Engineering campus scenes: Sculpture in Mining Circle reflecting pool. (Photo by Noah Berger)Facilities
Berkeley Engineering, the second largest college at UC Berkeley, conducts research, instructional and administrative activities in more than a dozen buildings on the Berkeley campus, utilizing well over one million square feet of space. The college also has extensive large-scale engineering research facilities, including one of the world’s largest earthquake simulators, located at the 170-acre Richmond Field Station site about seven miles northwest of campus.
From state-of-the-art research laboratories to student study centers and libraries, these facilities help support the academic mission of Berkeley Engineering. These are the spaces where bold, new ideas are formed, tested and reinvented. They are where students and researchers gather to challenge conventional beliefs and methods.
Below is brief description of Berkeley Engineering’s primary facilities. Click on a thumbnail for a larger photo.
Contact
College of Engineering Facilities Office
205 McLaughlin Hall # 1700
Berkeley, CA 94720-1700
coe-facilities@berkeley.edu
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m.–noon and 1–4 p.m.
In this section
Cory Hall
Electrical engineering & computer sciences departmental offices and the electrical engineering division of EECS, Swarm Lab. Built in 1950.
Davis Hall
Civil & environmental engineering department, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, structural and earthquake engineering labs. Built in 1968.
Engineering Center
Engineering Student Services, Kresge Engineering Library, Sibley Auditorium.
Under construction: Anticipated completion in early 2025 | Construction update
Etcheverry Hall
Departments of mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering and industrial engineering & operations research. Built in 1964.
Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Materials science and engineering department, Berkeley Institute of Design. Built in 1907; major restoration completed in 2002.
Hesse Hall
Mechanical engineering, BEST Lab. Built in 1924.
Jacobs Hall
Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation. Built in 2015.
McLaughlin Hall
College dean and administrative offices, Institute of Transportation Studies. Built in 1931.
O’Brien Hall
Environmental engineering, Berkeley Water Center. Built in 1959.
Soda Hall
The computer sciences division of EECS. Built in 1994.
Stanley Hall
Bioengineering department, QB3, Center for Computational Biology, Biomolecular Nanotechnology Center. Built in 2007.
Sutardja Dai Hall
CITRIS (Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society), EECS faculty and labs, Banatao Auditorium, Marvell Nanofabrication Lab. Built in 2009.