UC Berkeley Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) program

What UC Berkeley Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) program does

UC Berkeley's Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) program is a four-year undergraduate dual-degree initiative founded in 2017 within the College of Engineering and Haas School of Business. Students earn two Bachelor of Science degrees simultaneously — one in an engineering discipline (Aerospace, Bioengineering, Civil, EECS, IEOR, Materials Science, Mechanical, or Undeclared) and one in Business Administration — selected from eight academic tracks. The program intentionally caps each incoming cohort at approximately 50 students, which produces a small, mentor-rich community embedded within UC Berkeley's larger research university.

The program's core offering is supplemented by two ancillary products. The Entrepreneurial Fellows Program (EFP), launched in 2020, places selected students in 10–12 week paid internships ($2,000/month) at affiliate accelerators including Berkeley SkyDeck, Y Combinator, TechStars, IndieBio, The House Fund, SAP.iO, and EvoNexus. M.E.T.ia, launched in 2023, is a residential pre-collegiate summer program for rising high school juniors and seniors designed to extend the program's recruitment funnel. There is no proprietary technology platform; the product is the curriculum and the cohort experience itself.

M.E.T. operates as a non-profit academic unit under the University of California, Berkeley. Students pay standard UC Berkeley tuition — the program does not levy separate fees — and revenue accrues to the university rather than to the program as an independent entity. Enrollment is selective, with first-year admissions routed through UC Berkeley's application plus an M.E.T.-specific supplemental essay and video, and a secondary continuing-student pathway launched in 2022 for engineering sophomores. As of 2025–2026, total enrolled students stand at 206 across cohorts, and the program celebrated its fifth graduating class in 2024–2025, with 86% of students engaged in summer internships or research and 27 participating in the Entrepreneurial Fellows Program.

Name

UC Berkeley Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) program

Legal name

University of California, Berkeley - Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology Program

Website

https://met.berkeley.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UC Berkeley's M.E.T. program is a selective four-year undergraduate dual-degree initiative (founded 2017) that awards two BS degrees — engineering plus business — to ~50-student cohorts, with supplementary paid startup internships and a pre-collegiate summer academy.

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Higher Education

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Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

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Services-Educational Services (8200)

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PRIMARYEDALABAE

First-Year Experience & Transition Programs

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Academic Advising, Career Services & Student Success

SECONDARYEDAIAJAA

University-Affiliated Pathway & Foundation Programs

Education/International Education & Study Abroad/Overseas Pathway, Foundation & Bridging Programs

SECONDARYEDAAABAK

College & Career Transition Services (Bridge Programs, Dual Enrollment Pathways)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Adult Secondary Education (ASE) / High School Equivalency (GED/HiSET)

Keywords

• Dual-degree education
• Undergraduate engineering business
• Entrepreneurship program
• Higher education
• Pre-collegiate summer program

Headquarters

HQ city

Berkeley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: As a UC Berkeley program, M.E.T. students pay standard university tuition and fees for both degrees. The program itself does not charge separate fees beyond standard university costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The M.E.T. program is a four-year dual-degree undergraduate program at UC Berkeley that enables students to simultaneously earn two Bachelor of Science degrees - one from the College of Engineering (across eight engineering disciplines) and one in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business. The program is supplemented by a pre-collegiate residential summer program (M.E.T.ia) for high school students and an Entrepreneurial Fellows Program (EFP) that provides funded 10-12 week startup internships.

Product overview

The M.E.T. program is a comprehensive educational offering consisting of a core dual-degree program that combines engineering and business education, along with supporting programs including the M.E.T. Innovation Academy (a pre-collegiate summer program for high school students) and the Entrepreneurial Fellows Program (a startup internship initiative with grant funding). Students can choose from eight academic tracks that pair different engineering disciplines with business administration degrees, all designed to be completed in four years within a cohort of approximately 50 students.

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Brands

• M.E.T. Innovation Academy (M.E.T.ia): A hands-on residential summer program for rising high school juniors and seniors interested in tech and entrepreneurship.
• Entrepreneurial Fellows Program (EFP)

Products and services

• M.E.T. Dual Degree Program A flagship four-year dual-degree undergraduate program at UC Berkeley that enables students to earn two Bachelor of Science degrees simultaneously - one from the College of Engineering (in Aerospace, Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, EECS, IEOR, Materials Science, or Mechanical Engineering) and one in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business. Designed for a small cohort of approximately 50 students per class.
• M.E.T. Innovation Academy (M.E.T.ia) A hands-on residential summer program for rising high school juniors and seniors interested in technology and entrepreneurship, featuring instruction at Berkeley's College of Engineering and Haas School of Business, a capstone startup pitch project, and industry guest speakers from Silicon Valley.
• Entrepreneurial Fellows Program (EFP) A summer internship program providing selected M.E.T. students with $2,000/month grant funding ($6,000 total) for 10-12 weeks of internship engagement with affiliated startup partners, including accelerators such as Berkeley SkyDeck, Y Combinator, TechStars, IndieBio, The House Fund, SAP.iO Foundries, and EvoNexus.

