A UC Berkeley undergraduate education can transform your life. Whether you’re interested in starting your own company, or going off to graduate school, a Berkeley education provides you an experience of a lifetime.
With approximately 13,000 undergraduate courses, labs, and sections to choose from (taught annually), you can create a rich and personal academic experience and still graduate in four years.
You can double (or triple) major, study abroad, do research with faculty, and more.
UC Berkeley is also the only university with a (nearly) half-century tradition of student-run democratic education, De-Cal, a program allowing students to create and facilitate their own classes. Another outstanding aspect of a Berkeley undergraduate education is research. We are the only university to offer undergraduates the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research as early their first-year and outside of their major. Research opportunities for undergraduates include many College-specific programs, the Big Ideas Initiative, and Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program.
Learn more about the many academics enrichment resources and support.
We are proud that…
- 68% of Berkeley students graduate with no debt
- Roughly two-thirds of Berkeley students receive some form of financial aid
- Berkeley is ranked in the top 5 of Best Value Colleges by Forbes
- Berkeley is among the top universities in the country for upward mobility of students.
- 80% of students graduate with either a job offer or graduate school admission offers.
- Berkeley is among the top producers of CEOs and students who start their own businesses.
- Over 1,000 companies founded by Berkeley grads in the past 10 years