一、Basic Information
University | University of California-Berkeley University of California-Berkeley(UC Berkeley, UCB, founded in 1868, is a famous American public research university. It is also one of the world's top schools and is known as the four immortal academic backbones of American Society with Stanford University, Harvard, MIT. UCB is also the flagship university among 30 public Ivy universities. Civil engineering, environmental engineering, ecology, chemistry, computer related professional of UC Berkeley were ranked the first;130 professions are rankedtop10 in U.S.A. |
Program Name | UCB summer program |
Application Deadline | Deadline of the first batch:January 20, 2016 Deadline of the second batch:March 15, 2016 Note:Because the courses registration of UCB summer program will open in early February 2016, so the program adopts“first come first served” to encourage qualified students to sign up as soon as possible in order to choose the courses they want. |
Program Duration,Tuition Fee,Accommodation | 2016 Timetable | Credit points | Program fee reference(2015Program fee) | Session A-6-week (May 23- July 1) | 5 credits | US$6,774(double room);US$6,378(triple room) | Session B-10-week (June 6- August 12) | 8 credits | US$9,952(double room);US$9,235(triple room) | Session C-8-week (June 20- August 12) | 6 credits | US$8,034(double room);US$7,470(triple room) | Session D-6-week (July 5- August 12) | 5 credits | US$6,774(double room);US$6,378(triple room) | Session A+D-12 week (May 23- August 12) | 10 credits | US$11,728(double room);US$10,793(triple room) |
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Application Requirements | 1. Registered full-time undergraduates and postgraduates 2.GPA:3.0/4.0(GPAonline calculator:http://china.studyabroadfoundation.org/apply_now/gpa_calculator.php 3. English minimum requirements(at least satisfy one of the followings): TOEFL IBT 80 /IELTS6.5 / CET4 493 / TEM 470 |
Courses | UC Berkeley offers over 600 summer courses including economics, politics, ESL, film and television and other popular professional courses. Available courses overview:https://mysummer.berkeley.edu/course/viewCourseTitlesForTerm.php Courses link(please refer to 2015 summer timetable):http://schedule.berkeley.edu/ |
Accommodation and board | Accommodation cost is based on the standard room and triple room. Campus accommodation includes 12 meals per week. Students who participate in Session A, B, C, A+D will be assigned to live in UC Berkeley student apartment. Due to the limited number of residential placesfor Session D students. Thus students of Session Dwill be arranged live in student apartment and a portion of students will be arranged outside the campus. Off-campus accommodation will be audited by SAF. Off-campus accommodation cost is set based on different types of accommodation. Accommodation will be arranged according to the principle of first come first served. |
二、How to apply
Application Methods | Register online and fill in personal information:https://www.safdb.net/apply_online/ If have any inquiries, please contact Teacher Ding Tel:021-66099952、66099956 Email:aurelia.ding@studyabroadfoundation.org |
Internal Procedures | Please refer to the Appendix “SAF-XMU-Internal Procedures” |
Warm prompt:
1.If you don't have a passport for registration, please apply for a passport as early as possible;
2.Select only one program released in the same period of the summer programs and please do the overall planning;
3. Once the application is successful, pleasepay attention to the safety of travel, purchase insurance and comply with local laws and regulations and school rules and regulations.