Interdisciplinary leadership education for a world in transformation
Professional technology leadership programs, custom-built for a broad range of industries and organizations.
The Fung Institute was founded on a clear premise: technical mastery alone no longer meets the demands placed on today’s leaders. They must pair technology fluency with critical leadership skills– the communication, systems thinking, creative problem-solving, human-centered judgment, and more required to guide responsible innovation. For 15 years, this integration has defined the Fung Institute’s unique approach, and now anchors our Professional Education offerings.
Here, engineering and leadership are not separate domains: they are a unified discipline. Professionals from technical and non-technical fields learn together as modern challenges cross boundaries, industries, and organizational roles. Drawing on the depth of UC Berkeley Engineering expertise, our programs deliver sophisticated, experiential-based education that strengthens confident decision-making, accelerates innovation, and equips leaders to navigate complexity with clarity and purpose.
Custom Curriculum
Our curriculum integrates technical and problem-solving design insight with leadership capabilities needed across a variety of working environments. It is applied, adaptable, and built for teams who must innovate under pressure, collaborate across functions, and execute with precision.
We design tailored learning pathways for specific sectors and offer organizational solutions including custom programs, leadership academies, group enrollments, and targeted modules in innovation, communication, and systems leadership. Each offering is structured to deliver measurable outcomes: stronger teams, faster innovation cycles, and leaders who can translate complexity into decisive action.
Program Format
- Programs adapt to your specific needs—content, pacing, and delivery built around your goals.
- Format options: in-person, online (synchronous or asynchronous), or hybrid
- Location: onsite with your organization, at UC Berkeley, or another preferred site
- Duration: fully customized structures, e.g., 3–4 day or weeklong bootcamps, extended series, or tailored selection from existing course content
Water Leadership Program
Monday, April 27 – Saturday, May 2, 2026
A one-week program for water and wastewater utility leaders, where participants will be guided by world-renowned instructors and water experts.
This program intricately blends curriculum to develop leadership, communication, and strategic planning skills – equipping you to build a resilient and innovative utility capable of tackling existing and emerging infrastructure, organizational, and policy challenges.
About the Fung Institute
Through graduate, undergraduate, and professional education programs, we’re developing the next generation of engineering and organizational leaders, equipping them to drive transformative change across technology and society.
