Admission Requirements
for Fall 2008
Application Instructions
We encourage you to use the online versions available for both the Graduate Division Application and the Departmental Application. If you are unable to apply online, please contact the GSE Admissions Office at (510) 642-0841.
Applicants must request that supporting documents such as transcripts
and letters of recommendation be mailed to them in sealed envelopes.
Applicants must forward completed application and all supporting
materials by the application deadline for the program you are
applying to. Please include all materials in one envelope if
possible. Incomplete application files will put applicants at a
disadvantage in the admissions review process.
Please use our Application Checklist (pdf)
to insure that you send in a complete application.
(After submitting your application and with sufficient time for us to process it, check the Application Status page to see if any documents are missing.)
Send the following materials (except forms submitted online) to:
Graduate Assistant
Department of Education
University of California, Berkeley
1607 Tolman Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1670.
- Online Graduate
Division Application for Admission and Fellowships:
- Including Statement of Purpose & Personal History Statement (May be submitted online under 'Personal Statements' section, or in hard copy along with your supplemental application materials). In addition, a resumé or chronological list
of activities may be submitted.
- Online Departmental Application for the Graduate School of
Education. This application should be filled out and submitted after submission of the online Graduate Division application. Please note that the online GSE application is shorter than the paper version because it does not duplicate information contained in the Graduate Division application.
- GPA worksheet. Applicants must report their
grade-point averages for all undergraduate courses taken after the first two years. Without a calculated GPA, an application will not be considered complete. There are two ways to calculate your GPA: 1) use our online GPA
calculator to figure out your GPA automatically, and print the
results, or 2) manually calculate your GPA using a
PDF of the worksheet (you may prefer to use the latter if your grading system does not match ours).
- Application fee. The current fee is $60 for U.S. citizens or permanent residents, $80 for all others. The fee can be paid online
during the submission of the Graduate Division Application, or by check or money order payable to UC Regents with other application materials sent to the Graduate School of Education.
- Two sets of official transcripts in sealed envelopes
from all college-level institutions attended. Applicants are
expected to have achieved at least a 3.0 grade-point average in
all courses taken after the first two years as
undergraduates and in all graduate-level courses.
- Three Letters of Recommendation. The use of the cover sheet for recommendations is preferred, but not required.
- Required Examinations. See the next section:Examinations.