In the latest National Research Council (NRC) report, Berkeley had the highest number of top-ranked doctoral programs in the nation.

In addition to over 100 graduate programs, Berkeley offers concurrent graduate degrees, interdisciplinary doctoral and exchange programs. UC Berkeley does not offer ad hoc joint degree programs or cotutelle agreements with other universities.

Applicants may only apply to one single degree program or one concurrent degree program per admission term.

To confirm whether there are any additional requirements for admission, visit the website of the department of your choice, or the Berkeley Academic Guide (Bulletin) for specific course listings, faculty, and detailed requirements.

A listing of M.A./Ph.D. or M.S./Ph.D. indicates that a Master’s degree may be awarded to students pursuing work toward the Ph.D. after fulfillment of the appropriate requirements. If the program does not list M.A. or M.S. separately, the program does not offer a terminal Master’s degree.

Your online application must be submitted by 8:59 pm Pacific Standard Time on the day of the program’s deadline.

Due to the pandemic, please contact the departments by email only.

Degrees Offered All Degrees Doctoral Masters

Academic Areas of Study All Areas ArchitectureBiological SciencesBusinessChemistryComputer ScienceCultural StudiesDesignDevelopment StudiesEconomicsEducationEngineeringEnvironmental DesignEnvironmental Policy and ManagementHealth and Medical StudiesHistory and Historical StudiesHuman SciencesHumanitiesInformation ScienceInternational and Area StudiesJournalismLanguages and LiteraturesLawLegal StudiesLife SciencesMathematics and StatisticsMolecular ScienceNatural ResourcesNew MediaOptometryPhilosophy Rhetoric and LogicPhysical SciencesPolitical SciencePsychology and NeurosciencePublic HealthPublic PolicySocial SciencesSocial WelfareSociology and DemographySoftware EngineeringVisual and Performing Arts

