Dale Masterson
dmasterson@berkeley.edu
Engineering
Student Services
230 Bechtel Engineering Center
(510) 642-7594
http://coe.berkeley.edu/students
Engineering Student Services (ESS)
Advising (Academic Advisers and Peer Advisers)
Drop-in Career Advising and Workshops
Referrals to Campus Resources
Academic Learning Center (Tutoring)
Student Organization Advising
Student Recruitment & Retention
Median Earnings with Bachelor’s Degree
75
80
70
Dollars (Thousands)
70
60
60
60
59
55
50
50
50
50
50
40
30
20
10
0
Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (May 2011)
50
47
44
42
42
Median Earnings with Graduate Degree
99
100
90
Dollars (Thousands)
90
80
70
89
85
85
80
80
70
60
70
65
50
40
30
20
10
0
Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (May 2011)
65
62
60
57
55
Average Starting Salaries of UCB Graduates
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
Chemical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Industrial Engineering & Operations
Research
Business Administration
Economics
Bioengineering
Applied Mathematics
Interdisciplinary Studies
Integrative Biology
Political Economy of Industrial Societies
Political Science
Environmental Economics & Policy
Spanish & Portuguese
Anthropology
Mass Communications & Media Studies
Cognitive Science
Legal Studies
Pyschology
Molecular and Cell Biology
History
English
Environmental Sciences
Engineering Science
Material Science and Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Source: UCB Career Center annual survey 2009
75,833
67,300
65,119
60,502
59,885
56,793
56,784
54,143
53,925
53,722
53,500
51,667
49,202
48,563
48,000
47,740
46,929
46,333
42,357
41,667
40,123
39,100
38,718
29,330
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n/a
n/a
What is Engineering?
An exciting field with opportunities to make the world a better place by solving real-life problems such as…
Making structures
safer in earthquakes
Building dams
Designing bridges
Designing freeways
Developing better
mobility devices
Making nuclear power safer
Inventing machines to
explore other planets
Developing new
medical technologies
Improving business processes
Create cutting-edge computer
hardware and software
Working in space
What is Engineering? (con’t)
Developing renewable
energy sources
Building amazing structures
Developing
pharmaceuticals
Improving transportation
Designing technologies
to make life easier
Developing mind-controlled objects
Developing plastics
Creating video games
& components
Creating tourist
attractions
Creating electric vehicles
Developing new
methods of delivering
medications
Improving national security
Have a solid foundation in
math and science!
Are analytical thinkers
who want to solve
Enjoy figuring out how things work
problems
work!
See themselves as designers,
Like to be
builders, researchers, and managers of
challenged while also
technical enterprises
having fun!
Enjoy utilizing
technology while
developing efficient
ways to improve quality
of life with it
Berkeley Engineering Overview
• Enrollment: 4,705 (3052 undergrads & 1653 graduate students)
– Fall ‘11/Spring ‘12 freshmen class 35 states & 25 other countries: Bahrain,
Canada, Chile, China, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea,
Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan,
Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
• Faculty: 216
• Departments: 7
• Undergraduate majors: 17
• Minors: 10
Why Berkeley Engineering?
One of the best engineering schools (national
and international reputation)
 An outstanding education (courses taught by
faculty) and excellent prep for grad school/work
 Cutting edge research (brought to classroom,
research money = opportunities for students)
• Excellent job placement in all majors with great
salaries:
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– Engineering: $75,000
– Computer Science: $70,000
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Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (May 2011)
Why Berkeley Engineering?
Our Rankings
• #3 in the nation!
• 10 programs nationally ranked:
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#1 Environmental Engineering
#2 Civil Engineering
#2 Chemical Engineering
#2 Mechanical Engineering
#3 Materials Engineering
#4 Electrical Engineering
#4 Industrial Engineering
#4 Nuclear Engineering
#5 Computer Engineering
#13 Bioengineering
Source: US News & World Report 2011
Why Berkeley Engineering?
Our Faculty
208 Faculty
58 Endowed chairs/distinguished
professorships
80 Members of the National
Academy of Engineering
33 Recipients of UCB’s Distinguished
Teaching Award
3
Recipients of the Turing Award in
Computer Science
Why Berkeley Engineering?
Our Graduates…
Attend Graduate School at:
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28 UC Berkeley
18 Stanford
11 UCSD
10 UCLA
7 MIT
4 Columbia
3 Michigan
2 Harvard
2 Cornell
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Cal Trans
Hewlett-Packard
IBM
Intel
Jet Propulsion Lab/NASA
Deloitte Consulting
Oracle
Boeing
Microsoft
Google
Yahoo
Cisco
Why Berkeley Engineering?
