Job Description

Position overview
Position title:
Dean, College of Engineering

Salary range:
The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $400,000-$675,000.

Anticipated start:
July 1, 2026

Review timeline:
Screening of complete applications will begin immediately. This position is open until filled, however, for best consideration, please submit materials by Monday, August 25, 2025.

Application Window

Open date: June 24, 2025

Next review date: Monday, Aug 25, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Friday, Nov 14, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), the world's premier public university, seeks a visionary, strategic, and collaborative leader to serve as the next dean of its College of Engineering (Berkeley Engineering). Applications, nominations, and expressions of interest are invited.

UC Berkeley is internationally renowned for excellence across all disciplines, for the opportunities it affords students of all backgrounds, and for scientific discovery, innovation, and cultural creativity. Home to more than 33,000 undergraduates, and 12,800 graduate students, and roughly 1,600 Senate faculty, UC Berkeley is consistently ranked among the best universities nationally and globally. Berkeley's professors are highly distinguished researchers, scholars, and leading experts in their field as attested by their many Nobel Prizes, other distinguished awards, and memberships in the most prestigious learned societies.

UC Berkeley's College of Engineering, the second largest college at Berkeley, with 4,200 undergraduates, 2,500 graduate students, 400 staff and 250 faculty, is a community of visionaries, technology leaders, and industry pioneers. Berkeley Engineering is consistently ranked among the top three engineering programs - and the No. 1 public program - in the nation. Its individual disciplines also maintain top rankings. Among Berkeley Engineering's active and emeriti faculty members, 71 are members of the esteemed National Academy of Engineering. In addition, 25 faculty are recipients of the campus's Distinguished Teaching Award and more than 100 hold endowed chairs and distinguished professorships. The college's 73,000+ alumni comprise one of the most innovative, talented, and networked communities in the world.

Within UC Berkeley's shared governance structure, the dean serves as the Chief Academic Officer and Executive of the college reporting to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost. The dean provides leadership and is responsible for all matters relating to the administration of the college including academic programs, personnel, budgets, alumni engagement, fundraising, and industry relations. The dean works in close collaboration with the dean of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), in mutual support of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, which is shared between both colleges, as well as with the other deans across campus on many joint programs.

The next dean will provide visionary leadership to maintain and advance Berkeley Engineering's preeminence by charting a forward-looking path for the college. The next dean will support the college's multidisciplinary initiatives, which are solving the grand challenges of today and the future. They will collaborate across campus and foster an inclusive culture and community. The dean will prioritize enhancing external partnerships and increasing philanthropic support to invest in the college's continued excellence.

UC Berkeley seeks in its next dean of Berkeley Engineering a leader with vision, a consultative and collaborative leadership style, strategic and operational leadership, and the energy and integrity to inspire others to new levels of excellence. The dean will be a deliberative, enterprising, and inclusive leader, who is deeply committed to building trust and who can work effectively with campus leadership, colleagues, faculty, students, staff, alumni, and external partners to advance the college.

Candidates should have a proven record of effective academic leadership in a complex, research-intensive environment, the ability to build and cultivate consensus while also making tough decisions, and a track record of fostering and supporting a climate of community, inclusive excellence, and mutual respect. The successful candidate will bring a deep commitment to Berkeley's public mission, the ability to lead effectively within a strong culture of shared governance, the genuine willingness to listen to, engage, and collaborate with multiple stakeholders and an enthusiasm for external engagement. Candidates must have a distinguished record of excellence in teaching, research, and/or significant professional activity appropriate for a tenured faculty appointment at the level of full professor at UC Berkeley.

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To be considered as candidates, applicants must have an earned doctoral degree or equivalent international degree by the time of application and submit, as separate documents, a CV or resume and a letter of interest addressing the themes in this profile.

WittKieffer is assisting UC Berkeley in this search. For fullest consideration, candidate materials should be received by Monday, August 25, 2025 .

Application materials should be sent to WittKieffer via email to: UCBerkeleyEngineering@wittkieffer.com and applicants must also apply directly to UC Berkeley at

Nominations and inquiries can be directed to Suzanne Teer, Jessica Herrington, and Cathryn Davis at UCBerkeleyEngineering@wittkieffer.com .

UC Berkeley offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision and retirement plans as well as moving, relocation, and housing assistance.

This is a sensitive position and is subject to a criminal background check.

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. Consistent with this commitment, and with California State law, finalists for this position will be required to complete an Employment Misconduct Disclosure Questionnaire form indicating if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, and provide information related to investigations and appeals. Finalists will also be required to complete and sign an Authorization of Information Release form that authorizes current and/or previous employers to release information regarding past substantiated allegations of misconduct. Finalists will only be subject to institutional reference checks if and when they are selected as the candidate to whom the University would like to extend a formal offer. More information is available on this website.

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Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Applicants must have an earned doctoral degree (or equivalent international degree) at the time of application.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

Candidates must have a record of excellence in teaching, research, and/or significant professional experience appropriate for a tenured faculty appointment at the level of full professor at UC Berkeley.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

• Letter of Interest - A letter of interest addressing the themes in the leadership profile is required.

• Other Document (Optional)

• Other Document (Optional)

• Other Document (Optional)

Reference requirements

For candidates that advance in the process, WittKieffer will undertake media and public records reviews, degree and employment history checks, and other checks. WittKieffer and UC Berkeley leaders will conduct on- and off-list reference checks during the finalist stage.

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Full time, Immediate start, Relocation package,

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