Graduate Programs	Degrees	Application Deadline	Areas of Study
African American Studies	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Cultural Studies, Development Studies
Agricultural & Resource Economics	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Economics, Environmental Policy and Management, Natural Resources
Ancient History & Mediterranean Archaeology	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	History and Historical Studies
Anthropology	Ph.D.	12/1/2020 Ph.D (5th-Year MA for UC Berkeley students only) Application Opens 2/1/21 Deadline: 4/30/2021	Human Sciences, Social Sciences
Applied Mathematics	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Mathematics and Statistics
Applied Science & Technology	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Engineering
Architecture	Ph.D., M.S., M.Arch.	December 15, 2020 (M.S., Ph.D.), December 16, 2019 (M.Arch) January 6, 2020 ( Master of Advanced Architectural Design MAAD)	Architecture
Art Practice	M.F.A.	December 16, 2019	Visual and Performing Arts
Asian Studies	M.A.	December 2, 2019	Cultural Studies
Astrophysics	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Physical Sciences
Bioengineering	M.Eng	January 6, 2021	Biological Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences
Bioengineering (joint degree with UCSF)	Joint Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Biological Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences
Biophysics	Ph.D.	November 30, 2020	Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences
Biostatistics	Ph.D., M.A./Ph.D., M.A.	December 1, 2020	Biological Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics
Buddhist Studies	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Cultural Studies
Business Administration, Evening & Weekend MBA Program	M.B.A.	See separate school application for dates.	Business
Business Administration, Full-time MBA Program	M.B.A.	See separate school application for dates.	Business
Business Administration, Master’s in Financial Engineering Program	M.F.E.	See separate school application for dates.	Business
Business Administration, MBA for Executives	M.B.A.	See separate school application for dates.	Business
Business Administration, Ph.D. Program	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Business
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	Ph.D., M.S., M.B.E.	December 1, 2020 (M.S. and Ph.D) January 8, 2021 (Professional M.S.) January 8, 2021 (Masters of Biopress Engineering M.B.E.)	Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering
Chemistry	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Chemistry
City & Regional Planning	Ph.D., M.C.P.	December 1, 2020(Ph.D) December 15, 2020 (M.C.P.) Master of City Planning	Architecture, Environmental Design, Public Policy
Civil and Environmental Engineering	Ph.D., M.S., M.Eng	December 15, 2020 (Professional M.S. and Ph.D) January 6, 2021 (M.Eng)	Engineering
Classical Archaeology	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Cultural Studies, History and Historical Studies, Humanities
Classics	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Humanities
Comparative Biochemistry	Ph.D.	January 6, 2021	Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Life Sciences
Comparative Literature	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Humanities, Languages and Literatures
Computational Biology	Ph.D.	November 30, 2020	Biological Sciences
Computer Science	Ph.D., M.S./Ph.D., M.S.	December 8, 2020	Computer Science
Demography	Ph.D., M.A.	December 15, 2020	Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Sociology and Demography
Development Practice	M.D.P.	January 6, 2021	Economics, Environmental Policy and Management, Natural Resources, Public Health, Public Policy, Social Sciences
Earth & Planetary Science	Ph.D., M.A.	December 15, 2020 (5th-Year M.A. for UC Berkeley students only)	Physical Sciences
East Asian Languages & Cultures	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020 (Chinese language and Japanese language)	Cultural Studies, Languages and Literatures
Economics	Ph.D.	December 2, 2019 Ph.D January 6, 2020 MA ( UC Berkeley graduate students only)	Economics, Social Sciences
Education	Ph.D., M.A.	December 1, 2020 (M.A., Ph.D., Cred/PhD.,EdD) December 15, 2020 (Admin Services Credential/M.A., Teaching Credential/M.A.)	Education
Education – Special Education (joint degree with SFSU)	Joint Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Education
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences	Ph.D., M.S./Ph.D., M.S., M.Eng	December 8, 2020 (M.S., M.S./Ph.D., Ph.D) January 6, 2021 (M.Eng.) March 19, 2021 (5th-Year M.S. for UC Berkeley students only)	Engineering
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (Master of Advanced Study in Integrated Circuits)	M.A.S.	Closed for Admission.	Engineering
Endocrinology	Ph.D., M.A.	January 04, 2020. Contact the department for Spring semester admissions.	Biological Sciences, Health and Medical Studies, Life Sciences
Energy & Resources	Ph.D., M.A., M.S.	December 1, 2020	Economics, Engineering, Environmental Design, Environmental Policy and Management, Human Sciences, Natural Resources, Physical Sciences, Public Health, Public Policy, Social Sciences
English	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Humanities, Languages and Literatures
Environmental Health Sciences	Ph.D., M.S./Ph.D., M.S.	December 1, 2020 See departmental website for SOPHAS information.	Biological Sciences, Environmental Policy and Management, Health and Medical Studies, Public Health, Public Policy
Environmental Science, Policy, & Management	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Environmental Policy and Management, Natural Resources, Public Policy
Epidemiology	Ph.D., M.S.	December 1, 2020 See departmental website for SOPHAS information.	Biological Sciences, Health and Medical Studies, Life Sciences
Ethnic Studies	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Cultural Studies, History and Historical Studies, Human Sciences, Humanities, Languages and Literatures, Social Sciences, Visual and Performing Arts
Film & Media	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Cultural Studies, Humanities, Visual and Performing Arts
Folklore	M.A.	December 15, 2020	Cultural Studies, Visual and Performing Arts
Forestry	M.F.	December 1, 2020	Environmental Policy and Management, Natural Resources
French	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Languages and Literatures
Geography	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Human Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences
German	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Languages and Literatures
Global Studies	M.A.	January 6, 2021
