admissions

Members of the California Straw Hat Band hype up the crowd at Fall Convocation.

Campus & community

UC Berkeley sees surge in student applications for fall 2026

Over 159,000 students sought a first-year or transfer seat this year, with increases in almost every key applicant category.

Students walk under Sather Gate

Campus & community

‘Excellence, not perfection:’ PBS NewsHour focuses on UC Berkeley admissions

a tour group walks near memorial stadium on a sunny day

Campus & community

After an 18-month break, in-person campus tours resumed this week

Berkeley football field and students forming a bear with their bodies

Campus & community

In a pandemic year, UC Berkeley admits another outstanding, more diverse class

students walk on front of wheeler hall

At UC Berkeley, ‘enrollment’ isn’t just admitting new students

Portrait of Femi Ogundele smiling

A new plan for coordinating undergraduate admissions

students talk to each other outside at tables

Graduate Division sees record increase in underrepresented applicants

Sproul Plaza is empty on a recent morning during the coronavirus pandemic.

Record-high number of high school students apply to UC Berkeley

Sather Gate

How UC Berkeley is responding to state auditor report on admissions

A male student and female student sitting down in front of a laptop

UC Berkeley to host virtual ‘Cal Week’ to replace Cal Day amidst shelter-in-place

a man smiles at the camera

What makes a Berkeley student? Olufemi “Femi” Ogundele weighs in

a student sits in a cafe

Newest admits are whip-smart and speak more than 20 languages

Stefanie Castenada (left) and Mitzy Rubio

Berkeley’s College Signing Day a celebration of family firsts

students walking on a pathway on campus near the library with the campanile in background

More than 80,000 apply to be UC Berkeley freshmen

Luisa and Oscar Armijo help students from the poorest parts of Coachella Valley to attend Berkeley.

Couple builds bridge to Berkeley for Coachella Valley’s brightest, neediest youth

UC approves policy on nonresident student enrollment