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Graduate programs

Berkeley’s overall engineering graduate program is ranked third in the country by U.S. News & World Report, and our individual departments are all ranked in the top ten — 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. In state-of-the-art classrooms, facilities, labs and studios, they 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

Hossein Heidari, mechanical engineering graduate student, watches as a new, light-based 3D printer replicates a model of Rodin's "The Thinker" statue from resin

Applied Science & Technology

Applied Science and Technology (AS&T) focuses on studies involving the application of physical and mathematical techniques to fundamental investigations and emerging areas within the physical and life sciences.

Bioengineering

Bioengineering pursues research and educational programs that open new areas of scientific inquiry, drive transformational technologies and foster a community that trains and motivates the next generation of bioengineers.

Civil and environmental engineering Ph.D. student Andrea Naranjo-Soledad researching a new water purification method dubbed ElectroClean.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering conducts cutting-edge research in evolving areas that address societal needs for well-designed and well-operated buildings, energy, transportation and water systems.

Gloria Tumushabe, EECS graduate student and founder of Afro Fem Coders, at home in Sunnyvale

Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science works at the leading edge of information science and technology with a broad impact on society. Underlying our success is a strong tradition of collaboration, close ties to industry and a supportive culture.

IEOR graduate student Igor Molybog and mathematics graduate student Maksym Zubkov, both Ukrainian, discuss strategy for using volunteer networks to distribute food and medicine in Ukraine

Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research pushes the frontiers of optimization, stochastics and data science, enabling transformative decision analytics and technologies to solve great challenges in transportation, supply chains, healthcare, energy, robotics, finance and risk management.

2022 Spring MDes Showcase at Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation

Materials Science & Engineering

Material Science and Engineering works with all-natural and synthetic materials — their extraction, synthesis, processing, properties, characterization and development for technological applications. Optimized materials are utilized in the medical device and healthcare industries, energy industries, electronics and photonics, transportation, advanced batteries and fuel cells, and nanotechnology.

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering spans all areas of energy production and transfer, as well as the vast field of system design and control. Our faculty’s current research projects include robotics, miniaturization, automated manufacturing, automated highway systems, biomaterials, computer mechanics, improved efficiency internal combustion engines and the dynamics and control of both ground vehicles and aircraft.

Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear Engineering trains students to address some of today’s greatest challenges in industry, government and national laboratories. Our faculty are conducting research in fields like energy systems and the environment; fission reactor analysis; fuel cycles and radioactive waste; fusion science and technology; laser, particle beam and plasma technologies; nuclear thermal hydraulics; and risk, safety and large-scale systems analysis, and much more.

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.

Berkeley Engineering Graduate At-A-Glance: Download the printable brochure (PDF) with data on our graduate students, faculty, alumni, rankings and contact information.