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About the College

Engineering has been an integral part of the University of California since it was chartered on March 23, 1868.

The first of the nine UC campuses to be established, Berkeley's six colleges included mechanics, mining, and civil engineering. Mechanics and civil engineering merged in 1931 to form the College of Engineering, into which mining was incorporated in 1942.

The College now boasts seven academic departments and an array of interdisciplinary programs housed in 10 buildings on the northeast side of campus.

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Student Fees

2004-2005 Undergraduate Student Budget


Financial Aid

In 2004-05, 72% of undergraduates and 76% of graduates received financial aid, including scholarships, fellowships, work study and loans. A total of 50% of all undergraduates and approximately 67% of graduates received need-based awards.

College Facts

	UC Berkeley ranked #2 in top technology universities UC Berkeley is the No. 2 engineering and information technology (IT) university in the world, according to rankings published by the Times Higher Education Supplement of London. [suscription required]

Faculty

National Medal of Science		Presidential Faculty Fellow Award
National Academy of Sciences		Endowed Chairs and Professorships
National Academy of Engineering		Distinguished Teaching Award
A. M. Turing Award		Complete Honors List
NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award

National Rankings

Undergraduate Rankings
U.S. News & World Report named Berkeley the top public university for undergraduates in its most recent survey and second overall in the nation.

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Students

Because of Berkeley Engineering's reputation for excellence in teaching and research, we attract the best and the brightest students from across the nation and the world. Undergraduate students may participate in a range of activities including student research projects, high school outreach initiatives, and more than 25 student societies.

Student Employment

Sixty-one percent of undergraduates and 75 percent of graduate students work while attending Berkeley. The employed undergraduates work an average of 12 hours a week, while the employed graduate students average 20 hours a week.


Job Placement of Graduates

During the 2004-05 academic year, the campus's Career Center coordinated more than 8,000 job interviews for graduating and continuing students with over 300 firms. Approximately 700 employers participated in career fairs throughout the year, including specialized events for EECS, CEE, and BioE majors co-sponsored by the Career Center and engineering student organizations.



Alumni

Berkeley Engineering’s 53,000 alumni live in all 50 states and nearly 100 countries around the world. Currently, 62% are here in California. All Berkeley engineering graduates are members of the Engineering Alumni Society. Membership is free. Alumni serve on College boards and participate in activities such as high school outreach, student mentoring, the annual Real World Engineering (where alumni meet with current students to offer career advice), and the annual engineering alumni awards dinner. Berkeley engineering alumni stay in touch through our alumni network engineering@cal. Go Bears!


Continuing Education

University Extension offers 2,700 courses each year to more than 55,000 students. Technical courses are offered through Continuing Education in Engineering, Bioscience, biotechnology and bioinformatics.

Additionally, the College of Engineering administers Cal VIEW (Video Instruction for the Engineering World), which offers the latest on-campus courses in specific areas of engineering. Classes are available on videotape and many are offered for credit through the National Technological University, a private consortium of 52 engineering schools offering 19 master’s degrees through distance education technologies.

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Resources

Libraries

Berkeley's library is ranked third among public and private institutions (after Harvard and Yale) according to the 2002 Association of Research Libraries. Berkeley campus libraries house more than:

• 9.3 million volumes
• 83,089 current serials
• 6.5 million microform items
• and provide access to more than 8,500 electronic journals via UC's California Digital Library.

• 226,000 volumes
• 1,769 printed serials
• 735,000 technical reports
• and more than 1,600 engineering-related electronic journals.

Affiliated Facilities

Among the major facilities associated with the Berkeley campus is the Richmond Field Station, a 150-acre site where more than a dozen research programs are in progress.

Also an important resource is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a UC-managed lab that conducts unclassified research for the U.S. Department of Energy.


Research

Berkeley's College of Engineering (COE) stands at the leading-edge of cross-disciplinary research, from societal-scale systems to bioengineering and nanotechnology.

Our numerous research centers and programs conduct high-impact research, provide opportunities and financial support for graduate students, and enable faculty members to supplement one another's talents through interdisciplinary research in areas vital to the public interest.