The Director of International Protocol coordinates the visits of high-level foreign visitors and delegations to the Berkeley campus, including heads of state, government officials and senior academic officials and delegations. The Director works with groups whose interests concern university administration, the current state of higher education or range across several academic disciplines to schedule meetings, if possible, with relevant University representatives . Visitors with a specific, singular scholarly interest should contact the relevant Berkeley department, school or college directly.

The most effective visits to campus are those that are planned during the regular academic year when the campus is staffed with a full complement of faculty and administrators. Visits are possible during the summer, but because many faculty and faculty administrators are away from campus conducting research, often not all requests can be accommodated. The semester break that occurs in December and January and Spring break are also a difficult times to schedule visits to the campus. Visits cannot be scheduled for university holidays when the campus is closed. Please refer to http://www.chance.berkeley.edu/planning/calendar.html for the current academic calendar.

A minimum of three weeks advance notice of your visit is preferred to enable scheduling of meetings. To schedule appropriate meetings and inform those at Berkeley that will meet with the visitors, we will need detailed information about the topics to be discussed, brief biographical information about the individual visitors, as well as information about the organization the visitors represent. All meetings will be conducted in English. We are unable to provide translating services for visitors. In addition, we regret that we are unable to assist you in arranging hotel accommodations and transportation to campus. For information about these topics and others that may be of interest to you please refer to the various websites listed below.

Sharon Lyons Butler
Director of International Protocol & Exchange
International and Area Studies
360 Stephens Hall
University of California
Berkeley CA 94720-2300

Telephone: 510 642 2547
Fax: 510 642 9466
Email: slbutler@.berkeley.edu

For general information about visitor services on the Berkeley campus:

For information about specific academic programs:
http://www.berkeley.edu/academics/departments/a.html

For general information about visitor services on the Berkeley campus:
http://www.berkeley.edu/visitors/index.html

For information about free campus tours (no reservations are necessary):
http://www.berkeley.edu/visitors/free_tours.html

For information about reserved group tours (reservations must be made two weeks in advance):
http://www.berkeley.edu/visitors/group_tours.html

For directions to campus:
http://www.berkeley.edu/visitors/traveling.html

For information about public transportation to campus:
http://www.berkeley.edu/visitors/public_transit.html

For information about public parking near campus:
http://www.berkeley.edu/visitors/parking.html

For information about the city of Berkeley:
http://www.berkeley.edu/visitors/city.html

For information on lodging in the Berkeley area:
http://www.berkeley.edu/calparents/guide/visiting/stay.html