Finances

Berkeley's Financial Aid and Scholarships Office

The campus' best resource for questions about how to finance your undergraduate education is FASO. Students can contact FASO staff for support via Cal Student Central.

CEE-specific Scholarships

CEE undergraduate scholarships were made possible through the generosity of CEE alumni and friends.

University scholarships

University scholarships are selected by FASO based on need.

  • Bechtel Engineering Scholarship Fund
  • Berkel Scholarship
  • John Coil Scholarship Fund in Civil Engineering
  • Howard Eberhart Memorial Scholarship
  • Femineers Scholarship
  • F. S. Foote Memorial Scholarship Fund in Civil Engineering
  • Howard Holmes Scholarship
  • Wilfred L. Karrer Civil Engineering Scholarship
  • Thomas K. and Margaret C. Lew Fund
  • John Minihan Scholarship
  • Orselli Engineering Scholarship
  • Leslie E. Robertson and SawTeen See Scholarship
  • Arthur A. Roeser Scholarship
  • Victor W. Sauer Scholarship Fund
  • Amy F. and Howard A. Schirmer Scholarship Fund
  • Robert P. Wadell, P.E., F.ASCE Endowed Scholarship
  • David C. Wenzlaff Merit Scholarship

Departmental scholarships

Department scholarships are competitively awarded in the spring semester and announced at the annual ASCE Banquet.

  • Beavers Heavy Construction Scholarship
    For juniors, seniors, or master's students who plan a professional career in the heavy construction industry. The Beavers scholarship was established in 1990 with a gift from Richard E. Hall and the Beavers Charitable Trust.
  • Theodore Olsen Scholarship
    For CEE majors.
  • Tsuneo Sekine Fund
    For top CEE juniors or seniors.
  • John C. Shimmick Scholarship
    For CEE majors with a construction/project management emphasis.The scholarship was established in honor of John C. Shimmick (BSCE '59).
  • Uichi and Yoshiko Sunada Scholarship
    For a CEE major who has demonstrated a strong commitment in the Berkeley chapter of ASCE, Chi Epsilon, or other engineering student organization.