Click here to download a PDF version of the UC Faculty guide (2 MB).

[Please note: typically the PDF version of the guide is not updated as frequently as the website. But as of 6/7/07 the PDF guide matches the website.]

Welcome to the University of California, Berkeley and to the Faculty Guide to Campus Life. Although life at a large, vibrant university like UC Berkeley is too diverse to be covered completely in a single volume, we have tried hard to address the most commonly asked questions and to direct you to most of the resources this campus has to offer.

As you will see from the Table of Contents, we’ve tried to answers questions you might have as a faculty member, not only about your life in the classroom and the laboratory, but as someone living in the Bay Area, or considering moving to the Bay Area. You can find out how to get help using your computer, where to find teaching assistance, and what programs provide academic support for your students, but you can also find out how to become involved in the cultural and social life of the campus: Cal Performances brings world-class musicians, dancers, and theater artists to campus; the Department of Music features concerts and other musical performances; the Pacific Film Archive offers a daily program of classic and avant-garde films and houses a large collection of movies.

The Faculty Guide is intended as a reference, but we hope that you’ll take some time to browse through it, too. There will certainly be resources that you hadn’t thought about, people and offices on campus whose mission is to make your academic life as productive as possible.

Please remember that since this is a PDF version of the online guide, you may not find detailed answers to all of your questions, but you will find phone numbers and web addresses that will lead you to more complete information.

If you have any questions about the Guide, please feel free to call us at the Office of Educational Development, (510) 642-6392 or email us at avpue@berkeley.edu.

Again, welcome to Berkeley. You’ve joined one of the most exciting intellectual and cultural communities in the world, and we hope the Faculty Guide proves valuable to you in making use of the campus’s vast resources.

last updated on 6/7/07