Quick Facts About Berkeley Bioengineering

Founded:	1998
Number of faculty:	25 core faculty, 7 joint, 4 adjunct, 8 emeritus, 1 lecturer
Department chair:	Professor Phillip Messersmith
Undergraduate students:	434
Professional masters students:	116
PhD students:	220
Program ranking, Graduate:	#6, US News and World Report
Program ranking, Undergraduate:	#6, US News and World Report

UC Berkeley is the No. 3 U.S. engineering school and No. 1 U.S. public university in the world.

Faculty Recognition

Number of Students

Undergraduate Admissions Data

All first year applications to UC Berkeley are handled centrally by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions using a Holistic Review process, where no one piece of information is weighted more heavily over another.

The department faculty and staff are not involved in selecting who is admitted as a first year bioengineering student.

Junior Transfer Admissions

Junior Transfers are students who have attended a community college or other university and applied to transfer to Berkeley for their final two years. Transfer admissions decisions are made using a Comprehensive Review process.

Master's Program Admissions Data

PhD Program Admissions Data

Applications to the PhD program are evaluated by a committee composed of faculty, staff and senior graduate students. The Admissions Committee weighs many factors, including applicants’ academic record and scholarly activities, letters of recommendation, and the statement of purpose. We also seek a balance between the students’ research interests and available faculty resources. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is no longer required for admission.

See the numbers for our most recently admitted class.

View program admissions demographics by year.

Degrees Granted

Important Terms

URM – Underrepresented Minority (African-American, Chicanx/Latinx, Native American & Alaskan Native, Pacific Islander)

Female – Self-identified as female. Does not include those self-identified as Other, Genderqueer, or Decline to State

1st Gen – 1st Generation College Student (students who do not have a parent with a 4-year degree)

Enrolled student or declared major – Student actively registered as a BioE (or MTM) major

Apps - Applied to Berkeley Bioengineering

Admits - Admitted to Bioengineering

Attend / SIR - Completed Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) in BioE

% admit - The % of students who applied who were admitted

% yield - The % of students who were admitted who attend

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Quick Facts About Berkeley Bioengineering