Dear Prospective Applicants,

Please review both this page and the admissions Q&A page thorougly before starting and submitting your university online application!

Applications for Fall admissions, including the statement of purpose and recommendation letters, must be submitted on-line. Do not download or print the supplemental application form pdfs. For Spring admission instruction – see bottom of page.

The IEOR Department accepts only online letters of recommendation. Submission instructions are below.

Do Not Use the Graduate Division Online Letter Service. Please wait to submit your recommender information as outlined below.

Additionally, all admissions data should be submitted online. Only original transcripts should be sent by mail. We require one official transcript from each college or university you have attended. Any additional documents received that are not required will be shredded.

Admission:

Prospective students applying for graduate study in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research must first complete and electronically submit a University of California at Berkeley Graduate Student Application: http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/prospective/.

Please note:

1) The application is only considered submitted when you press the submit bottom.

2) The University of California will supply you with a unique ID number when you complete and submit your on-line application. Please write this ID number down.

Readmission: If you have ever been registered as a graduate student at Berkeley please complete a readmission form located at registrar.berkeley.edu/elecforms/ReadmGrad.pdf and mail to the Student Service Office University of California, Berkeley, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 4141 Etcheverry Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1742.

Reactivation: If you submitted an application within the past year, but did not register, you only need to complete and submit a new Form A, and pay a $60 fee to reactivate your application.

• Indicate on the form the most recent semester that you applied.
• You must meet all the same requirements and deadlines as first time applicants
• You must also submit updated transcripts showing any work that has been completed since your previous application.

Letters Of Recommendation:

All letters of recommendations are to be submitted online.

Letters of Recommendation cannot be submitted prior to the submission of your application – There is no exception to this rule.

• After you submit your application to the Graduate Division you will receive an acknowledgement via email from the IEOR department.
• The email will include an 8-character password and a website to visit, where you will complete your application process.
• It may take some time (1-2 weeks) for the University to transfer the application to the IEOR department, and for you to receive the confirmation e-mail and password, please be patient.
• The email acknowledgement will contain instructions for you to complete your waivers of access to the letters of recommendation online. THIS STEP IS REQUIRED.
• Once the electronic waivers are completed, you will be asked to enter the e-mail addresses of your recommenders (only 3 recommenders - if more than 3 are submitted, the first three names only will be accepted and considered).
  • Your recommenders will in turn get e-mail instructions on how to submit their letters online. You may want to notify your recommenders in advance of this new online process. Please also noitfy your recommenders that they may receive an initial letter request from the university and to not use the university online system. They should wait for the letter request from address -  std-svcs@ieor.berkeley.edu
• We will notify you by email as we receive letters from your recommenders. Please do not email us for a status of your application before Dec 18^th. Your recommendation letters should be received no later than January 19, of the corresponding year. ONLY letters of recommendation will be accepted past the Jan 5^th deadline.

Spring Admissions:

The department is currently not accepting Spring applications.

http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/Admissions/Grad/admission.htm