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Berkeley SkyDeckcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2020UC Berkeley's premier startup accelerator and incubator program that supports startups founded by UC Berkeley students, alumni, and faculty. M.E.T. Entrepreneurial Fellows Program partners with SkyDeck to provide internship opportunities for students at affiliated startups.
• Y CombinatorcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOne of the most prestigious startup accelerators globally. M.E.T. EFP students can intern at Y Combinator-backed startups. Y Combinator provides seed funding for startups and helps founders partner with investors.
• TechStarscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMentorship-driven accelerator that invests $120K and provides hands-on mentorship. M.E.T. EFP partners with TechStars for startup internship opportunities.
• IndieBiocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBiotech/synthetic biology accelerator. First accelerator to use radical ideas in biology as technology to disrupt markets. Portfolio has nearly $4 billion cumulative enterprise value.
• SAP.iO FoundriescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSAP's global network of equity-free startup accelerators. Helps startups integrate with SAP solutions and access SAP's customer ecosystem.
• EvoNexuscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTechnology startup incubator with locations in San Diego, Orange County, and Silicon Valley. The Silicon Valley FinTech Incubator was launched in October 2019 with founding sponsors Franklin Templeton and Royal Bank of Canada.
• Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampus-wide startup incubator that M.E.T. students connect with for entrepreneurship resources, mentorship, and startup support.
• Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Berkeley Engineering, provides entrepreneurial education and resources that M.E.T. curriculum draws from, including Lean Launch approach coursework.
• Citris FoundryminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCampus incubator/accelerator that M.E.T. students can access for mentorship and resources to launch ventures.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Carnegie Mellon University Tepper + College of Engineering Dual Degree: CMU's Tepper School of Business and College of Engineering allow dual-degree study combining technical depth with management, producing graduates who frequently enter Silicon Valley tech and venture roles — directly comparable to M.E.T.'s mission.
• Duke University Pratt + Fuqua Dual Degree: Duke's Pratt School of Engineering and Fuqua School of Business offer dual-degree programs combining engineering and management, serving a comparable interdisciplinary student profile and producing tech-business hybrid graduates.
• Northwestern University McCormick + Kellogg Dual Degree: Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Kellogg School of Management offer coordinated dual-degree options blending engineering and business, with similar applied-entrepreneurship emphasis to M.E.T.
• USC Viterbi + Marshall Dual Degree: USC's Viterbi School of Engineering and Marshall School of Business offer dual-degree programs emphasizing tech and business integration, with strong Los Angeles/Silicon Valley industry placement comparable to M.E.T.'s outcomes.
• Stanford University Management Science & Engineering (MS&E): Stanford's MS&E program integrates engineering, operations research, and business/management at the undergraduate and graduate levels, serving a similar interdisciplinary tech-business student population in the same Silicon Valley ecosystem as M.E.T.
• Columbia University Engineering + Columbia Business Dual Degree: Columbia's dual-degree pathways between Columbia Engineering and Columbia Business School produce interdisciplinary graduates with engineering and management credentials, competing in the same New York and broader elite-applicant market.
• Harvard University John A. Paulson School of Engineering + HBS Pathways: Harvard Engineering and HBS offer joint academic pathways enabling students to combine technical and management training. Targets the same interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate talent as M.E.T.
• University of Pennsylvania Jerome Fisher M&T Program: Penn's Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology is the original and most direct model for UC Berkeley M.E.T.: a dual-degree program combining Penn Engineering and the Wharton School. It is the closest historical and structural peer to M.E.T.
• MIT Sloan School of Management + MIT Engineering Dual Degree: MIT offers dual-degree pathways combining Sloan MBA-level management education with College of Engineering disciplines. It competes for the same elite engineering-plus-business applicant pool and produces tech and entrepreneurship leaders.

Others

• Berkeley SkyDeck: UC Berkeley's premier startup accelerator, a Core channel partner for M.E.T.'s Entrepreneurial Fellows Program. Not a peer program but an ecosystem enabler that supplies internship placements and serves as a model for venture-engaged academic programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ucberkeleymet
• Facebookfacebook.com/berkeleymet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uc-berkeley-management-entrepreneurship-technology
• Instagraminstagram.com/ucberkeleymet

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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