Services For International Visitors & Delegations

The Director of International Protocol & Exchange coordinates the visits of high-level international visitors and delegations to the UC Berkeley campus, including heads of state, government officials and senior academic officials. 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, not all requests can be accommodated. The semester break that occurs in December and January and Spring Break in March 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://opa.berkeley.edu/AcademicCalendar 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.

Jennie Akune
Director of International Protocol & Exchange
International Visitors and Exchange Office
360 Stephens Hall
University of California
Berkeley CA 94720-2300
510-642 2547
jakune@berkeley.edu