ERG Admissions

Admis­sions deci­sions will be announced by March 1, 2015. ERG admits stu­dents only in the Fall term. You can learn more about the grad­u­ate pro­grams at UC Berke­ley and access the appli­ca­tion on the Grad­u­ate Divi­sion web­site here. For more infor­ma­tion on ERG Admis­sions for Prospec­tive Stu­dents, see here.

Notice on Late Doc­u­ments for Fall 2015 Admis­sion Appli­ca­tions: (Please note this does NOT apply to Pub­lic Pol­icy Con­cur­rent Degree appli­cants; for these appli­cants all doc­u­ments are due Dec. 2.)

Let­ters of Rec­om­men­da­tion: ERG will accept Let­ters of Rec­om­men­da­tion until Jan­u­ary 5, 2015. Your rec­om­menders will be able to use their link to access your file until that date. You will be able to see when their let­ter is uploaded to your file, and also will be able to send them reminders through the online appli­ca­tion system.

TOEFL, IELTS and GRE: ERG will accept test scores until Jan­u­ary 2, 2015. Please self-report your unof­fi­cial score results before Decem­ber 5, 2014 if possible.

For ques­tions con­tact erggrad@​berkeley.​edu.

 

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