban
Total 1,232 acres (499 ha) Core Campus 178 acres (72 ha)[3]
Total land owned 6,679 acres (2,703 ha)[4]
Nobel Laureates    72[5]
Colors         Yale Blue
     California Gold
Athletics    27 Varsity Teams
NCAA Division I
California Golden Bears
Nickname    Golden Bears
Mascot    Oski the Bear
Affiliations    AAU
IARU
Pacific-12
University of California
Website    Berkeley.edu
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The University of California, Berkeley (also referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, or simply Cal), is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. The university occupies 1,232 acres (499 ha) on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay with the central campus resting on 178 acres (72 ha).[6] Berkeley is the flagship institution of the 10 campus University of California system and one of only two UC campuses operating on a semester calendar, the other being UC Merced.
Established in 1868 as the result of the merger of the private College of California and the public Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College in Oakland, Berkeley is the oldest institution in the UC system and offers approximately 350 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines.[7] Berkeley has been charge