Health & Medical Sciences-Medical Program (joint program with UCSF)	M.S.	See departmental website.	Biological Sciences, Health and Medical Studies, Life Sciences
Health Policy	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Health and Medical Studies, Life Sciences, Public Health, Public Policy
Hispanic Languages & Literatures	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Languages and Literatures
History	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	History and Historical Studies, Humanities
History of Art	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	History and Historical Studies, Humanities, Visual and Performing Arts
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research	Ph.D., M.S., M.Eng	December 15, 2020 (5th year M.S. for UC Berkeley students only, M.S. and Ph.D.) January 6, 2021 (M.Eng.)	Engineering
Infectious Diseases & Immunity	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Biological Sciences, Health and Medical Studies, Life Sciences
Information Management & Systems	Ph.D., M.I.C.S., M.I.D.S., M.I.M.S.	December 1, 2020 (Ph.D.) January 6, 2021 (M.I.M.S.) March 4, 2021 (5th-Year M.I.D.S. for UC Berkeley students only) (For regular M.I.D.S. see https://datascience.berkeley.edu For M.I.C.S see https://cybersecurity.berkeley.edu)	Information Science, New Media
Integrative Biology	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Biological Sciences
Italian Studies	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Languages and Literatures
Journalism	M.J.	December 1, 2020	Journalism
Jurisprudence & Social Policy	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Law, Legal Studies
Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning	Ph.D., M.L.A.	December 1, 2020 (Ph.D.) December 15, 2020 (M.L.A.)	Architecture, Environmental Design, Environmental Policy and Management
Latin American Studies	M.A.	Closed for Admission.	Cultural Studies, International and Area Studies, Social Sciences
Law	J.D., LL.M., J.S.D.	See Berkeley Law website	Law
Linguistics	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Human Sciences, Languages and Literatures, Social Sciences
Logic & the Methodology of Science	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Mathematics and Statistics
Master of Design	M.Des.	January 4, 2021	Design
Materials Science & Engineering	Ph.D., M.S./Ph.D., M.S., M.Eng	December 1, 2020 (M.S./Ph.D., Ph.D.) December 1, 2020 (5th-Year M.S. for UC Berkeley students only) January 6, 2021 (M.Eng.)	Engineering
Mathematics	Ph.D., M.A.	December 15, 2020 (Ph.D., M.A. for UC Berkeley graduate students only)	Mathematics and Statistics
Mechanical Engineering	Ph.D., M.S./Ph.D., M.S., M.Eng	December 1, 2020 (5th-Year M.S. for UC Berkeley students only, M.S./Ph.D., Ph.D.) January 6, 2020 (M.Eng.)	Engineering
Medical Anthropology (joint program with UCSF)	Jt. Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Health and Medical Studies, Social Sciences
Metabolic Biology	Ph.D., M.S.	December 2, 2019	Biological Sciences, Health and Medical Studies, Human Sciences, Life Sciences
Microbiology	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Biological Sciences, Life Sciences
Molecular & Cell Biology	Ph.D.	November 30, 2020	Biological Sciences, Life Sciences
Molecular Science and Software Engineering	M.S.S.E.	See program website for dates	Chemistry, Molecular Science, Software Engineering
Molecular Toxicology	Ph.D.	December 2, 2019	Biological Sciences, Health and Medical Studies, Life Sciences
Music	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Cultural Studies, History and Historical Studies, Humanities, Visual and Performing Arts
Near Eastern Studies	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Cultural Studies, History and Historical Studies, Humanities, International and Area Studies, Languages and Literatures
Neuroscience	Ph.D.	November 16, 2020	Biological Sciences, Psychology and Neuroscience
Nuclear Engineering	Ph.D., M.Eng	December 15, 2020 (Ph.D.) January 6, 2021 (M.Eng.)	Engineering
Optometry	O.D.	Please see OD Admissions	Health and Medical Studies, Optometry
Optometry (Residency Program)	Certificate-OPT	January 6, 2021	Health and Medical Studies, Optometry
Performance Studies	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Cultural Studies, Visual and Performing Arts
Philosophy	Ph.D.	January 6, 2020	Humanities, Philosophy Rhetoric and Logic
Physics	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Physical Sciences
Plant Biology	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Biological Sciences
Political Science	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Political Science, Social Sciences
Psychology	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Human Sciences, Psychology and Neuroscience, Social Sciences
Public Affairs	M.P.A.	Please see MPA Application Instructions	Public Policy
Public Health	M.P.H., Dr.P.H.	Dr.P.H: December 1, 2020 On campus M.P.H.: March 1, 2021 Please see departmental website for SOPHAS information. Online M.P.H. program: Please see program website for dates.	Health and Medical Studies, Public Health
Public Policy	Ph.D., M.P.P.	December 2, 2019	Public Policy
Range Management	M.S.	December 1, 2020	Environmental Policy and Management, Natural Resources
Real Estate Development + Design	MRED+D	Please see MRED+D Application Instructions	Architecture, Business, Engineering, Law, Public Policy
Rhetoric	Ph.D.	December 2, 2019	Cultural Studies, Humanities, Philosophy Rhetoric and Logic
Romance Languages & Literatures (French, Italian, Spanish)	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Languages and Literatures
Scandinavian Languages & Literatures	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Languages and Literatures
Science & Mathematics Education	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Education, Mathematics and Statistics
Slavic Languages & Literatures	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Languages and Literatures
Social Welfare	Ph.D., M.S.W., M.S.W/Ph.D.	December 2, 2019 (M.S.W, M.S.W/PhD, PhD) December 2, 2019 (FlexMSW)	Social Welfare
Sociology	Ph.D.	December 1, 2020	Social Sciences, Sociology and Demography
Sociology & Demography	Ph.D.	December 15, 2020	Sociology and Demography
South & Southeast Asian Studies	Ph.D., M.A.	December 16, 2019	International and Area Studies
Statistics	Ph.D., M.A.	January 6, 2020	Mathematics and Statistics
Translational Medicine (joint with UCSF)	M.T.M.	January 6, 2021	Health and Medical Studies
Urban Design	M.U.D.	December 15, 2020	Architecture, Environmental Design, Human Sciences
Vision Science	Ph.D.	January 6, 2021	Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Health and Medical Studies, Optometry, Psychology and Neuroscience

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