10/16/2026
The colors of UC Berkeley, featuring our MEng Students. Read some our history below!
1) The Campanile, also known as Sather Tower, is one of the most iconic campus buildings. This 307-foot Gothic Revival clock and bell tower was designed by campus architect John Galen Howard, modeled after St. Mark's Campanile in Venice, Italy. It was financed from early campus benefactor Jane K. Sather in memory of her late husband Peder Sather, hence the name.
2) Just like the Campanile, Sather Gate was also funded by Jane K. Sather as a memorial to her husband and designed by John Galen Howard. Before the university expanded further south to Bancroft Way, it served as the original main entrance to the campus.
3) The UC Berkeley yellow is officially California Gold, chosen in 1873 to represent the Golden State and the California Gold Rush. The blue, on the other hand, represented the California sky and ocean and for the Yale graduates who helped establish the university. The women of the classes suggested using both colors.
4) This life-size bronze statue of legendary UC Berkeley Football Coach Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf stands in the Faculty Glade on the campus. Pappy coached the California Golden Bears football team from 1947 to 1957, leading them to three consecutive Rose Bowl appearances from 1948 to 1950.
5) The Doe Memorial Library, completed in 1911, is the Neoclassical centerpiece of the UC Berkeley Library system. Funded by philanthropist Charles Franklin Doe, it was championed by University President Benjamin Ide Wheeler to establish Berkeley as a world-class institution.
