Berkeley has significant resources for STEM doctoral students and postdocs; the following is a sampling of the kinds of groups on campus making an impact for the STEM community. Get engaged, develop your networks, and attend some of the excellent events they organize each semester.
Student- and Postdoc-led Initiatives
If you are aware of a relevant group/organization not posted here, please contact us with information to add to these listings.
- Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering (ADSE) – look for UC Berkeley chapter information
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
- Bay Area Open Science Group (includes UCB, UCSF and Stanford)
- Bay Area Scientists in Schools (BASIS) – for teaching k-12
- Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative (BERC)
- Berkeley Postdoctoral Association (BPA)
- Berkeley Postdoctoral Entrepreneur Program (BPEP)
- Berkeley Science Review
- Beyond Academia
- Bias Busters
- Biotech@Berkeley
- Black Graduate Engineering and Science Students (BGESS)
- Chemistry Graduate Life Committee (GCLC)
- Expanding Your Horizons
- Graduate Women of Engineering
- Latinx Association of Graduate Students in Engineering and Science (LAGSES)
- MCB295: Careers for Life Science Ph.D.s
- oSTEM
- PhD Consulting Group – this group is being re-instated after a hiatus, if you are interested contact us for a referral to current organizers
- Postdoc Industry Experience Program (PIEP)
- Postdoc Teaching Opportunities Program (PTOP)
- POWER-Bay Area
- QB3-Berkeley Postdoc Community
- Science Leadership and Management (SLAM)
- Science Policy Group – this group is being re-instated after a hiatus, if you are interested contact us for a referral to current organizers
- Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
- STEM*FYI
If you represent a Berkeley student or postdoc group you would like listed here (must have some professional development component, and be open to members from different academic departments), please contact rlurie@berkeley.edu
Campus Administrative Initiatives
- American Indian Graduate Program (AIGP)
- Berkeley Graduate Assembly
- Berkeley International Office (BIO)
- Berkeley Career Engagement
- Coalition for Education and Outreach
- Graduate Division – GradPro
- GSI Teaching & Resource Center
- Office for Graduate Diversity
- Student Parent Center
- Visiting Scholar and Postdoc Affairs (VSPA)


