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Major Field and Research Focus Area
As part of the online application, you will be asked to provide your Major Field and Research Focus Area. These will represent your primary areas of study and research during your graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at Berkeley. The Research Focus Areas have been determined by the faculty as current major themes of research in the department. As these categories do not include all of our research activities, you are encouraged to examine faculty webpages for additional research topics. To further understand your interests, we also ask that you provide us with your preference, if any, of research method.
Your selections of major field and research focus area, along with your preference of research method, will be used during the admissions process to guide us both in determining which faculty members are best suited to review your application and in the selection processes for various kinds of financial support.
| Major Field Areas | Research Focus Areas |
| Bioengineering | Biomechanical Engineering & Health |
| Controls | Controls & Dynamics of Complex Systems |
| Design | Energy Science & Technology |
| Dynamics | Green & Sustainable Technologies |
| Energy Science and Technology | Micro & Nano Engineering |
| Fluids | |
| Manufacturing | Research Methods |
| Materials | |
| Mechanics | Computational |
| MEMS/Nano | Theoretical |
| Ocean Engineering | Experimental |
| No Preference |
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