Contact
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Call for 2026-27 SSGPDP Fee Proposals
UCOP has released the call for Self-Supporting Graduate Professional Degree Program (SSGPDP) fee proposals for the 2026-27 academic year. All new and existing approved SSGPDPs are required to submit an annual fee proposal for review and approval by the UC President. Approved SSGPDPs are available on the Review Approved SSGPDPs page.
Submissions are due to studentfees@berkeley.edu by Friday, December 12th, 2025 for initial review. All materials, including the instructions, required templates, and guidance are available in the Call for Proposals bDrive folder.
There have been several key changes to the various templates you are expected to complete this year. Please review this web page carefully for additional notes on new expectations for 2026-27 proposals.
Programs are required to complete tables 4A Program Description and Summary and 4B 2025-26 Current and Proposed Student Charges directly. Programs should enter their data into the shared files available at these links. Please do not download the files from these links to ensure that edits are made within the shared files.
Please Note
UCOP will only approve the fee rates listed in tables 4A and 4B. Please ensure you are consistent across these tables and your Cost Analysis Template.
Forms and Instructions
All materials, including the instructions, required templates, and guidance are available in the Call for Proposals bDrive folder.
Programs Assessed the SSF in 2026-27
As a reminder, students in the programs in the following list will be charged the Student Services Fee (SSF) beginning in FY 2026-27. Please ensure your program description in Table 4A is updated to explicitly state whether your program fee will cover the SSF:
- Analytics
- Bioprocess Engineering
- Biotechnology
- Business Administration (Evening and Weekend)
- Business Administration (Executive)
- Climate Solutions
- Computational Social Science
- Design
- Development Engineering
- Engineering (Part-time)
- Financial Engineering
- Law LLM (Traditional and Executive)
- Nutritional Science and Dietetics
- Public Affairs
- Real Estate Development and Design
- Social Welfare (Advanced Standing and Extended)
Additional Notes on Proposal Templates
Expectations for Student and Faculty Consultation
SSGPDP policy requires that programs consult with students and faculty about fee proposals at least once every other year. Programs that consulted with students and faculty for the 2025-26 cycle (during the 2024-25 academic year) are not required to consult again until the 2027-28 cycle (during the 2026-27 academic year).
Note from UCOP
Programs conducting consultations with students and faculty should make a good faith effort to engage meaningfully with both populations. For example, consultations should take place early in the proposal process to ensure that:
- both students and faculty have sufficient time to provide feedback; and
- the program has time to integrate that feedback into the proposal, to the extent possible.
Relatedly, it would be ideal if programs followed up with students and considered using multiple consultation approaches (for example: an email survey, a town hall, etc.) if the first round of consultations yields a relatively low turnout and/or response rate. To support robust consultation efforts, UCOP's review will begin with consultation sections to provide programs with early feedback as needed.
Using the New Cost Analysis Template
We have created a specialized template: Cost Analysis Template With SSF and Campus Fees Prepopulated for SSGPDP programs that have a program or per-unit fee designed to cover Campus-Based Fees (CBF) and/or the SSF.
Key Instructions for the New Template
Prepopulated Fees
The template includes prepopulated SSF and CBF amounts for Fall, Spring, and Summer charges. If your program or per-unit fee does not cover the CBF or SSF, please continue to use the Standard Cost Analysis Template.
Review Comments
Pay close attention to the comments in rows 12 and 13 to ensure accuracy.
Example: If your program fee only covers campus fees in Fall and Spring, but not the SSF, you should remove the SSF charge and the Summer CBF charger as directed in the cell comments.
Do Not Edit Row 37
Row 37 contains a formula to back out CBF and SSF revenue from your program revenue. Do not modify this formula.
Indirect Cost (IDC) Rate Guidance
The Standard Cost Analysis Template uses an IDC rate determined by UCOP that is higher than the 15% local campus assessment.
Important
Programs should not include the campus's 15% assessment in their cost analysis. Failing to exclude the assessment will result in double-counting your program's expenses.
Cost Analysis Expense Mapping
We have created a guide (SSGPDP Direct Cost Account Code Mapping) to help programs populate the Cost Analysis Template. The account code map is intended as a general guide to help programs translate expenses recorded in UC Berkeley's chart of accounts to the expense categories in the template. Please note that this is not intended as a rigid crosswalk, but rather a starting point and a check to assist in appropriately classifying direct costs subject to IDC.
Submission Timeline
October 24, 2025
Call for proposals and instructions are sent to DFLs with existing SSGPDPs, and are published in the DFL Weekly and on the CFO website.
December 12, 2025
Proposals are due to FP&A for initial review.
January 9, 2026
Proposals are reviewed and returned to programs for revision.
January 23, 2026
Revised proposals are shared with the EVCP and Graduate Division for feedback.
February 10, 2026
Signed proposal package due to UCOP.
May and June 2026
UCOP finalizes decisions on SSGPDP proposals.
Student and Faculty Consultation
SSGPDPs are required to solicit substantive feedback from students and faculty at least once every two years. UCOP requires programs to document feedback from each student and faculty consulted using a specified template that includes:
- The program name and short description
- The current fee rate
- The proposed fee rate and percent increase
- Date of consultation
- Type of consultation (for example: email, town hall, focus group, etc.)
- Feedback on the proposed fee level's appropriateness for the type of program and how it is operated
- Feedback on whether the program fee is too high, just right, or too low
Examples of the student and faculty consultation templates are available on Page 6 and Page 10 of the SSGPDP Annual Program Template, respectively.
The following programs are required to consult with their students and faculty:
- Bioprocess Engineering
- Climate Solutions
- Design
- Development Engineering
- Engineering - Advanced Study
- Engineering Part-Time
- Information and Data Science
- Nutritional Science and Dietetics
- Public Affairs - Executive
- Public Health Online
- Real Estate Development and Design
- Social Welfare-Advanced Standing/Extended-Flex