Starting fall of 2023, participating academic departments will pilot a direct admit to major program in Berkeley’s College of Letters and Science for transfer admits. There will be 27 departments participating in the program including four high-demand majors: Art Practice, Computer Science, Data Science, and Social Welfare. On the UC application, when selecting the major, the portal will inform students that they are applying directly to the chosen major. If an applicant is admitted to a major participating in this program they will not have to go through the process of applying to or officially declaring their major during their first semester on campus. Transfer admission and major declaration procedures will not change for majors that are not participating in this pilot program. More information will be posted on this page in the coming weeks as details are finalized.