University of California, Berkeley
International Bi-lateral Exchange Programs

The University of California, Berkeley has over 50 bi-lateral exchange agreements with international educational institutions. While the provisions of the specific agreements vary, most provide for the exchange of faculty, researchers and graduate students for periods of up to one academic year. Berkeley sees these agreements as a means for strengthening collegial networks with our counterparts overseas. In addition, the agreements serve as a basis for internationalization of collaboration in a globalizing world and broaden our graduate student experience by bringing them into contact with young international scholars in their own field.

Faculty and researcher exchanges are best accomplished after direct communication and collaboration between partner institution colleagues has been established. Please refer to Berkeley website for links to Berkeley academic departments and research center. General administrative support to facilitate the exchange can be provided by IAS.

Foreign Graduate Student Exchange: Foreign graduate students who want to come to Berkeley must be nominated by his or her home university within the quota and deadlines described below. Students should contact the Institution's International exchange administrator for information on the internal process. To learn about Berkeley's academic departments and research units please refer to the website http://www.berkeley.edu/academics/departments/a.html. PLEASE NOTE that the admissions, enrollment procedures, and some privileges described on other sections of the Berkeley website DO NOT APPLY to exchange students coming to Berkeley through IAS Administered exchange programs. Summer Session is not included in the exchange program.

Berkeley Graduate Student Exchange: The exchange process varies by exchange. If you are interested in a unit specific exchange, contact the departmental representative listed to discuss the exchange process, Please feel free to direct general questions to the IAS Exchange Office. If you are interested in an exchange directly administered by IAS, please contact this office. Please note that IAS lacks funding to support graduate student exchanges.

Other exchange programs available to the UC campus community. BPSA is the local office that administers the systemwide education abroad programs. Please refer to their website at http://ias.berkeley.edu/bpsa/.