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Home > About > Buildings & facilities > Engineering Center

A new student center for Berkeley engineers

Berkeley Engineering offers students a truly transformative educational experience, one that puts innovation, entrepreneurship, inclusion, and collaboration at its center. Our new Engineering Center will be a physical space unlike any at Berkeley — a space to support our students and fuel their passion for driving innovation and change.

Encasing the existing Bechtel Engineering Center and overlooking Memorial Glade, the new building will add 35,500 square feet across two new floors. It will provide one-stop access to the programs that help our students succeed — advising, career services, tutoring, academic and social events, and our flagship entrepreneurship activities.

Construction update: Current and upcoming activities, time-lapse videos

Photo of Chancellor Carol Christ (sixth from left) and College of Engineering dean Tsu-Jae King Liu (to the right of Christ) at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Engineering Center.

News:

  • UC Berkeley breaks ground on new Engineering Center
  • Leadership philanthropy funds new Engineering Center

3D renderings of future space

QR code for 3d interactive rendering of Engineering Center lower level (near Kresge Library)

Lower level

QR code for 3d interactive rendering of Engineering Center ground level south entrance (near Kresge Library)

Ground level (south)

QR code for 3d interactive rendering of Engineering Center forum interior

Forum interior

QR code for 3d interactive rendering of Engineering Center upper level interior

Upper level interior

QR code for 3d interactive rendering of Engineering Center south terrace

South terrace

Artist's concept of outdoor terrace at the new Engineering Student Center, with the Campanile in the background.

The Terrace

Artist's concept of central interior forum in the new Engineering Student Center.

The Forum

Artist's concept of atrium in the new Engineering Student Center.

Inclusive excellence

Artist's concept of patio space outside the new Engineering Student Center.

Engineering
Student Services

Room to grow

With planning for new programs and majors underway, space for future needs is crucial

Artist's rendering of new Engineering Student Center

The open, light-filled design will give students a place to gather and collaborate, an open, welcoming space that showcases the vibrancy of Berkeley Engineering. It will reinforce the inclusive, team-oriented culture that is Berkeley Engineering.

The building is scheduled to open in early 2025. The $95 million cost is funded entirely by philanthropy, and the final stages of fundraising for the project continue. To learn more about this transformative project and how you can support it, please contact Dale Masterson at dmasterson@berkeley.edu.

Learn more:

  • About the center: A new space for engineering leaders
  • Berkeley Capital Strategies: Engineering Center
  • To support the Engineering Center campaign, contact bef@berkeley.edu.

The Terrace

Artist's concept of outdoor terrace at the new Engineering Student Center, with the Campanile in the background.
A wrap-around terrace on the third floor offers outdoor gathering space, as well as direct views to the Campanile, Memorial Glade and the University Library.

The Forum

Artist's concept of central interior forum in the new Engineering Student Center.
Three floors will provide an active hub for collaboration and connection, with visible and open space that welcomes everyone.

Inclusive excellence

Artist's concept of atrium in the new Engineering Student Center.
Programs will include Girls in Engineering, K-12 outreach, faculty diversity and engagement.

Engineering Student Services

Artist's concept of patio space outside the new Engineering Student Center.
Expanded space for advising, counseling, tutoring, workshops, mentoring, leadership, PREP/T-PREP and more.
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