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Graduate Student Professional Development Guide

This guide assists Berkeley graduate students in developing core competencies that are at the heart of graduate education and can be applied to multiple career paths. Each competency is broken down into a list of skills and steps you can take to develop your abilities.

Explore New Skills

Writing and CommunicationWriting & Communication
Teaching and MentoringTeaching & Mentoring
Research and Data AnalysisResearch & Data Analysis


Leadership and ManagementLeadership & Management
Career Exploration and PreparationCareer Exploration & Preparation
ProfessionalismProfessionalism

Professional Development Workshops & Events

Date Event Presenter
February 19 IIS Pre-Dissertation Research Grant [Deadline to Apply] [IIS] Institute of International Studies (IIS)
February 20 2019 Winter Career & Internship Fair [Career Center] Career Center
February 20 Implementing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities [Academic Innovation Studio and DSP] Academic Innovation Studio
February 21 Cal Performances-Mellon Grant Proposal Workshop [Academic Innovation Studio and Cal Performances] Academic Innovation Studio
February 21 Career Connections: Education & Non-Profit [Career Center] Career Center
February 22 Workshop: Publishing in 20th+21st Century Literature [English Department] English Department
February 22 Improving Outcomes for Underrepresented Students in STEM through Mentoring [Academic Innovation Studio and Biology Scholars Program] Academic Innovation Studio
February 25 Festival of Teaching Failures [Academic Innovation Studio and Center for Teaching and Learning] Academic Innovation Studio
February 25 Negotiating Difficult Conversations in Academic Research [SLAM and Ombuds] Science Leadership and Management (SLAM)
February 28 2019 Beyond Academia Conference [Beyond Academia] Beyond Academia
March 13 Teaching Strategies: Enhancing Student Participation [GSI Center] GSI Teaching & Resource Center
March 15 Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research & Public Policy [Deadline to Apply]
April 3 Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Microaggressions and the Learning Environment [GSI Center] GSI Teaching & Resource Center
April 8 How Students Learn [GSI Center] GSI Teaching & Resource Center
April 9 Syllabus and Course Design [GSI Center] GSI Teaching & Resource Center
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Graduate Professional Development (GPD)

Promising Practices

Steps Departments Can Take to Support the Professional and Career Development of Graduate Students.

View the steps in this PDF

A New Center for Graduate Students

Aaron, Fiona, Rose

Opened in Fall 2015, the Graduate Professional Development Center in 309 Sproul Hall is a dynamic hub of professional development programming.

Data & Reports

Results of a 40-year retrospective survey of doctoral alumni show that alumni careers are diverse, and have been for decades.

Doctoral Alumni Career Outcomes

Programs & Partners

GPD connects graduate students with innovative programs offered by the Graduate Division's GSI Teaching & Resource Center, Graduate Writing Center, and campus partners such as the Career Center, Beyond Academia, the Graduate Assembly, and the D-Lab.

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