Deadline: December 15
Application
Requirements:
- Online application
- Specialty area of study
- Three letters of recommendation
- Recommendation waiver form
- Unofficial transcripts
- Conversion of GPA
- GRE official sscores
- Application fee
Statement of Purpose: Please describe your aptitude and motivation for graduate study in your area of specialization, including your preparation for this field of study, your academic plans or research interests in your chosen area of study, and your future career goals. Please be specific about why UC Berkeley would be a good intellectual fit for you.
Personal History Statement: Please describe how your personal background and experiences inform your decision to pursue a graduate degree. In this section, you may also include any relevant information on how you have overcome barriers to access higher education, evidence of how you have come to understand the barriers faced by others, evidence of your academic service to advance equitable access to higher education for women, racial minorities, and individuals from other groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education, evidence of your research focusing on underserved populations or related issues of inequality, or evidence of your leadership among such groups.
Program Details
Program Webpage
Faculty
Name | Research | Department | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Christopher Anderson | DNA assembly Computer-aided manufacture Therapeutic organisms | Bioengineering | Webpage broken? 5 |
| Adam Arkin | Cellular networks Systems biology of HIV Microbial communities | Bioengineering | 3 |
| John Dueber | Metabolic pathways Biofuels and specialty chemicals | Bioengineering | 1 |
| Jay Keasling | Metabolic engineering Degrading pollutants | Bioengineering | 2 |
| David Schaffer | Gene therapy/viral engineering HIV Stem cell engineering | Bioengineering | 4 |