Editing Northern California (section)

== Educational institutions ==
Northern California hosts a number of world-renowned universities including [[Stanford University]] and [[University of California, Berkeley]]. Top-tier public graduate schools include [[University of California, Berkeley School of Law|Boalt Hall]] and [[University of California, Hastings College of the Law|Hastings]] law schools and [[University of California, San Francisco|UC San Francisco]] (a top-ranked medical school) and [[UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine]], the largest veterinary school in the United States.

=== Public ===
* Six [[University of California]] campuses:
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:*[[UC Berkeley]]
:*[[UC Davis]]
:*[[UC Hastings]]
:*[[UC Merced]]
:*[[UC San Francisco]]
:*[[UC Santa Cruz]]
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* Eleven [[California State University]] campuses:
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:* [[California Maritime Academy]]
:* [[California State University, Chico|Chico State]]
:* [[California State University, East Bay|CSU East Bay]]
:* [[California State University, Monterey Bay|CSU Monterey Bay]]
:* [[California State University, Fresno|Fresno State]]
:* [[Humboldt State University|Cal Poly Humboldt]]
:* [[California State University, Sacramento|Sacramento State]]
:* [[San Francisco State University|San Francisco State]]
:* [[San Jose State University|San Jose State]]
:* [[Sonoma State University|Sonoma State]]
:* [[California State University, Stanislaus|Stanislaus State]]
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* A large number of local [[California Community Colleges System|community colleges]]

=== Private ===
''(Partial list)''
* [[Academy of Art University]]
* [[California College of the Arts]]
* [[Dominican University of California]]
* [[Fresno Pacific University]]
* [[Golden Gate University]]
* [[Jessup University]]
* [[Menlo College]]
* [[Northwestern Polytechnic University]]
* [[Notre Dame de Namur University]]
* [[Pacific Union College]]
* [[Samuel Merritt University]]
* [[Santa Clara University]]
* [[Saint Mary's College of California]]
* [[Simpson University]]
* [[Stanford University]]
* [[Touro University California]]
* [[University of San Francisco]]
* [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]]

=== Research ===
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''(Partial list)''
* [[American Institute of Mathematics]]
* [[Bodega Marine Reserve]]
* [[Hopkins Marine Station]]
* [[Joint Genome Institute]]
* [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]]
* [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]]
* [[Lick Observatory]]
* [[Long Marine Laboratory]]
* [[Mathematical Sciences Research Institute]]
* [[Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute]]
* [[NASA Ames Research Center]]
* [[Owens Valley Radio Observatory]]
* [[Pacific Institute]]
* [[Point Reyes Bird Observatory]]
* [[White Mountain Peak|White Mountain Research Station]]