Graduate programs

Here’s one likely reason you find yourself on this page: Berkeley’s overall engineering graduate program is ranked third in the country by U.S. News & World Report. Our individual departments are ranked between first and tenth — with most of them in the top three.

Regardless of the program they choose, our graduate students all receive a rigorous, interdisciplinary, globally aware education. Our classrooms, facilities, labs and studios are all state-of-the-art. You gain research and teaching experience under the direction of some of the finest engineering minds in the world — faculty renowned for their innovation and discovery.

Master of science and doctoral programs

• Applied Science & Technology
• Bioengineering
• Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
• Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
• Materials Science & Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering

Professional master’s programs

Want to take your next degree in the direction of a particular career? We offer seven different professional master’s programs to put you on your own unique path. Whether it’s business, medicine, design, sustainability, social entrepreneurship or another direction, we offer a master’s degree program to meet a variety of specific curricular needs. Partnering with schools, institutes and centers across campus and beyond, we’ve developed a full range of degree programs that will prepare you for your ideal career both technically and creatively.

Visit Berkeley’s Graduate Division for information about graduate student admissions, financial aid, student life and other matters.