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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

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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.

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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

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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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