Master of Public Policy/MSc in Energy Resources Group in Berkeley United States | University of California, Berkeley

Applicants chosen for the MPP-ERG Concurrent Degree Program must be admitted to each school separately. Each program will apply the same admissions requirements as used for students not seeking the concurrent degree. Students must follow the following admissions guidelines to be considered for the MPP-ERG concurrent degree. Students must: Apply to the concurrent program from the outset, which requires their application to be reviewed by both programs, OR Apply and matriculate at either ERG or GSPP and then, while a first-semester graduate student apply to the other unit to become a concurrent degree student. If a student does not apply in their first semester of their enrollment in the MPP or ERG Master's program, they are not eligible to apply at a later date. Two separate Statements of Purpose are required, one for each program. ERG SOP Prompt: The Statement of Purpose (SOP) is a forward-looking essay about your goals and how you see ERG's program fitting in those goals. MPP Policy SOP Prompt: The Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy welcomes applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds and with a variety of career aspirations. Personal History Statement, College Transcripts, Three Letters of Recommendation, GRE scores dated before August 2013 are no longer valid. Applicants to the MPP must have a minimum cumulative TOEFL or IELTS score of: 110 on the Internet-Based TOEFL Test (IBT) OR a 600 on the Paper-Based TOEFL Test (PBT), 7 overall band score on the IELTS. The minimum graduate admission requirements are: a bachelor's degree or recognized equivalent from an accredited institution, a satisfactory scholastic average, usually a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale, and enough undergraduate training to do graduate work in your chosen field