Global studies transfer to UC Berkeley

What UC Berkeley expects global and international studies transfers to finish before fall 2027. Below are Berkeley’s own preparation and selection rules, the programs that give priority and your odds.

Checked against official UC and campus sources in November 2026.

At a glance

Fall 2025 campus admit rate: 27.8%
Selection criteria: Yes
TAG at Berkeley: No TAG
Admits transfers: Yes

UC Berkeley admitted 27.8% of community college applicants for fall 2025, and it doesn’t publish admit rates by major. The middle half of admitted transfers had GPAs from 3.65 to 4.00 for fall 2025.

What Berkeley expects

Global Studies
Courses to finish
To be eligible for L&S admission, students must complete all major preparatory courses listed as required on ASSIST.org for their intended major. Courses that are not articulated should be taken in the first semester at Berkeley. Source
Selection
Letters and Science requires a minimum 3.0 UC-transferable GPA by the end of the fall term when the application is submitted. Reading and Composition, Quantitative Reasoning and Language are no longer required for admission, though finishing the Language requirement first is strongly encouraged. Source
Also note
Global Studies is not on the L&S Direct Admission Program list for students admitted up to fall 2026. Source
Starting Fall 2027, all transfer students offered admission to L&S will be directly admitted into the major they selected, with no separate internal process to declare. Source
Berkeley guarantees review only of the primary major, so applicants should list their intended major first on the UC application. Source
Every Berkeley major
Every Berkeley college requires at least 60 semester (90 quarter) UC-transferable units by the end of the spring term before fall enrollment, and major preparation is listed on ASSIST and in the Berkeley Catalog. Source

No TAG at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley doesn’t offer TAG, and no program guarantees transfer admission there. Every applicant goes through regular review, and each college sets its own GPA floor.

Every UC program that gives transfer priority

Your odds

Move the GPA to see a regular-review range at UC Berkeley.

UC-transferable GPA3.40

Intended major

Far reach

About 5–15% in regular review for applicants like you

Major preparation is the factor UC readers weigh most for transfers — often ahead of GPA.

Regular-review estimate for a California resident on track for 60 units and the 7-course pattern, with major prep unconfirmed. The full calculator adds your prep, residency and TAG status.

The same major at other campuses

Campus	Selection criteria	TAG
UCLA	Yes	No TAG
UC San Diego	None stated	No TAG
UC Irvine	Yes	3.40
UC Davis	Yes	3.20
UC Santa Barbara	None stated	3.40
UC Riverside	Yes	Not stated

All nine campuses side by side

Official links

UC Berkeley transfer admissionsadmissions.berkeley.edu
ASSIST: course agreements to UC Berkeleyassist.org

Questions

What GPA do you need to transfer to UC Berkeley for global and international studies?

Letters and Science requires a minimum 3.0 UC-transferable GPA by the end of the fall term when the application is submitted. Reading and Composition, Quantitative Reasoning and Language are no longer required for admission, though finishing the Language requirement first is strongly encouraged.

What classes do I need to transfer to UC Berkeley for global and international studies?

To be eligible for L&S admission, students must complete all major preparatory courses listed as required on ASSIST.org for their intended major. Courses that are not articulated should be taken in the first semester at Berkeley. Check each course on ASSIST for your college.

Can I get a TAG for global and international studies at UC Berkeley?