The University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering (branded as Berkeley Engineering) is the engineering school of the University of California, Berkeley, a public research university in Berkeley, California.
Berkeley Engineering is particularly well known for producing many successful entrepreneurs; among its alumni are co-founders and CEOs of some of the largest companies in the world, including Apple, Boeing, Google, Intel, and Tesla.
Built in 1907, Hearst Memorial Mining Building is home to the college's department of materials science and engineering
The College of Letters and Science (L&S) also 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.[2][3] Berkeley's chemical engineering department is under the College of Chemistry.
Students
There are approximately 4,100 undergraduates in the College of Engineering, which for the 2021-2022 application cycle had an acceptance rate of 7.6%,[4] while Berkeley as a whole had a 14% acceptance rate. The Management, Entrepreneurship & Technology (M.E.T.) 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%.[5][6][7] 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.[8] Once within the college, it is possible to change majors with the approval of Engineering Student Services. It is extremely difficult for undergraduates in other colleges at Berkeley to transfer into Engineering, as they can only be admitted if a current engineering undergraduate drops.[9] The college accepts transfer applications, although only 9% of the over 2,300 junior transfer applicants were admitted for the 2015–16 academic year.[10][11]
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 or school at Berkeley.[12][13] 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, including Pioneers in Engineering, Hackers @ Berkeley, Berkeley Engineers and Mentors, and the Open Computing Facility. Many students belong to the student chapters of their corresponding professional organizations (e.g. the American Nuclear Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, or Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).[14]
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 master's and 244 doctorate degrees as well as 889 professional master's degrees.[1][15]
The college's enrollment is approximately 32% women. Berkeley has one of the oldest, most active and most award-winning sections of the Society of Women Engineers; established in 1975, it has been recognized as a "Gold" "Outstanding Collegiate Section" for the past seven years. 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][12][16][17]
Electronics Research Laboratory - the largest ORU; advanced research in novel areas within seven different university departments, organized into five main divisions:
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center
Berkeley Wireless Research Center
Berkeley Northside Research Group
Micro Systems Group
Engineering Systems Research Center - focuses on manufacturing, mechatronics, and microelectro mechanical systems (MEMS)
Institute for Environmental Science and Engineering - focuses on applying basic research to current and future environmental problems
Institute of Transportation Studies - sponsors research in transportation planning, policy analysis, environmental concerns and transportation system performance
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