Where Engineering Excellence Meets Leadership Impact
The Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership at UC Berkeley College of Engineering was founded on a bold recognition: as technology advances at unprecedented speed, the world faces an urgent need for engineers who can also lead. In 2010, philanthropist and Berkeley alumnus Coleman Fung launched the Institute to close this gap, creating a distinctive Master of Engineering program that integrates rigorous technical education with leadership and entrepreneurship training. This novel approach has established the UC Berkeley MEng as one of the top three engineering master’s degree programs in the nation.
Building on this success, we extended our vision to UC Berkeley undergraduates through the Fung Fellowship—a transformative semester-long program that brings engineering thinking, entrepreneurial creativity, and innovation practice to students across all disciplines. By fostering collaboration among diverse academic perspectives on real-world challenges, the Fellowship embodies our conviction that the most powerful solutions emerge when multiple fields of study converge.
Now, we have broadened our reach once again with professional education pathways that bring our leadership expertise to STEM professionals and technical leaders at every career stage, extending the rigor and prestige of Berkeley Engineering to those ready to expand their impact without pausing their careers. Whether through our renowned MEng, the interdisciplinary Fung Fellowship, or our expanding suite of professional programs, we are preparing the next generation of changemakers with the leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving skills to tackle society’s most pressing challenges.
As we scale this vision, we’re exploring new models of collaboration that reflect the innovation mindset of the nation’s #1 public engineering school. For those interested in shaping the future of engineering leadership education, we invite conversation about what’s possible when innovation meets impact.
UC Berkeley Master of Engineering (MEng) Degree Program
Great engineers solve problems. Engineering leaders shape the future.
The Fung Institute’s pioneering Master of Engineering (MEng) program, a top three master of engineering degree program in the U.S., redefines graduate engineering education by integrating rigorous technical training with an unparalleled leadership and entrepreneurship curriculum taught by active industry experts. Situated at the nation’s #1 public engineering school, this groundbreaking model—without peer among master of engineering programs—cultivates multidisciplinary collaboration and hands-on, real-world problem solving, transforming engineers into visionary leaders and innovators prepared for the future of work. Graduates join a large and active global alumni network and consistently secure competitive positions at leading technology companies and innovative startups, with many advancing to senior technical and executive roles.
Fung Fellowship Undergraduate Program
Where diverse minds collide and innovation ignites.
The Fung Institute’s namesake Fellowship program is a transformative one semester experience that brings engineering thinking, entrepreneurial creativity, and innovation practice to UC Berkeley undergraduates across all disciplines. We believe engineering isn’t just a technical skill set—it’s a creative approach to problem-solving that becomes exponentially more powerful when multiple perspectives, backgrounds, and areas of study converge. The Fellowship offers undergraduates a unique opportunity to collaborate with peers from diverse academic disciplines, broadening their worldview and fostering both personal and intellectual growth through meaningful cross-disciplinary connections.
The Master of Advanced Study in Engineering (MAS-E) Online Degree Program
Berkeley Engineering excellence, designed for your life.
The Master of Advanced Study in Engineering (MAS-E) represents a breakthrough in graduate engineering education: a fully online master’s degree from UC Berkeley, the #1 public engineering school in the U.S., designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s technical workforce. This innovative program extends Berkeley Engineering’s academic rigor and global prestige to working professionals worldwide, enabling organizations to upskill their technical talent without career interruption or geographic barriers. MAS-E addresses critical industry needs by developing specialized expertise and leadership capabilities in engineers at every career stage, from emerging talent to technical leaders driving innovation at scale.
As staff of the Fung Institute, we commit to:
- Serve students first. We prioritize improving, enhancing, and supporting the student experience.
- Help each other succeed. We go the extra mile, proactively share information, and support each other with a bias to action. The success of one is the success of all.
- Have a growth mindset. We question the status quo, are open to new ideas, and seek innovative ways of working.
- Speaking-up. We actively contribute, ask for help, and voice what’s on our minds. We communicate why and how decisions are made.
- Inclusion. We seek diversity, create opportunities, and make space for everyone to be idea generators, problem solvers, and decision-makers.
- Accountability. We hold ourselves and each other to the highest standards —as servants of students, the university, and the public.
READ: The Fung Institute’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
Land Acknowledgement
The Fung Institute recognizes that UC Berkeley sits on the territory of xučyun (Huichin), the ancestral and unceded land of the Chochenyo speaking Ohlone people, the successors of the sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County. We recognize that every member of the Berkeley community has, and continues to benefit from, the use and occupation of this land, since the institution’s founding in 1868. Read more about the Ohlone land.