MDes in Design

Class Profile

Class Size

20

Average Age

26

Average Work Experience

2 Years

Diversity

Others:

10%

United States:

35%

International:

25%

California:

30%

Career Outcomes

Median Earnings After Graduation

$1,10,000 / year

Graduation Rate

92%

Top recruiters

JPMorgan Chase

JP Morgan Chase

Buro Happold

Meta

J.P. Morgan Chase

Design Council

Pearson

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Fletcher Building

Royal Shakespeare Company

Pentagram

Urban Designer

Fees and Funding

Tuition Fees

$50,000 / year

Overall Cost

$65,000 / year

FAQs

• There are many GPA fields on the application from; which types of GPA am I required to provide?

  

  Berkeley MDes requires all applicants to submit their Cumulative GPA and Advanced GPA; applicants can ignore the other fields. The Advanced GPA includes all coursework completed after the first 2 years of the undergraduate degree up to the degree conferral. High school/AP courses are not included in the calculation.

• I submitted my TOEFL or IELTS score but it’s not showing up in my application file; what should I do?

  

  Please confirm that you sent your TOEFL score report via ETS to institution code 4833 for Graduate Organizations; no department code is needed. IELTS scores must be sent electronically from the testing center; no institution code is required. Our address for identification purposes is: University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Division, Sproul Hall Rm 318, MC 5900, Berkeley, CA 94720. Please do not mail any score reports. It typically takes 7-10 days for TOEFL and/or IELTS score reports to match in the application system. If your score report isn’t marked as “Verified” within 2 weeks, please contact Graduate Admissions at [email protected]. Graduate Admissions also accepts score reports past the application deadline. If you may have used a different name variations or email on your test compared with the name/email that is on your application, please let us know, as this can cause the score to be separated from your other materials

• Do you offer a deferral option to admitted candidates?

  

  No, the MDes program does not support requests for deferral of admission. The MDes Faculty Director may consider requests for an exception to this policy only in rare and exceptional circumstances. In such cases, admits should email [email protected] and state the rationale for their deferral request. Because deferrals are in no way guaranteed and are only granted in rare and exceptional circumstances, applicants are advised to apply for the year that they intend to start the program.

• Do you have both Fall and Spring admission cycles? Is there a rolling application deadline?

  

  The MDes program only accepts applications for admission in the Fall semester. We do not have a rolling application deadline; all applications must be submitted by the annual deadline. We also do not have an early bird deadline; application review only begins after the deadline.