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Graduate Admissions

The Graduate Admissions Office provides a wide range of services for prospective students, new students, faculty, and staff at Berkeley. Our office, which is responsible for evaluating the recommendations submitted by departments and processes over 20,000 graduate applications per year.

Graduate Admissions Office

Applying for Graduate Admissions

Before You Apply
Learn about the different types of applications you can submit, how to apply, deadlines, application fees, and more. Before you get started, go to the Before You Begin page.

Choose a Graduate Degree Program
UC Berkeley is home to many exceptional graduate degree programs. To learn more about the many programs and their application deadlines, go to the Graduate Programs page.

Admission Requirements
Helpful information about admission criteria, GRE, English language proficiency, letters of recommendation, international applicant requirements, and more.

Applying for Admission
Get started with applying for a Berkeley graduate program. Review the Application Checklist and Accuracy of Information pages, apply online or request an application.

Accepting Your Offer of Admission
If you are admitted to a graduate program at UC Berkeley, you will need to complete a few additional steps before getting started.