University of California, Berkeley
UC Berkeley offers undergraduates several ways to explore consulting, including student-run consulting firms, Haas-sponsored business organizations, and university-wide career services. Students can build client experience through organizations such as Berkeley Consulting and Valley Consulting Group while using Berkeley Career Engagement to find employer events, internships, and on-campus interviews. These opportunities span different majors, although individual clubs may have selective application processes.
Consulting placement
For students in the Haas undergraduate business program, the school reports that 90% of its Class of 2025 graduates accepted a job or continued education within three months of graduation. Haas’s current career resources point students to Berkeley Career Engagement’s First Destination Survey for detailed career choices and employer information.
Consulting clubs
Berkeley Consulting (BC): Founded in 1996, Berkeley Consulting is a student-run management consultancy serving organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups and nonprofits. Its project work has included product strategy, international expansion research, technical analysis, and policy recommendations. The organization recruits students from different academic backgrounds and uses its own application and interview process, which includes case interviews. Students should review its official recruitment page for current requirements and dates.
Valley Consulting Group (VCG): VCG describes itself as Berkeley’s first technical consulting club, delivering strategy and technical solutions to organizations in Silicon Valley. Its new-member program includes weekly professional development sessions, project meetings, and social events. The club says prior consulting experience is not required, but applicants should check the current recruitment process and expected time commitment before applying.
Delta Consulting: Delta is a student-run organization providing consulting services to startups, nonprofits, and other organizations focused on education, technology, and business. Its outreach includes professional panels featuring alumni and speakers from consulting and technology, as well as interview-preparation workshops. Students interested in its project experience and recruiting events can review the official website for current activities.
Haas-sponsored consulting organizations:Â Haas lists both Core Consulting Group and Roots Consulting among its undergraduate-sponsored student organizations. These are worth exploring for students in the Haas community who want consulting-focused peer networks and professional development. Confirm eligibility and current project offerings with each organization; Haas sponsorship does not establish that membership is open to every Berkeley undergraduate.
Career services support
Berkeley Career Engagement provides students with access to Handshake, where they can search jobs and internships, find employer events, and review on-campus interviewing opportunities. The university also coordinates employer information sessions, coffee chats, and career fairs. Students should use these resources alongside club events rather than relying on a student organization as their only source of recruiting information.
Career Engagement’s campus-opportunities guidance identifies professional student organizations as a form of hands-on, project-based learning. Berkeley Consulting is specifically named as an example. For consulting candidates, this kind of work can provide concrete examples of client communication, analysis, teamwork, and recommendations to discuss in interviews.
Consider signing up for Management Consulted, a comprehensive, high-touch coaching and training platform. It features live 1:1 coaching with former MBB consultants, structured prep programs, extensive math/chart drills, resume editing, and an active job board. Many students who joined found better job placements in consulting and found job placements faster after graduation compared to students who didn’t.
Recruiting timeline
Berkeley’s Career Engagement office publishes a defined on-campus interview window. In general, the university says fall interviews occur from late August through mid-November and spring interviews from late January through mid-April. These are campus interview windows, not universal consulting application deadlines; each employer sets its own schedule.
Check Handshake regularly for application deadlines, employer information sessions, and interview invitations. Berkeley notes that deadlines vary by employer and advises students to monitor the platform closely. Because consulting firms may recruit on their own schedules, check firms’ official career pages as well. Build case interview practice into your preparation well before interviews begin, and use consulting-club recruitment workshops to learn the case format and practice under timed conditions.
