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    The Graduate Division serves more than 13,000 students in over 100 graduate degree programs. We are here to help you from the time you are admitted until you complete your graduate program.

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    We're thrilled you're considering Berkeley for your graduate study. We offer more than 100 programs for master's, professional, and doctoral students to pursue their dreams.

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    Working toward obtaining your graduate degree at Berkeley is an exciting and challenging endeavor, but funding your graduate education shouldn’t be your greatest challenge.

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    We're here to support you as you progress through your degree, and help you understand the policies and procedures that inform your graduate education.

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    GradPro, the Graduate Writing Center, and the GSI Teaching & Resource Center can support you in your academic and professional development at all stages of your degree program and in preparing for your career.

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    The Office for Graduate Diversity provides support and services for prospective and continuing students in an effort to support and sustain a more diverse graduate student community.

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    Your gift allows us to deliver an inclusive, world-class experience to graduate students, so they can make a difference at Berkeley and beyond.

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Awards

Outstanding GSI Award Recipient Shares His Love for Astronomy and Teaching

Supernova Explosion; Photo Credits: NASA The Universe. One of the topics we have all been highly intrigued about since a young age.…

Nominate an Instructor for the Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Award

The Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching is pleased to announce an initial call for nominations to recognize Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times.…

Information on Fall Funding and Tuition/Fee Payment

Have you received a notice about outstanding Fall tuition/fee charges?  Anticipating a Fall stipend or loan?  Here is some basic guidance on…

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Ph.D. Student Nitin Kohli Awarded for Excellence in Teaching

For Nitin Kohli, teaching goes beyond just fulfilling his requirements as a graduate student instructor.

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Outstanding GSIs Honored at Award Ceremonies

More than 200 GSIs recognized for their exemplary teaching.

Call for Nominations: Chancellor’s Awards for Public Service

The Office of the Chancellor has announced the call for nominations for the annual Chancellor’s Awards for Public Service, recognizing students, staff,…

2015 Award for Junior Faculty, Alison Post, Assistant Professor, Political Science, and Global Metropolitan Studies and Award for Senior Faculty, Edward Miguel, Professor, Economics

Call for Nominations: Graduate Mentoring Awards — 2/29/2021

Nominations for the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award and the Faculty Mentor Awards are being accepted through Friday, February 3, 2017 at 5:00 pm.

Fiona M. Doyle, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division

Celebration Season

A time to applaud student accomplishments.

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Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Mentorship at Berkeley

Annual Graduate Mentoring Awards Ceremony honored five faculty members.

Odebrecht Award for Sustainable Development — 5/31/2018

Odebrecht USA and Braskem America invite graduate students nationwide to join them in the search for innovative technologies and methods to promote sustainable and responsible development. The…

GSI mentoring awards

Nominations are Open for the Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs

Are you a GSI who would like to acknowledge the work of a faculty member in helping you learn to teach?
If so, we encourage you to nominate that person.

Two Opportunities to Nominate Your Faculty Mentors — 2/2/2018

Help recognize excellent mentoring of graduate students by faculty!

Shilpa Raja Awarded High Honors by the Material Research Society

Shilpa Raja, who recently received her doctoral degree from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was awarded "Graduate Student Gold” for quality research.

Origins Project Postdoctoral Award Lectureship — 11/1/2015

Arizona State University is now accepting nominations to the annual Origins Project Postdoctoral Award Lectureship through November 1, 2015. This award, the largest of…

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The Hellman Fellows Fund Announces a Second Generation of Graduate Award Recipients

What does education equality, safe water access for the urban poor and solar energy systems all have in common? These are just some of the incredible projects that this year's cohort of Hellman Fellows are pursuing.

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Journalism Alums Win Pulitzer Prizes

Journalist alumni earn their marks reporting on this year's biggest news stories like the Ebola epidemic.

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ASLA Honors M.L.A. Student For Design of 16th Street Station in Oakland

An M.L.A. student has been honored by the ASLA for his design of the 16th Street Station in Oakland.

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Fellowship Allows Students to Inform Change in Higher Education

by helping faculty collect and analyze data that could inform curriculum development.

2015 UC Berkeley Siebel Scholars

Siebel Scholars Award Creates Unmatched Networking Community

In September this award was granted to eight Berkeley graduate students for excellence in their field.

Call for Nominations for the Faculty Mentor Award and Carol D. Soc Award for Exceptional Mentoring — 2/6/2015

Carol D. Soc Award winner, Linda Williams (Film and Media Studies and Rhetoric) gathers with her graduate students at the Graduate Mentoring…

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