The College of Engineering (CoE) is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley. Ranked third in the United States, after the engineering programs at MIT and Stanford, according to U.S. News & World Report, it is considered among the most prestigious engineering schools in the world. The college was established in 1931 from a merger of the Colleges of Mechanics and the College of Civil Engineering. The College of Mining was integrated into the college in 1942. The college is currently situated in 11 buildings on the northeast side of the central campus, and also operates at the 150 acre (61 ha) Richmond Field Station. There are over 57,000 living graduates of the College of Engineering, living in all 50 states and nearly 100 countries, with the majority living in California.
Departments
- Bioengineering (BioE)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
- Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR)
- Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
- Mechanical Engineering (ME)
- Nuclear Engineering (NE)
- Other Engineering
- Energy engineering
- Engineering mathematics and statistics
- Engineering physics
- Environmental engineering science
The College of Letters and Science also offers a Bachelor of Arts in computer science, which requires many of the same courses as the College of Engineering's Bachelor of Science in EECS, but has different admissions and graduation criteria. Berkeley's chemical engineering department is under the College of Chemistry.
Students
There are approximately 3,200 undergraduates in the College of Engineering, representing all departments. Undergraduate admissions to the College of Engineering is the most selective in the university as a whole. For the 2013-2014 application cycle, the acceptance rate plummeted to 9%, largely a result of increased nonresident interest. The campus as a whole had a 17% acceptance rate that year. Applicants apply directly to one of the departments and enter as declared majors within their department. It is also possible to apply as Engineering Undeclared and enter the college; major declaration is required at the end of freshman year. Once within the college, it is possible to change majors with the approval of Engineering Student Services. It is extremely difficult for undergraduates in other colleges at UC Berkeley to change college into Engineering, as they can only be admitted if a current engineering undergraduate drops. The College of Engineering accepts junior transfer applications for those who have completed at least 60 semester units at another college or university. Preference is given to students at California Community Colleges. 254 transfers (14.4%) were admitted for the 2012-13 academic year. Dean Shankar Sastry has stated that the disparity between the college's and the university's acceptance rates is due to the university's failure to respond to the rise in demand for engineering degrees.
85% of undergraduates admitted to the college graduate from the college, and 91% graduate from some college at UC Berkeley. The college has a 4-year graduation policy, with extra semesters approved only in certain cases. Engineering Student Services provides academic advising, peer tutoring, and career services to engineering students. Various student organizations are run in conjunction with the college, including Pioneers in Engineering, Hackers @ Berkeley, Berkeley Engineers and Mentors, and the Open Computing Facility. Many students belong to the student chapters of their corresponding professional organizations (e.g. the American Nuclear Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, or Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
Graduate admissions in the College of Engineering is administered by department. In fall 2013, there were 379 master's and 1,425 doctorate students in the college.
The college's enrollment is approximately 22% women. The proportion of women has increased over time, however, issues of gender disparity in the college remain. According to a 2011 survey, female engineers reported a high number of instances of passive harassment, discrimination, and judgment. The college's administration has taken steps to prevent this sexism. The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is one of the student groups representing women in the college.
Research units
All research facilities are managed by one of five Organized Research Units (ORUs):
- Earthquake Engineering Research Center - research and public safety programs against the destructive effects of earthquakes
- Electronics Research Laboratory - the largest ORU; advanced research in novel areas within seven different university departments, organized into five main divisions:
- Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center
- Berkeley Wireless Research Center
- Gigascale Research Center - performs long-range research addressing the growing design productivity gap
- Berkeley Northside Research Group
- Micro Systems Group
- Engineering Systems Research Center - focuses on manufacturing, mechatronics, and microelectro mechanical systems (MEMS)
- Institute for Environmental Science and Engineering - focuses on applying basic research to current and future environmental problems
- Institute of Transportation Studies - sponsors research in transportation planning, policy analysis, environmental concerns and transportation system performance
Major research centers and programs
- Berkeley Multimedia Research Center
- Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
- Center for Intelligent Systems - developing a unified theoretical foundation for intelligent systems.
- Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing
- Digital Library Project
- UCSF/Berkeley Ergonomics Program
- International Computer Science Institute - basic research institute focusing on Internet architecture, speech and language processing, artificial intelligence, and cognitive and theoretical computer science
- Intel Research Laboratory @ Berkeley
- Integrated Materials Laboratory - facilities for research in nano-structure growth, processing, and characterization
- Microfabrication Laboratory
- The Millennium Project - developing a hierarchical campus-wide "cluster of clusters" to support advanced computational applications
- Nokia Research Center @ Berkeley
- Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
- Partners for Advanced Transit & Highways - researching ways to improve the operation of California's state highway system
- Power Systems Engineering Research Center
Notable projects
- BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution)
- Berkeley Astrophysical CFD Results
- Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton
- FinFet
- RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)
- SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis)
Student organizations
- Pioneers in Engineering
See also
- University of California, Berkeley
- Engineering colleges in California
- List of engineering programs in the California State University
- List of University of California, Berkeley faculty
References
External links
- Official site
- Interactive map of UC Berkeley campus
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