PhD Environmental Health Sciences at University of California, Berkeley

Entry requirements

For the doctorate degree, applicants should hold an MS or MPH in a related field, as well as display a clear research orientation and firm knowledge of research techniques. If an applicant does not have a Masters, they must reach out to faculty they are interested in working with to determine if they are good candidates for the PhD and receive approval by the faculty to apply to the EHS PhD program. They will be expected to list the faculty member who gave them approval to apply. If they do not receive approval, they are not eligible but may be eligible to apply to the EHS MS or EHS MPH program. A writing sample (approximately 10 pages is typical) that highlights your writing, research, and analytical skills, is required. The writing sample may be a published paper, a draft research paper (e.g., a preprint), a final paper from a class, a report, a Masters thesis, an undergraduate thesis, etc. Preferred writing samples demonstrate your ability to articulate and support complex ideas, solve technical problems, estimate key parameters from observations, construct and evaluate