Our Co-Curricular Learning & Professional
Development Opportunities
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40+ Engineering Student Organizations
Engineering Competition Teams
Leadership and Professional Development
Summer Internships
Research Opportunities
Why Berkeley Engineering?
Our Majors
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Bioengineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Engineering Science majors:
– Engineering Mathematics & Statistics
– Engineering Physics
– Environmental Engineering Science
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Industrial Engineering & Operations
Research
Materials Science & Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Joint Majors:
– Bioengineering/Materials Science &
Engineering
– Electrical & Computer Engineering/
Materials Science & Engineering
– Electrical & Computer Engineering/
Nuclear Engineering
– Materials Science & Engineering/
Mechanical Engineering
– Materials Science & Engineering/
Nuclear Engineering
– Mechanical Engineering/Nuclear
Engineering
Why Berkeley Engineering?
Our Community
• 56,696 alumni
• 100 countries, 50 states
• Accomplished alumni including:
– Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple
– Diane Green, the co-founder of vmware
– Andy Grove, the co-founder of Intel
– Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google
– Teresa Meng, co-founder of Atheros
Communications
– Bill Lester, former NASCAR driver
Admissions “Secrets”
• There’s no secret of how to get into engineering
• We utilize the same screening process for all applicants
regardless of major
• Students should apply for the major they’re interested in
• We’re looking equally for competitive candidates for
engineering and the likelihood of admission depends upon
the quality of the applicant pool and the number of spaces
available in the program
• For additional information please visit our web site or attend
an Admit Info Session (offered weekly in April)
We’re Interested in Students Who…
• Have a solid foundation in math and the sciences
• Are analytic thinkers who want to solve problems/
develop efficient ways to improve quality of life
• Like to figure out how things work
• Enjoy utilizing technology
• See themselves as designers, builders,
researchers, and managers of technical
enterprises
Fall
2011
1611
Transfer Admission Stats
Fall
2010
1456
• Applications received
• Applications reviewed for required courses:
1020
864
2011: 3.3 GPA & higher; 2010: 3.4 GPA & higher
• Applications read:
445
509
those with 100% completion of required courses
• Applicants admitted :
256
264
240
200
2011: 16% of apps (ave. GPA 3.82) ; 2010: 18% of apps (ave. GPA 3.79)
• Applicants accepting admission
Transfer Admissions Criteria
• 60 transferable semester units
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• 100% completion of “required” courses prior to transferring:
– Reading & Composition included in 100% completion (we require both the 1st and 2nd half of R&C)
– Fall 2010: primary reason applicants denied admission was lack of R&C completion (due to following
IGETC instead of www.assist.org)
– Fall 2011: 78% of reviewed applicants who did not have 100% completion were missing R&C
requirement (due to following IGETC instead of www.assist.org)
– Fall 2011: Many of the applicants did not complete one or both of the Prerequisite and Work In
Progress forms in January as instructed on the MyBerkeleyApplication web site and on the transfer
applicant checklist despite email reminders
• Students encouraged to take as many "strongly recommended"
articulated courses as possible so they are stronger candidates
for admission and better prepared for success in engineering
100% Course Completion Required
for Berkeley Engineering!
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It is critical that students check www.assist.org for
requirements specific to their intended major
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Complete all courses listed as “Required Courses”
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Complete as many courses as possible listed as
“Recommended Courses”
COE Personal Statement
 How did you become interested in engineering?
 Why are you interested in the major to which you’re applying? What
excites you about studying this major?
 What experiences influenced your decision (i.e. job experience,
discussions with faculty, professional engineers or engineering students,
related projects, courses, etc.)?
 What other experiences, such as co-curricular activities, have you had that
relate to engineering? What non-engineering related activities have you
participated in? What skills did you learn from these experiences that will
help you in engineering (i.e. leadership, time management, teamwork
etc)?
 What are your goals, aspirations, and plans for after graduation?
Major, Course & Degree Info
Follow the curriculum for the year admitted using:
• COE Guide Book:
http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/college-of-engineering-announcement
• Degree Worksheets:
http://coe.berkeley.edu/dars
• Department Websites:
http://coe.berkeley.edu/departments
Contacts for Transfer Applicants
• Admissions Questions, Decisions &
Appeals:
Edwina Taylor
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
etaylor@berkeley.edu
• Transfer Course Equivalencies:
Genie Foon
Engineering Student Services
eugenia@berkeley.edu
Cal Day
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Annual campus-wide Open
House with presentations,
workshops,
demonstrations, and
entertainment!
For more info sign up @
pictureyourself.berkeley.edu
Questions?