Join us for Berkeley Showcase!
We are thrilled that you are considering Berkeley and invite you to join us for our fall open house to learn more.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Berkeley Showcase is an event for prospective first year and transfer students interested in becoming a Golden Bear. Meet current Berkeley students, hear from academic programs, support services, and student organizations, tour campus and learn more about the application process.
*2024 schedule and information coming soon!*
- 8:30 - 9 am Check-inadd
Check-in begins at Zellerbach Hall
- 9 - 10 am Welcome Sessionadd
Welcome session at Zellerbach Hall
- 10 - 11 am Breakout Session 1add
Berkeley Changemaker: Thinking entrepreneurially
Dwinelle 145
Join Associate Vice Chancellor Rich Lyons in conversation with Laura Hassner on Thinking Entrepreneurially.
Funding your future
Dwinelle 155
Attendees can expect to ask questions and receive information about financial aid and scholarships.
Becoming a Berkeley Engineer
Valley Life Sciences Building 2060
Engage in dialogue about what it takes to become a Berkeley Engineer. Learn about the rigor, student experiences and wonderful opportunities that await students in the College of Engineering.
Responding to Personal Insight Questions and other application tips
Hearst Field Annex A1
Need support with Personal Insight Questions? Have application questions? We can help! Get insight from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to ensure you are ready to submit a strong application.
Navigating Cal through a Chicanx/Latinx Perspective
Wheeler Auditorium
Students and families can learn more about the Chicanx Latinx Student Development Office and the Latinx Student Resource Center. Attendees will hear from current UC Berkeley students and staff about resources, opportunities and support on campus.
Living on campus
Valley Life Sciences Building 2040
Come learn about your options for on campus housing and dining. Hear from current students about their experiences and ask questions.
Undocumented Student Program
180 Cesar Chavez, the Undocumented Community Resource Center
Visit the Undocumented Community Resource Center and learn about the Undocumented Student Program at UC Berkeley as well as undocumented student services at the other UC's. Get to know current students as they share about their journeys at Berkeley
See the bigger picture, make a better world: The Rausser College of Natural Resources (starts at 10:15 am)
Mulford 159
Come learn about the FIRST college in the UC system from Dean David Ackerly, Associate Dean O'Neill, and Assistant Dean Dullaghan. Hear about how the College is addressing societal and environmental problems and how you can join us to "see the bigger picture and make a better world."
Landscape Architecture Lecture: Spirits of Place; Art, Nature, Consciousness with Professor Chip Sullivan
Bauer Wurster Hall, Room 170 (first floor)
Chip Sullivan is a renowned landscape architect and artist who maintains a lifelong commitment to the exploration of the garden as a sustainable environment. His lecture will include elements from the popular course, LD ARCH 103: Energy, Fantasy and Form, and will feature an art experience for attendees.
Haas Undergraduate Program: First-year applicant admissions information session and student panel
Chou Hall, N100 (first floor)
Join us for an information session for first-year applicants. If you are a high school student interested in majoring in Business at Berkeley Haas, this session is for you! It will include an informative presentation about the academic side of the Business Administration major, applying to the Business major, and a panel of current Haas students.
Campus Accessible Guided Tour
Upper Sproul Plaza (tour tent)
Discover UC Berkeley through a one-hour campus accessible walking tour led by our trained student campus ambassadors. Learn about our history, academic opportunities, student clubs, athletics, and more!
- 11 am - 12 pm Breakout Session 2add
Berkeley Changemaker “near peer” panel of undergraduates
Dwinelle Hall 145
We warmly welcome you to join us for a "near-peer" panel of undergraduate Berkeley Changemakers. Berkeley Changemaker® is a campus-wide certificate program that includes some 30 courses, all based on three through-lines -- critical thinking, communication, and collaboration -- and enrolling some 20% of undergraduates. Our curriculum activates your passions and helps you develop a sharper sense of who you want to be and how to make that happen. Come and learn about our students' experiences and get your questions answered.
Global Poverty & Practice minor information session
Valley Life Sciences Building 2040
Join staff and students to learn about the Global Poverty & Practice minor, an interdisciplinary program designed to introduce students to the frameworks, methods, and practical skills necessary to engage with global poverty and inequality in effective ways.
Funding your future
Dwinelle Hall 155
Attendees can expect to ask questions and receive information about financial aid and scholarships.
Navigating Cal through a Chicanx/Latinx perspective
Wheeler Auditorium
Students and families can learn more about the Chicanx Latinx Student Development Office and the Latinx Student Resource Center. Attendees will hear from current UC Berkeley students and staff about resources, opportunities and support on campus.
Rausser College student experience panel
Mulford 159
Meet our amazing students and learn first-hand about what it is like to be a student at Rausser College! Learn about the different majors, research, community, and leadership opportunities at Rausser College! Ask all the questions you need an answer to before applying to the College.
Responding to Personal Insight Questions and other application tips
Hearst Field Annex A1
Need support with Personal Insight Questions? Have application questions? We can help! Get insight from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to ensure you are ready to submit a strong application.
Haas Undergraduate Program: Transfer applicant admissions information session and student panel
Chou Hall, N100 (first floor)
Interested in transferring to Berkeley Haas and being a Business Administration major? Then please join us for an information session for transfer applicants. It will include an informative presentation about the academic side of the Business Administration major, applying to the Business major, and a panel of current Haas transfer students.
