The Cal Golden Bears are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing the University of California, Berkeley, which is the flagship institution of the ten-campus University of California system. Founded in eighteen sixty-eight, UC Berkeley is a world-renowned public research university globally celebrated for academic distinction, Nobel laureates, and pioneering research. Competing at the NCAA Division I level, the Golden Bears field comprehensive varsity programs across numerous sports, wearing iconic blue and gold colors and maintaining a proud athletic heritage.