Graduate Exchange Program

The University of California, Berkeley has over 80 exchange agreements with international 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. UC Berkeley sees these agreements as a means for strengthening collegial networks with our international counterparts. In addition, the agreements serve as a basis for internationalization in a globalizing world. We seek to broaden our graduate student experience by bringing them into contact with young international scholars in their own field.

International Graduate Student Exchange: International graduate students from a partner institution who wish to come to UC Berkeley on the exchange program must be nominated by his or her home university within the quota and deadlines described below. Students should contact their institution's International Exchange Administrator for information on their institution’s internal procedures. To learn about UC Berkeley's academic departments and research units please refer to the following 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 UC Berkeley website DO NOT APPLY to exchange students coming to UC Berkeley through the IVEO administered exchange program. Berkeley Summer Sessions is not included in the exchange program.

Berkeley Graduate Student Exchange: The exchange process varies by exchange. Please contact IVEO directly with specific questions. Please note that IVEO does not provide funding to support graduate student exchanges.

Faculty and Researcher Exchanges are best accomplished through direct communication and collaboration between partner institution colleagues. Please refer to the UC Berkeley website for links to Berkeley academic departments and research centers. General administrative support to facilitate the exchange can be provided by IVEO.

Establishing an Exchange Agreement with UC Berkeley:
The International Visitors and Exchange Office handles the development of exchange agreements which include the exchange of faculty and graduate students only.  Exchange agreements overseen by this office are handled on a grass roots level and are created when there is mutual faculty interest at UC Berkeley and the participating university.  In most cases, IVEO is approached by UC Berkeley faculty when they are interested in collaborating with a particular international institution. 

Professor Ronald Gronsky, Special Faculty Assistant to the Chancellor for International Relations, oversees all new exchange agreements developed in the International Visitors and Exchange Office.  Ronald Gronsky can be contacted at: rgronsky@berkeley.edu