The view looks pretty good from here! In its recent rankings, Times Higher Education ranked Berkeley as the #1 public university in the U.S. The latest ranking adds to a remarkable run: The campus in recent weeks has also been named the No. 1 public university in the country by U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal and Forbes. Times Higher Education analysis focuses on five sectors: teaching, the research environment, research quality, international outlook and industry, including pa