Berkeley Exchange Program

Outgoing Doctoral Exchange Program

The University of California, Berkeley and the University of Regensburg signed a cooperation agreement in 2017 with the aim of strengthening research cooperation, including at doctoral level. The University of Regensburg and the Leibniz Institute of East and Southeast European Studies (IOS), as coordinating partners, have established a doctoral exchange program with the Institute of European Studies (IES) at the University of California, Berkeley.

Each year, one Regensburg-based doctoral researcher may spend up to five months as an IES Visiting Student Researcher as part of the program. IES offers Visiting Student Researchers a workspace, the opportunity to engage with its outstanding network of collaborating scholars, and access to library and research facilities offered by UC Berkeley. Visiting researchers are expected to participate actively in research-related events at IES. Information on applying to IES is available here.

A new call for the 2025/26 academic year will be announced in autumn 2024.

Visiting Doctoral Researchers from Berkeley in Regensburg

The Regensburg University Foundation had funded several visits by doctoral researchers from Berkeley since 2019. The profiles of previous visitors are available on the archived CITAS page.

We look forward to applications for 2023/24.