Thank you for your interest in the Energy and Resources Graduate Group at UC Berkeley. ProfessorXXX has forwarded your inquiry to me for response. Faculty will consider requests for research collaboration from admitted students only.
You can find extensive information about ERG programs and admissions requirements at http://erg.berkeley.edu/. You will also find very helpful information about applying to graduate school, costs, and funding options at Berkeley on the Graduate Division website at http://grad.berkeley.edu/. Information for international students can be found at http://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/. You may also find information of interest on the Transportation Sustainability Research Center at http://tsrc.berkeley.edu/ and the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab at http://rael.berkeley.edu/. We also have a Facebook page where you can see some of the additional work our students are doing https://www.facebook.com/ERGBerkeley
After you have reviewed these sites, we welcome any specific questions you may have. Please email me directly at erggrad@berkeley.edu with your questions about the admissions process or the ERG program.
All applicants for admission to the Energy and Resources Graduate Group must apply through the online system located at http://grad.berkeley.edu/admissions/apply/. The application period opens in the first week of September and closes the first week of December. You do not need, and are not encouraged, to seek the endorsement or support of any particular faculty member before admission. Members of the ERG faculty and staff are not in a position to review CVs, transcripts or other supporting documents or advise on your suitability for admission.