UC Berkeley Admissions

#1 in our hearts and on the charts. 💙🐻😉 Among the top five universities, UC Berkeley is notable for the lowest average debt upon graduation: $6,529. Median annual salary over the first 20 years after graduation? $170,100. #GoBears Full story 👉bit.ly/4n3ExUO

Five UC Berkeley faculty have been selected as recipients of the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award, the campus’s most prestigious honor for teaching. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4snXrc9

Mark your calendars: Admissions decisions for first-years will release on March 26! #berkeleybound #iamberkeley #universityofcalifornia #gobears

The reality of the @HBO medical drama The Pitt is shaped by two women whose time at Berkeley taught them to observe life closely and turn those details into an immersive narrative. But what exactly goes into making the show feel so real?news.berkeley.edu/2026/03/12/wha…

A UC Berkeley education remains in high demand, with more than 159,000 students seeking admission for fall 2026. First-year applications increased by 5% compared to fall 2025, while transfer applications jumped to a record high of 12%. news.berkeley.edu/2026/02/24/uc-…

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UC Berkeley students sprinted through interviews, design, and prototypes in just one week—pitching AI tools tackling wildfire readiness, bulky move-out waste, accessibility, and more at the new Berkeley Civic Innovation Challenge. news.berkeley.edu/2026/02/13/wil…

👏 UC Berkeley has been officially designated as a Black-Serving Institution (BSI) as part of a new California state initiative recognizing universities that demonstrate a strong, sustained commitment to supporting Black and African American students. diversity.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berkel…

On Wednesday, UC Berkeley researcher Matteo M. Garbelotto-Benzon will go for a walk deep in the Dolomites. In one hand, he’ll hold the Olympic torch — and in the other the lead of S’Abba, the service dog who helped him walk, and ski, again. universityofcalifornia.edu/news/deep-dolo…

It's not just "the cloud." UC Berkeley professor unpacks the physical cost of digital lives—from real energy use, ecological strain, and labor hidden from view. news.berkeley.edu/2026/01/21/thi…

Tune in on Thursday! President Milliken joins @abc7kristensze (a @UCBerkeley alumna!) at the @cwclub to discuss his priorities for UC is this transformative time for higher ed. Watch virtually or join in person. RSVP required: bit.ly/4jyPNbo

Are you not entertained⁉️ Your Bears win in an overtime thriller vs the Cardinal! 🪓 #gobears #weplayforthebay

Julia Morgan designed over 700 buildings, beginning with work assisting John Galen Howard on the design of the Hearst Mining Building at Cal, and including the Berkeley City Club, the San Francisco Merchant Exchange Building and St. John's Presbyterian Church in Berkeley.

new year ✔️ new semester ✔️ same beautiful campus ✔️✔️✔️ UC Berkeley students are back and locked in for the spring semester. 📚💪 #GoBears

DYK...Sather Gate was named after pioneer California banker Peder Sather and once marked the formal south entrance to UC Berkeley's campus? Today, it’s a hub for impromtu acapella performances, leafleting, political rallies and campus conversation.

As another year comes to a close, reflect on some of UC Berkeley's biggest stories and breakthroughs of 2025. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/15/nob…

New year, same library. 🏛️💙✨🐻 As we turn the page to 2026, we look forward to sharing knowledge with the thinkers and dreamers who are building a better world. Here’s to a year of adventure and possibility. 🫶 Happy New Year! 🎉

We went on so many new and exciting adventures in 2025! Thank you for your continued support and we can’t wait for what 2026 holds! 💙💛🪩🥳 #CalBand #GoBears #Cal #2025Recap #NewYearsEve

“I always felt like I couldn’t be an observer; I had to be in the middle of it.” Cal alum Judith Heumann — the “mother of disability rights” — was born #OTD in 1947. Heumann fought discrimination to get a teaching license in New York, and helped spark a disability revolution.

Want a 4.0 GPA? Roll down UC Berkeley's 4.0 Hill. UC Berkeley has a tradition of first year students rolling down Faculty Glade, otherwise known as our 4.0 Hill. It is said that if a student rolls down this hill, then they will get a 4.0 GPA for that semester.

There are over 1000 clubs at UC Berkeley. Professional clubs. Consulting clubs. A dog club. Cultural clubs. Dance clubs. Gacha game clubs...and so much more!!! There is bound to be something for you...and if you think there isn't, you can always start one for yourself.