Shaping leadership in global problem solving
The Master of Development Engineering at UC Berkeley is the first professional degree dedicated to addressing complex global challenges in low-resources settings through the corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors. This program was established after nearly a decade of successfully running the PhD minor (designated emphasis) in Development Engineering, building on a strong foundation of interdisciplinary research and practice in engineering for low resource contexts and technologies for social impact.
The three-semester master’s program is interdisciplinary. It integrates engineering, economics, business, natural resource development, and social sciences to develop, implement, and evaluate technological interventions that address the needs of low-income communities around the world.
Both the Designated Emphasis and the Master of Development Engineering are offered by UC Berkeley’s Graduate Group in Development Engineering, a 40-member faculty coalition who hail from over a dozen schools and departments, including the College of Engineering (ranked third nationally and seventh globally), the Rausser College of Natural Resources (ranked first nationally for environment and ecology studies), the School of Information, the School of Public Health (ranked ninth nationally), the Haas School of Business, (ranked seventh nationally), and the College of Environmental Design, among others. UC Berkeley is ranked first first globally among public universities and fourth-best overall among publics and privates.
The Development Engineering programs are headquartered at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, home also to the undergraduate Global Poverty & Practice program, and the Big Ideas Contest, the University of California’s social entrepreneurship catalyst. The Blum Center is directed by Professor Dan Fletcher, with Professors Kara Nelson, Amy Pickering & Matthew Potts. Master of Development Engineering students consider Blum Hall their home base, enjoying access to a wide range of courses, faculty, and programs across the UC Berkeley campus.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Associate Professor
City and Regional Planning
Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes
Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School
in Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Teaching Professor
Earl F. Cheit Faculty Fellow Haas School of Business
Associate Professor
School of Information
Director, Data-Intensive Development Lab
Professor Emerita
Economics
Paul and Stacy Jacobs Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor
Public Health
Assistant Professor
Haas School of Business
Professor
Department of Economics
Thomas J. Graff Professor of Natural Resources
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor
joint appointment in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and the School of Information
Faculty Director of the Blum Center
Purnendu Chatterjee Chair in Engineering Biological Systems, Dept. of Bioengineering
Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation
Professor of Safe Water and Sanitation
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Li Ka Shing Foundation Chair in Health Management
Haas School of Business
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Jacobs Institute of Design Innovation and the Berkeley Institute of Design
Associate Professor in Residence
Environmental Health Sciences
Master of Architecture in Urban Design
College of Environmental Design
Associate Professor
Architecture
Associate Professor
Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Professor of MDevEng’s “Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship”
Blum Center for Developing Economies
Professor
Energy and Resources Group Founding Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory
Assistant Professor
Economics
Continuing Lecturer, PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
College of Environmental Design
Assistant Professor
Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health
Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Chair in Business Administration
Haas School of Business
Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Blum Chancellor’s Chair in Development Engineering
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chair of the Graduate Group in DevEng
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Development Engineering
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
S. J. Hall Chair in Forest Economics
Professor
Graduate School of Education
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Faculty Director, Blum Center for Developing Economies
Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor Emeritus
Epidemiology and Community Health
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Lecturer, PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Cora Jane Flood Professor of Business Administration
Haas School of Business
Professor Agricultural and Resource Economics
College of Natural Resources
