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People collect trash that can be recycled and traded from the sea of garbage in the Citarum River, the one of polluted river in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.

A world without plastic pollution? A new paper shows it’s possible

News | November 14, 2024

‘Berkeley invested in me’: One statistics alum’s story

News | November 7, 2024

Robots could help close surgeons’ skill gaps and improve patient outcomes

News | October 30, 2024

A vial of COF-999, which is yellow, with UC Berkeley’s landmark campanile in the background.

Capturing carbon from the air just got easier

News | October 23, 2024

UC Berkeley alum uses data science to shape California's energy future

News | October 22, 2024

Public trust in U.S. elections is decreasing. But should it be?

News | October 15, 2024

Program trains data scientists who are transforming medicine

News | October 8, 2024

Bronwyn Lucas on the right, Preeya Khanna on the left.

Faculty in computational biology and neuroscience win notable NIH award

News | October 8, 2024

How UC Berkeley researchers are making online spaces safer for all

News | October 1, 2024

THE FUTURE OF DATA SCIENCE

Announcing the new college at Berkeley

The College of Computing, Data Science, and Society will help meet skyrocketing student demand for training that’s accessible, interdisciplinary, and human-centered.

Announcement

VISION FOR THE COLLEGE

FACTS & STATS

Highlights and achievements

top ranked

undergraduate data science program and graduate computer science program

1 in 5

of 30,000+ undergraduate students at Berkeley take a data science class each year

43% women

nearly half of data science undergraduate students at Berkeley are women

#2 ranked

undergraduate computer science program and graduate statistics program