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July 31, 2025

Meet the 2025 Berkeley Engineering Design Scholars

One of the highlights of summer at the Jacobs Institute is hosting the Berkeley Engineering Design Scholars. This year, seven outstanding undergraduates are engaging in engineering design research and learning research methodologies, under the guidance of facu...

April 2, 2025

Announcing the Jacobs’ Spring 2025 Innovation Catalyst Grant Recipients

Congratulations to the newest cohort of Jacobs Institute Innovators! This semester’s cohort of the Jacobs Institute Innovation Catalyst Program was selected from a competitive pool of applicants for their creative intelligence and innovative potential, and a...

March 31, 2025

Show your stuff! Call for Independent, Club & Research Projects for the Jacobs Spring Design Showcase

The Spring 2025 Jacobs Design Showcase will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, May 7 & 8 with the graduate design program showing on Friday May 9th. Per tradition, along with sessions for DES INV courses and student work, the first two days of Showcase ...

January 17, 2025

Apply for up to $2000 grants for your independent projects!

Apply now for the Jacobs Institute’s Innovation Catalyst Spring 2025 Program! The Jacobs Institute Innovation Catalysts is a semesterly grant program that helps Berkeley’s student innovators unlock potential in their projects. Students rece...

December 4, 2024

Veins of the Cosmos: The 2024 MDes Graduate Exhibition

Please join the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation on Friday, December 20th, 2024, from 4–7 PM for the highly anticipated Berkeley MDes 2024 Graduate Exhibition, Veins of the Cosmos. Taking over two floors of Jacobs Hall, this showcase features 33 cap...

November 14, 2024

Meet Jacobs’ Fall 2024 Innovation Catalysts

We are thrilled to announce the Fall 2024 Innovation Catalysts grant recipients!   These exceptional students have been awarded funding from the Jacobs Institute Innovation Catalyst Program to support their creative projects that push the boundaries of desig...

October 13, 2024

Jacobs Institute’s Maker Faire Booth Celebrates Student Creations

This weekend, October 18-20, Jacobs Institute and a whole cadre of UC Berkeley clubs and student projects will be showing at Maker Faire Bay Area, the renowned festival of curiosity, invention and creativity.  You’ll find big art, electronics, robotics, cos...

September 17, 2024

Show Your Projects at Maker Faire with the Jacobs Institute!

Berkeley students, clubs, researchers:  show your projects to an audience of thousands at Maker Faire Bay Area October 18, 19 or 20. The Jacobs Institute is having a large booth showcasing the story of making, design and innovation at Berkeley.  Join our boo...

September 16, 2024

Fall 2024 Design Career Conversations

The Jacobs Institute’ Fall 2024 Career Conversations series features design career professionals in conversation with Jacobs’ Director of Career Services, Stephanie Bianco.  They also feature lunch!  All events are in Jacobs 310.  RSVP at unique...

August 28, 2024

Jacobs Back to School Events, Fall 2024

WELCOME BACK TO CAMPUS! We look forward to welcoming both new and returning members of the campus design community to Jacobs Hall for the start of the fall 2024 semester. You are cordially invited to join us at the back to school events below. All events below...

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