University of California-Berkeley

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Airforce	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

University of California-Berkeley Academics

The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Additionally, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged Student Services, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Legal Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. In particular, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, ROTC, Navy, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Visiting/Exchange Student Program. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Study Skills Assistance and Tutoring. University of California: Berkeley is unique in its study options.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at University of California: Berkeley.

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General, Speech/Rhetorical Studies

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Business Administration/Management

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies

Communications & Journalism:

Mass Communications/Media Studies

Foreign Language and Literature:

Celtic, Chinese, Classics, Comparative Literature, Dutch/Flemish, French, German, ancient, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Linguistics, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish

Mathematics:

Applied Mathematics, Mathematics – General, Statistics

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science/Government, Sociology, Urban Studies

Popular majors:

twenty-one percent social sciences, twelve percent biology, eleven percent engineering, six percent business per marketing, six percent english, six percent interdisciplinary studies

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Classical/Ancient Mediterranean/Near Eastern Studies, Cognitive Science, Nutrition Sciences, Peace/Conflict Resolution Studies

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Dance, Drama/Theater Arts, Film Studies, Music – General

Computer Science:

Computer Science

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology, Botany, Cellular/Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Toxicology

Physical Sciences:

Astrophysics, Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Geology, GeophysicsSeismology, Oceanography, Physical Sciences – General, Physics

Psychology:

Psychology – General

History:

History – General

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 30th of November. Again, for international students, the application fee is 70.

University of California-Berkeley Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 26%. Remember that this can change at any time. This school requires an application fee consisting of sixty dollars regular application fee, sixty dollars out-of-state application fee, sixty dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. For one thing, there were ten thousand, four hundred and thirty-nine total number of transfer students who applied and three thousand and twenty total number of transfer students who were admitted.

Regardless of which application you submit, this school will notify you by the 31st of March. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 31st of December and the SAT subject section score is due the 31st of December. If you are a transfer student, you will be notified of your acceptance by the 1st of May. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 30th of November. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 2nd of March. The regular application is due the 30th of November.

University of California-Berkeley Financial Aid

Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics. Financial aid forms are FAFSA and State aid form. Financial aid distribution is at sixty-seven percent scholarships per grants and thirty-three percent loans per jobs.

University of California-Berkeley Students

The school’s size is approximately twenty-three thousand, four hundred and forty-seven degree-seeking undergrads. University of California: Berkeley offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and First Professional degrees. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 26 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Again, it is part of an Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. Besides, the student body consists of ninety-three percent in-state students, seven percent out-of-state students, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, forty-seven percent asian per pacific islander, three percent black per non-hispanic, ten percent hispanic, thirty percent white per non-hispanic, two percent non-resident alien, seven percent race per ethnicity unreported, ninety-nine percent in top 10th of graduating class, one hundred percent in top quarter of graduating class and one hundred percent in top half of graduating class.

This school features the Urban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. At least, the school is located 10 miles from San Francisco.Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, thirty-five percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Married Students, Apartments For Single Students, Cooperative Housing, Fraternity/Sorority Housing, Special Housing For Disabled Students, Special Housing For International Students, four-MAY deadline for housing deposit, twenty dollars amount of housing deposit, and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. Additionally, the university has many unique facilites such as museums of art, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology and vertebrate zoology; film archive; observatories; science museum and research center for K-12 education; botanical garden; libraries of rare books, Western, and Latin Americana; seismographic station; herbacia; performing arts facilities.

University of California-Berkeley Athletics

The Bears are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division IA, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Handball
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball