University House, Berkeley, Mediterranean villa residence at University of California, Berkeley, US.

University House is a two-story classical Mediterranean villa designed by Albert Pissis, with a triple-arched recessed portico facing south onto the campus axis and round bays with balustrades at its east and west ends. John Galen Howard designed the interior and grounds in 1910; the ground floor holds reception and dining rooms, while the chancellor's private quarters occupy the second floor.

Ground was broken on May 16, 1901, with Phoebe Apperson Hearst presiding, on a site that Émile Bénard's 1899 ROMA plan had reserved for a jurisprudence building. Albert Pissis designed the house, but funds ran short and work stopped in September 1902; it was completed in 1907 and used temporarily as seminar rooms for 2,669 students. Benjamin Ide Wheeler moved in just before Charter Day, March 23, 1911.

The house is named for its role as an official residence and event venue rather than a museum. Its ground floor hosts receptions, while the Chancellor and spouse live in private quarters upstairs. Art on loan from the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive hangs in the house. Ida Sproul, wife of President Robert Gordon Sproul, stored the art and furniture of interned professor Chiura Obata in the attic during World War II.

The grounds cover 2+1⁄2 acres (1.0 ha), with the formal gardens lying east of the house and a rose garden, greenhouse and cutting garden among them. The front entrance faces south onto the campus axis running from Crescent Lawn on Oxford Street toward the Berkeley Hills. The ground floor serves receptions and events, while the second floor is the Chancellor's private quarters, so interior access is limited to official occasions.

The gardens contain a topiary clock that was received as a gift from the Swiss government. This unusual artwork adds a distinctive character to the landscape design.