A. Introduction This guide is intended for use by faculty and staff graduate advisors. It presents policies governing the sequence of steps involved in…
A1. How to use this guide Each section of this guide begins with a discussion of specific issues, citing relevant policy. Policies are often based on memos from…
A1.1 Partners in Student Progress The Graduate Council, faculty Graduate Advisers, Faculty Advisers for GSI Affairs, Faculty Equity Advisers, and Graduate Student Affairs Officers are partners of…
A1.2 Special Resources for Students with Difficulties Faculty and staff working with graduate students can refer students with specific challenges to a number of offices and programs that work…
B. Admission The Admissions office of the Graduate Division monitors all matters dealing with applications for graduate study and recommendations of admission. Changing information,…
B1. General Admission Policies The Graduate Division sets targets for total enrollment, and determines the number of admission recommendations that may be made by each program.…
B1.1 Admission and Enrollment Allocations The Graduate Division sets admission and enrollment allocations for each program. Graduate enrollment is carefully monitored by the state, and it is…
B1.2 Admission Cycle and Requirements The online application provided by the Graduate Division is available to applicants in early September each year. Graduate programs normally consider applicants…
B1.3 Evaluation of Applicants Admission to graduate study at Berkeley is granted on a competitive and equitable basis. The Graduate Council encourages programs to develop diverse…
B1.4 Redirection of an Application The Graduate Division wants to ensure that programs recruit from pools of applicants who have selected the best program for their interests.…
B1.5 Ranking of Applicants Rankings provide an objective measure of a program’s basis to recommend admission or denial for a particular candidate. The applicant’s rank enables…
B1.6 Reporting Admission Recommendations to the Graduate Division Candidates for admission who are ranked by the program within its admissions offer allocation are recommended for admission through the Graduate Admissions…
B1.7 Informing Applicants of Admission or Denial Programs must not inform applicants that they have been admitted until the official notice has been sent by the Graduate Division. When…
B1.8 Special Categories of Students Graduate students at Berkeley are normally engaged in full-time study leading to a degree. Course work only status, visiting student researcher status,…
B1.9 Documentation of Admission Decisions Admission records, including ranking procedures for each cohort, should be retained for those admitted and denied for at least two admission cycles.…
B2. Applicant Records Release of Applicant Information In compliance with California’s Information Practices Act of 1977 (IPA), the Graduate Admissions Office will release information on…
B2.1 Registration of New Graduate Students Under the CalCentral registration system, most new graduate students receive their registration information from their programs when they arrive on campus. The…
C. DIVERSITY The University of California, Berkeley, is committed to encouraging diversity in graduate education. The Graduate Diversity Program, reporting to the Vice Chancellor…
C1. Graduate Council Statement: “Diversity in Graduate Student Recruitment and Selection” — Reissued February 1998 The University has moved into the post-affirmative action era as defined by Proposition 209. There is no doubt that the recruitment, selection,…
C1.1 University of California Statement on Diversity Adopted by the Assembly of the Academic Senate May 10, 2006 Endorsed by the President of the University of California June 30,…