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Policies & Procedures

The primary role of the Graduate Division is to support and assist graduate students in the pursuit of their graduate degrees. This section of the Graduate Division website is a collection of resources that will aid graduate students in navigating their way towards completing their studies.

Graduate Degrees Office
Academic Appointments Office

General Procedural Information

Forms & Applications
Applications for candidacy, qualifying exams, readmission, filing fees, appeals, and more.

Guide to Graduate Policy
The comprehensive guide to graduate policies and study at UC Berkeley.

Deadlines for Master's and Doctoral Degrees
Deadlines for submitting applications for candidacy, filing fees, thesis, DNTF, and dissertations for Master's and Doctoral students.

Preparing and Filing Your Thesis or Dissertation (PDF)
Everything you need to know about preparing, organizing, and filing your thesis or dissertation. Includes sample pages, format guidelines, and electronic filing information.

Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to questions about filing fees, withdrawals, readmission, qualifying exams, diplomas, exchange programs and more.

Diploma (Office of the Registrar)
Approximately 4 months after your graduation date, you may obtain your diploma in person at the Office of the Registrar, 120 Sproul Hall, or you may request to have it mailed to you.

Human or Animal Subject Research
Requirements for Research Involving Human Subjects and Animal Subjects.

Doctoral Student Resources

Publishing Your Dissertation
The Graduate Division submits your dissertation to the University Library to be bound and shelved for public use. Learn more about submitting publishing through ProQuest, copyright registration, and other information.

Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
The SED gathers information annually from over 40,000 new U.S. research doctorate graduates about their educational histories, funding sources, and post-doctoral plans.

UC Berkeley Survey of Doctoral Students' Opinion (PDF)
Help us improve the quality of graduate education at Berkeley with your participation in this short questionnaire.

Dean's Normative Time Fellowship
For doctoral students in specific programs.

Academic Appointments

Academic Appointments Policies & Procedures
Academic appointment procedures including information about fee remision, policy exceptions, and creating an academic appointment (Graduate Student Instructor, Graduate Student Researcher, Reader, Tutor).

Policy Revisions & Updates

Policy Updates
Graduate Division memos updating policies and procedures on topics including qualifying exams, emergency loan program, student parent policies, filing fees, DNTF and more.

Related Resources

Academic Services
Help with academic writing, grant writing, dissertation writing, editing, and preparing articles for publication.

Current Research@
Search citations and abstracts of dissertations from all UC campuses.

Library Material Photoduplication Services
A variety of services from photocopies of journal articles to technical photographic work including glossy and matte prints, negatives, slides, photostats, microfiche, and microfilm.