UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design is ranked the No. 1 public university in the U.S. for architecture and the built environment.

“The spectrum of course offerings — from theoretical to practical, from global to local  — was my favorite part of my CED education. I took classes from faculty who served as planning commissioners for the city of Berkeley and from those who are pushing the field of geography to better understand global inequality. That incredibly wide range begins to make sense when you spend time in CED and come to understand the symbiotic relationship between the college and city that surrounds it.”
— Brandon Yung, BA Urban Studies, 2022

“I chose Berkeley for its reputation for design excellence and commitment to social justice, but what I came to value most was the supportive and collaborative studio culture.”
— Al Oliva (MArch 2024)

“Berkeley gave us a belief we have never lost — that architecture can change lives. That the spaces we make, the cities we shape, the boundaries we draw — they matter, deeply, to the people who live inside them. That belief was formed here, in these four years at Wurster Hall.”
— Rossana Hu (BA Architecture 1990) & Lyndon Neri (BA Architecture 1987), CED Commencement Address 2026