Mechanical Engineering

Explore Your Major

• Meet with your ESS advisor to discuss your academic plans.

• Familiarize yourself with major and college requirements and the ME Curriculum Flowchart

• Talk to a ME advisor about department programs and research opportunities.

• Enroll in ENGIN 98: The Insider's Guide to Berkeley Engineering.

Connect and Build Community

• Join a First Friday Coffee Chat with faculty.

• Take advantage of tutoring and workshops for Engineering students at the Center for Access to Engineering Excellence

• Discover student opportunities in the ESS newsletter

• Find study space and resources in the Kresge Engineering Library.

Discover Your Passions

• Browse research taking place in Engineering centers, institutes, and labs

• Visit the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships

• Discover new interests in a Freshman Seminar or student-run DeCal course

• Broaden your perspective by attending Newton Series or View from the Top lectures.

Engage Locally and Globally

• Attend a build team SAE, Battlebot, and Calsol competition.    

• Attend the Calapalooza student activities fair and get involved with a student organization.

• Explore Engineering student organizations

• Find service opportunities through the Public Service Center.

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Visit Berkeley Career Engagement and the Career Counseling Library

• Check out the Berkeley Career Engagement Yearly Planner. Sign up for Handshake and CareerMail

• Explore career resources on the Engineering and ME websites. 

• Attend an ESS workshop to create a resume and LinkedIn page.

Explore Your Major

• Talk to ESS peer advisors about life in the major.

• Meet with your ESS advisor to discuss your academic progress and any challenges.

• Complete lower division prerequisites and start planning your upper division courses.

• Plan now if considering a double major, simultaneous degree, minor, or study abroad.

Connect and Build Community

• Join an Engineering or ME student group, such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

• Sign up for the ME email list and start attending department events

• Get to know Engineering professors and graduate student instructors in office hours.

• Continue attending tutoring and workshops, and reading the weekly ESS newsletter.

Discover Your Passions

• Consider pursuing a research opportunity for Engineering and ME students.

• Look through the ME faculty’s research interests

• Apply to a REU research program. Check Berkeley Lab and Beehive for more research options.

• Design and manufacture engineering projects in the Student Machine Shop.

Engage Locally and Globally

• Contribute to a community organization in an American Cultures Engaged Scholarship course such as ENGIN 157AC

• Explore study, internship, and research abroad options with Berkeley Study Abroad. Consider a Berkeley Global Internship

• Mentor local youth with Pioneers in Engineering or Berkeley Engineers and Mentors.

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Discuss career options and goals with a Career Educator

• Explore careers through GLOBE Ambassadors, winter externships, and informational interviews

• Learn about graduate and professional school

• Pursue an internship and attend an internship career fair.

Explore Your Major

• Focus on upper division requirements and electives.

• Continue meeting with your ESS advisor to review your academic progress.

• Submit paperwork for a double major, simultaneous degree, minor, or study abroad.

Connect and Build Community

• Give back by becoming an ESS peer advisor

• Join the Berkeley Engineering group on LinkedIn.

• Explore student groups outside of Engineering, or deepen your involvement with an Engineering student group

• Check out Formula SAE, CALSOL, Cal Super Mileage and Pi Tau Sigma, the Mechanical Engineering Honor Society.

Discover Your Passions

• Apply for a research opportunity if you haven’t done so already.

• Check out design and maker opportunities at the Jacobs Institute

• Explore entrepreneurship through the Sutardja Center and Skydeck

• Consider earning the Sutardja Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Technology.

Engage Locally and Globally

• Learn how to be an ethical and inclusive global leader through the LeaderShape Institute

• Experience life at another UC or college on a visitor and exchange program

• Study and intern in Washington D.C. with UCDC or Cal in the Capital.

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Attend career and graduate school fairs such as the STEM Career & Internship Fair.

• Discuss graduate school options with advisors and professors. Make an advising appointment in ESS to explore a 5th year MS, MEng, or PhD.

• Sign up for an ESS career workshop, networking dinner, speaker series, or career conference.

Explore Your Major

• Meet with your ESS advisor to do an official degree check and plan for your final year.

• Complete any “bucket list” courses and remaining major, college, and campus requirements.

• Complement your major with a certificate, course thread, or summer minor.

Connect and Build Community

• Join a professional association related to your interests.

• Continue attending tutoring and workshops, and reading the weekly ESS newsletter.

• Connect with alumni groups and leverage your network as you prepare to graduate.

Discover Your Passions

• Teach your own DeCal course

• Consider being an instructor for ENGIN 98

• Continue to pursue your interests through a fellowship or gap year after graduation.

• Choose your post-baccalaureate plans based upon your intended mission and impact as an Engineer.

Engage Locally and Globally

• Serve as a student representative on a college committee

• Hone your leadership skills with the Peter E. Haas Public Service Leaders program

• Explore service opportunities after graduation, such as Peace Corps, Teach for America, or U.S. Department of State.

Reflect and Plan Your Future

• Ask professors and graduate student instructors for recommendation letters.

• Utilize job board tools in your job search.

• Go to Employer Info Sessions, and On-Campus Recruiting and attend the job offer negotiation workshop

• Apply to jobs, graduate school, and other opportunities.