Position overview Position title: Dean, Division of Biological Sciences Salary range: The posted University of California Deans’ Salary Bands set the pay ranges for deans. The Division of Biological Sciences dean position is included in Band 2: $239,600-$611,100. The minimum salary that UC Berkeley expects to pay for this position is $450,000. Anticipated start: July 1, 2027 Application Window Open date: June 10,
2026 Next review date: Monday, Aug 10, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Monday, Nov 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled. Position description The University of California, Berkeley
(UC Berkeley), the nation's leading public research university, seeks a visionary, entrepreneurial, and inclusive leader as its next Dean of the Division of Biological Sciences. UC Berkeley is internationally renowned for excellence across disciplines, for the opportunities it affords students of all backgrounds, and for scientific discovery, innovation, and cultural creativity. Ranked nationally as the No. 1 public
university by U.S. News & World Report Rankings 2025–2026, the Berkeley campus is home to over 33,000 undergraduate students and more than 12,800 graduate students, as well as approximately 1,600 tenured/tenure-track faculty across 16 schools and colleges. Berkeley’s professors are highly distinguished researchers, scholars, and experts in their field, as attested by their many Nobel Prizes, other distinguished
awards, and memberships in the most prestigious learned societies. UC Berkeley’s Division of Biological Sciences, a unit of the College of Letters & Science, generates profound shifts in our understanding of the function and behavior of living organisms. CRISPR genome engineering, immuno-oncology, telomeres and telomerase, the proto-human “Ardi,” and the molecular behavior of insulin are examples of world-altering
achievements associated with Berkeley. With over 150 active faculty and affiliates in three departments and one program, and a range of centers, institutes, and museums, the Division’s undergraduates and graduate students learn from and work with some of the world’s leading scientists, deciphering the interplay of living systems from the intracellular to the ecosystemic to the planetary. The Division’s alumni are
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