First-gen, low-income, transfer, & non-traditional students

Some resources differ by experience or community, though many students have lived experiences at the intersections and can access multiple of these services. On this page, you can jump to resources for:

Transfer students

Miller Scholars (the George A. Miller Scholars Program) provides outstanding community college transfer students the opportunity to develop leadership, research and/or community service skills and apply them in practice. Every year ten low-income, first-generation students are selected based on their leadership potential, academic excellence, and commitment to community service and education.
Transfer Student Center, in the Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence (CE3), provides services to current UC Berkeley transfer students from other colleges and universities with navigating the academic and cultural landscape at UC Berkeley.
The bridges multicultural resource center aim to recruit and retain first-year, transfer, re-entry, and continuing low-income, underserved students of color in higher education by providing resources to students. It is comprised of seven Recruitment & Retention Centers.

First-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students

Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), in the Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence (CE3), provides first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented college students with the guidance and resources necessary to succeed.
TRIO Student Support Services (SSS), in the Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence (CE3), is a federally funded TRIO program serving first-generation, low-income, and disabled students.
The Career Center provides career resources specifically for first-generation students, including career planning resources.
The bridges multicultural resource center aim to recruit and retain first-year, transfer, re-entry, and continuing low-income, underserved students of color in higher education by providing resources to students. It is comprised of seven Recruitment & Retention Centers.
For graduate students: The Graduate Division's Inclusive Excellence Hub is a unique, welcoming venue where underrepresented graduate students can find camaraderie and build multi-disciplinary networks of their peers.
The STEM Excellence through Equity & Diversity (SEED) Scholars Honors Program focuses on supporting and inspiring historically marginalized undergraduate populations majoring in all areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Veterans

Cal Veteran Services Center, in the Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence (CE3), is dedicated to providing programs and services in support of the academic and personal success of student veterans.
Berkeley Career Engagement provides career resources specifically for veterans, including career planning resources.

Current or former foster youth

Berkeley Hope Scholars, in the Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence (CE3), is an academic retention program at UC Berkeley supporting all incoming freshman, transfer, graduate, and continuing students who are current and former foster youth, probation youth, or were orphaned before the age of 18.

Formerly incarcerated students

Berkeley Underground Scholars (BUS) creates a pathway for incarcerated, formerly incarcerated and system-impacted individuals into higher education. They work to build a prison-to-school pipeline through recruitment, retention, and advocacy. BUS is an academic support program.
The Underground Scholars Initiative (USI) was created to support all prospective and current UC Berkeley students impacted by issues of mass incarceration, imprisonment, and detainment of any kind.

Undergraduate students ages 25 and older

The Re-entry Student Program, in the Centers for Educational Equity and Excellence (CE3), provides services and resources for the population of undergraduate students at Berkeley ages 25 and older.