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Underrepresented Students

As a component of the university’s efforts to achieve its academic mission, the campus actively seeks applications from individuals who belong to groups that have been historically underrepresented in graduate education and whose presence enhances the diversity of the UC Berkeley campus community.

The Graduate Diversity Program provides a foundation of active support for underrepresented students through a number of important services:

• Outreach visits throughout the country
• Academic advising/mentoring throughout the student’s academic career
• Undergraduate research opportunities
• Advice on applying to graduate school
• Monthly seminars on professional development
• Career advice/planning
• Networking opportunities on campus

Underrepresented students will find social and academic support in the numerous student organizations on campus, such as those listed on the Graduate Minority Students’ Project website. In addition, the university maintains discipline-based student diversity programs in engineering, the humanities, public health, and the biological, physical, and social sciences

For information regarding opportunities and support on behalf of diversity, please contact the Graduate Diversity Program, University of California, Berkeley, 316 Sproul Hall #5900, Berkeley, CA 94720-5900, call (510) 643-6010, email grad.diversity@berkeley.edu, or consult the Graduate Diversity Program section of this website.

Of special interest to the American Indian Graduate Program (AIGP) are students who are of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. For information, please contact the American Indian Graduate Program, Graduate Division, (510) 642-3228, email aigp@berkeley.edu, or consult the AIGP website.