UC Berkeley College of Engineering

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University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering
Berkeley Engineering logo.svg
Type Public engineering school
Established1931;93 years ago (1931)
Parent institution
 University of California, Berkeley
Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu
Academic staff
249 (2022) [1]
Undergraduates 4041 (2022) [1]
Postgraduates 2,790 (2022) [1]
Location
Berkeley
,
California
,
United States

37°52′25.78″N122°15′32.57″W / 37.8738278°N 122.2590472°W / 37.8738278; -122.2590472
Website engineering.berkeley.edu

The University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering (Berkeley Engineering) is the engineering school of the University of California, Berkeley (a public research university in Berkeley, California). The college occupies fourteen buildings on the northeast side of the main campus and also operates the 150-acre (61-hectare) Richmond Field Station. Established in 1931, the college is considered to be one of the most prestigious and selective engineering schools in both the nation and the world. [2] [3]

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It is well-known for producing many successful entrepreneurs; [4] among its alumni are the co-founders and CEOs of the largest companies in the world, including Apple, DoorDash, Coursera, Boeing, Google, Intel, and Tesla. [1] [5] Together with the Haas School of Business (the first American business school at a public university), the college confers joint degrees and advises the university's resident start-up incubator. Founded in 2012, Berkeley SkyDeck promotes research and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley. [6]

It has become a top university incubator in the United States and worldwide; [7] [8] according to PitchBook, from 2006 to 2017, Berkeley produced 1,089 venture capital-backed entrepreneurs (second only to Stanford University) and created 961 start-up companies (more than any other university in the world). [9] [10] According to a 2023 report, Berkeley has produced the most company founders amongst all American public universities in the following categories: undergraduate, graduate, MBA, and female-specific. [11] [12]

Academics

The College of Letters and Science (L&S) offers a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, which requires many of the same courses as the College of Engineering's Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), but has different admissions and graduation criteria. It is one of the university's most selective undergraduate programs, along with the College of Engineering's EECS program; acceptance rates have been at or below 5% for both freshman and transfer applicants in recent years—5.2% for Fall 2020 EECS freshman applicants, which was lower than the MIT acceptance rate. [13] [14] Berkeley's chemical engineering department is under the College of Chemistry.

McLaughlin Hall, the college's administration building UC Berkeley College of Engineering, McLaughlin Hall.jpg
McLaughlin Hall, the college's administration building

Departments

Students

There are approximately 4,100 undergraduates in the College of Engineering, which for the 2021—22 application cycle had an acceptance rate of 7.6%, [5] while Berkeley as a whole had a 14% acceptance rate. The Management, Entrepreneurship & Technology (MET) program, a dual-degree track offered in collaboration with the Haas School of Business, is even more selective, with an acceptance rate of less than 3%. [15] [16] [17] Applicants to the college may apply directly to one of the departments and enter with a declared major or may apply as an undeclared matriculant; major declaration is required at the end of sophomore year. [18] Once within the college, it is possible to change majors with the approval of Engineering Student Services but it is difficult for undergraduates in other colleges at Berkeley to transfer into Engineering. [19] The college accepts transfer applications, although only 9% of the over 2,300 junior transfer applicants were admitted for the 2015—16 academic year. [20] [21]

Over 81% of undergraduates receive a bachelor's degree in four years, with over 90% doing so within six years. 85% of undergraduates admitted to the college graduate from the college, and 91% graduate from some college at Berkeley. [22] [23] The college has a 4-year graduation policy, with extra semesters approved only in certain cases. Engineering Student Services provides academic advising, peer tutoring, and career services to engineering students. Various student organizations are run in conjunction with the college and many students belong to the student chapters of their corresponding professional organizations. [24] Graduate admissions in the College of Engineering is administered by department. During the 2021—22 academic year, the college had 2,513 graduate students and awarded 228 masters and 244 doctorate degrees as well as 889 professional master's degrees. [1] [25]

The college's enrollment is approximately 32% women. Berkeley has one of the oldest, most active and award-winning sections of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE); established in 1975, it has been recognized with the "Outstanding Collegiate Section Gold Mission Award" at the annual SWE national conference, which is the largest gathering for women in engineering and technology. Among Berkeley engineering alumnae are a 2018 Nobel laureate, a 2008 Turing Award winner, a 2012 Turing Award winner, the first woman to receive a bachelor's degree in engineering from an American university, and the co-founders of Marvell Technology, Atheros Communications, and many other technology companies. [1] [22] [26] [27]

Built in 1907, Hearst Memorial Mining Building is home to the college's department of materials science and engineering Hearst Memorial Mining Building at UC Berkeley (52081227414).jpg
Built in 1907, Hearst Memorial Mining Building is home to the college's department of materials science and engineering

Student organizations

Research units

All research facilities are managed by one of five Organized Research Units (ORUs):

Major research centers, institutes, and programs

Notable projects

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

See also

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