Building Tour of the College of Environmental Design (CED)
Bauer Wurster Hall, First floor lobby
Bauer Wurster Hall provides a rich environment for the CED community: a world-class library and design archives, research facilities, computer labs, simulation and prototyping labs, fabrication shop, digital fabrication lab, galleries. CED is home to students with the majors Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Environmental Design, and Urban Studies.
Becoming a Berkeley Engineer
Valley Life Sciences Building 2060
Engage in dialogue about what it takes to become a Berkeley Engineer. Learn about the rigor, student experiences and wonderful opportunities that await students in the College of Engineering.
Living on campus
Valley Life Sciences Building 2050
Come learn about your options for on campus housing and dining. Hear from current students about their experiences and ask questions.
Campus Accessible Guided Tour
Upper Sproul Plaza (tour tent)
Discover UC Berkeley through a one-hour campus accessible walking tour led by our trained student campus ambassadors. Learn about our history, academic opportunities, student clubs, athletics, and more!
- 12 - 1:30 pm Lunch and Cal Band Performanceadd
Lunch on your own. Check out these amazing local restaurants.
Join us on Sproul Plaza for music, campus tours and the resource fair.
Don't miss the Cal Band performance on Sproul Hall steps at 12:15 pm.
Campus Accessible Guided Tour
Upper Sproul Plaza (tour tent) - 1:00 pm
Discover UC Berkeley through a one-hour campus accessible walking tour led by our trained student campus ambassadors. Learn about our history, academic opportunities, student clubs, athletics, and more!
- 2 - 3 pm Breakout Session 3add
Fostering Community for You! A Conversation and Student Panel on Identity, Community and Brave Spaces
Wheeler Auditorium
Attendees will hear from a diverse group of students at UC Berkeley. Hear their powerful stories, how they arrived at UC Berkeley, how they have persisted and the community they have found to foster belonging and acceptance.
Educational Opportunity Program
155 Dwinelle
Learn about the guidance and resources available to succeed at UC Berkeley for first generation, low-income, and underrepresented college students.
Living on campus
Valley Life Sciences Building 2050
Come learn about your options for on campus housing and dining. Hear from current students about their experiences and ask questions.
Responding to Personal Insight Questions and other application tips
Hearst Field Annex A1
Need support with Personal Insight Questions? Have application questions? We can help! Get insight from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to ensure you are ready to submit a strong application.
“Small-College” Feel, High-Touch Advising: Rausser College Advisor Open House
Mulford 260
Tour the Rausser College Student Resource Center where students find community and get support from their Rausser College Advisors. Have 1x1 time with Rausser College Advisors and the Assistant Dean of Instruction & Student Affairs. Come experience first-hand why Rausser College Advisors are consistently rated highly by their students.
College of Environmental Design Information Session
Bauer Wurster Hall, Room 112 (first floor)
Learn more about Berkeley's College of Environmental Design (CED), the majors Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Environmental Design, and Urban Studies, and student experiences.
Campus Accessible Guided Tour
Upper Sproul Plaza (Tour Tent)
Discover UC Berkeley through a one-hour campus accessible walking tour led by our trained student campus ambassadors. Learn about our history, academic opportunities, student clubs, athletics, and more!
- 10 am - 3 pm Resource Fairadd
Upper Sproul Plaza
Resource fair participants:
- ASUC Student Union
- Berkeley Hope Scholars – Foster Youth Success Program
- Berkeley Study Abroad
- Cal Band
- Cal Housing
- Chicanx/Latinx Student Development Office/Latinx Student Resource Center
- College of Environmental Design
- College of Letters and Sciences
- Community College Transfer Services & Transfer Alliance Project
- CE3 Re-entry Student Program (stop by 82C in B North of the MLK building)
- Division of Arts and Humanities
- Dual Degree Programs
- Educational Opportunity Program
- Fall Program for First Semester (FPF)
- Global Edge & Pre-College Scholars
- Global Poverty & Practice minor
- Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) program
- Public Health
- Office of Undergraduate Admissions – ask an admissions counselor
- Undocumented Student Program
- 3 - 4 pm Final Campus Touradd
Campus Accessible Guided Tour
Upper Sproul Plaza (Tour Tent)
Discover UC Berkeley through a one-hour campus accessible walking tour led by our trained student campus ambassadors. Learn about our history, academic opportunities, student clubs, athletics, and more!
- Other Important Detailsadd
Parking Information
For more details on parking, please visit the parking website. The recommended parking lot is Underhill Parking Lot (view the Google Maps link).
Map
The campus map can be found using this link. The program begins at Zellerbach Hall.
Visit the Campanile
The Campanile will be open and free to guests from 10am-5pm. Visit our website for more details about the Campanile.
- Departments open for drop-insadd
Haas Undergraduate Program Office
9 am - 12 pm | S450 Student Services Building, Haas School of Business
Re-entry Student Program
10 am - 3 pm | Cesar Chavez Building, Bnorth 82C4
Undergraduate Student Services at the College of Chemistry
10 am - 3 pm | 121 Gilman Hall
Berkeley Hope Scholars - Foster Youth Success Program
10 am - 3 pm | Location TBD
Rausser College of Natural Resources
2 pm - 3 pm | 260 Mulford Hall