In addition to attending one of the premier business schools in the world, Berkeley-Haas students join the larger community at one of the most esteemed universities. The mission of the University of California is to excel in research, teaching, and public service. Over the decades, this mission has developed a culture at UC Berkeley that stimulates greatness.
UC Berkeley's global flavor and close proximity to Silicon Valley and downtown San Francisco — the finance capital of the West Coast — provide unmatched opportunities.
The Haas School encourages you to take advantage of all the university has to offer. With the Haas PhD program, you earn a degree from a university whose name and reputation open doors around the globe.
The Berkeley-Haas PhD program draws on the incredible breadth and depth of the University of California, Berkeley, whose graduate programs are consistently ranked among the best in the world. The proof is in the university's distinguished record of Nobel-level scholarship, constant innovation, a concern for the betterment of our world, and consistently high rankings of its schools and departments — the Berkeley-Haas School among them.
The strength of the faculty in all academic departments and the breadth of course offerings throughout the university confer lifelong advantages on students in the doctoral program. Integral to the Berkeley-Haas School PhD Program experience is the opportunity for students to take courses and study with faculty members in other departments. Through coursework with the departments of economics, statistics, and mathematics, students enrich their knowledge of economic theory and build skills in quantitative methodology. The ability to conduct integrated investigation of basic and applied theory in the social sciences is honed through study within such disciplines as political science and psychology. Berkeley-Haas School PhD students also enjoy access to employment opportunities through the network of research institutes across the Berkeley campus.
Renowned as one of the world's preeminent research universities, Berkeley has been educating business leaders since 1868. According to the National Research Council, UC Berkeley ranks first nationally in the number of graduate programs in the top 10 in their fields. (In fact, 97% of the university's programs made the top 10 list.) Berkeley's faculty - including six current Nobel laureates, 20 total Nobel laureates, 132 members of the National Academy of Sciences, and 230 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences — has made the university a leader in understanding and explaining the economic, political, technological, and social forces driving today's business environment.
Since its founding, UC Berkeley has grown with the rapidly expanding population of California and responded to the educational needs of the developing state. The business school was founded in 1898, making it the second oldest collegiate business school in the United States, and the first at a public university. By the 1930s, research at UC Berkeley burgeoned in nuclear physics, chemistry, and biology, leading to the development of the first cyclotron, the isolation of the human poliovirus, and the discovery of all the artificial elements heavier than uranium, including Berkelium and Californium.
