At the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, we believe that everyone, everywhere, has the right to a healthy life. As the School of Public Health continues our journey of more than 75 years of advancing health for all in California, the nation and around the world, there is no better time to invest in the future of our work.
UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health was the first school of its kind west of the Mississippi. Today, with more than 18,500 alumni, it is a leading institution in public health education and research—consistently ranked among the nation’s top 10 schools of public health. Our mission is to improve population health, especially for the most vulnerable, through radical collaborations, preeminent education, and transformational research on the major public health threats and opportunities of today and tomorrow.
Our distinguished legacy on a campus with a strong commitment to social justice provides a unique position from which to lead change, and the faculty, students, and alumni have been defending health as a human right in our local and global communities for over 75 years.