University of California

Berkeley campus

Fall Semester: August till December

Spring semester: February till May

All other campuses

Fall Quarter: September till December

Winter Quarter: January till March

Spring Quarter: April till June

Most Berkeley colleges - enrollment required in 14-17 units per semester;

All other UC campuses -at least 12 units per quarter. If you are going on exchange for the Fall or Winter quarters only,  you must be enrolled in between 14-17 units to receive 8 units of credit at UQ.   You cannot go on exchange for the Spring quarter without having gone on exchange for the winter quarter as well. Enrolment for Winter and Spring quarters (equivalent to semester 1 at UQ) = 24 units (12 units per quarter).

(One unit represents three hours of work per week by the student, including both class attendance and preparation.)

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Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 5.0

Regarding assessment methods, usually a final exam grade alone does not determine the overall grade for the class. Class attendance and participation in class discussion are obligatory. Cooperative learning activities and group projects (sometimes after class hours) may be evaluated and represent a significant part of the grade. Grading in most UC courses is cumulative and requires that students perform well in all work assigned over the course of the term to receive a high grade. Course instructors at UC may expect that students complete daily or weekly graded assignments.

Masters students should apply by the October deadline regardless of the planned exchange semester.  Please note that most postgraduate level courses are year-long.

Applicants must have completed at least four years of full-time university study in order to be considered as graduate applicants at UC. The four years of study includes 3 years of undergraduate and 1 year of Master's or 3 years of undergraduate and 1 year of honours.

Most postgraduate applicants will be asked to provide a Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score.  Click here to find out more.