What is the Fung Fellowship?

Innovation for All. Impact for Good.

Bringing diverse minds together from across campus to shape solutions that matter.

The Fung Fellowship is a transformative program created by the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership that brings together engineering and non-engineering undergraduates from across campus and disciplines at Berkeley Engineering.

A one semester program, offered in both Fall and Spring, Fellows work in student teams on projects that span ~12 weeks, closely collaborating with partner organizations to explore real-world public health or sustainability challenges through innovative technology solutions.

The Fellowship Experience

All perspectives are welcome.

We believe engineering isn’t just a technical skill set—it’s a creative approach to problem-solving that becomes more powerful when diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and areas of study converge.

As a Fellow, you’ll learn to apply design thinking, systems analysis, and technological innovation to real societal challenges, working alongside community organizations and industry partners who need fresh thinking and bold solutions. Whether you’re studying humanities, social sciences, the arts, business, or STEM, the Fellowship expands your creative capacity to envision, prototype, and build change.

This isn’t engineering for engineers alone. It’s engineering thinking, entrepreneurial creativity, and innovation practice for changemakers from every corner of campus.

Two Tracks, One Mission

Each project is framed as an open-ended design challenge that aligns with one of the two Fung Fellowship tracks: Health + Innovation and Sustainability + Innovation.

Learn more about the two tracks and hear from current and past Fellows!

Explore the Fung Fellowship