Student Pulse Survey

Providing campus with timely student feedback

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Elena Zhukova

The Student Pulse Survey provides actionable information for campus leadership to address student needs.

Pulse surveys are brief surveys administered to undergraduate and graduate students each semester. Each survey includes questions on timely topics, and takes approximately 1-5 minutes to complete. Survey results are shared with students after the survey has closed.

The Student Pulse Survey is a partnership between the Division of Undergraduate Education, Student Affairs, and Graduate Division. For questions about the survey, please email ue_datateam@berkeley.edu

Student Pulse Surveys

Fall 2024 Semester

Spring 2024 Semester

Fall 2023 Semester

Spring 2023 Semester

Fall 2022 Semester

Spring 2022 Semester

Fall 2021 Semester

  • PULSE SURVEY #1(Weeks 4-6): Housing Insecurity and Remote Instruction; Adapting to Return to Campus and Covid-19; Student Services Satisfaction and Campus Wi-Fi; Mental Health and Flourishing Scale

  • PULSE SURVEY #2 (Weeks 11-12): Housing Insecurity, November Break Plans, and Comfort with In-person Instruction; Campus Wi-fi and Schedule Satisfaction; FASO & CalCentral Tools; Flourishing Scale; Mental Health

Spring 2021 Semester

  • PULSE SURVEY #3 (Weeks 12-14): Fall 2021 Enrollment Plans and Commute Options; In-person Instruction; Summer Housing and Survey Participation; Covid-19 and Zoom Burnout; Mental Health

Fall 2020 Semester

  • PULSE SURVEY #3 (Weeks 4-6): Spring 2021 Enrollment and Housing Plans; Remote Proctoring and Access to Research Materials; Advising Tools; Basic Needs, Time Zone Impact; Access to Technology; Access to Support Resources; Mental Health
  • PULSE SURVEY #4 (Week 16-Finals Week): Spring 2021 Enrollment and Housing Plans; Extracurricular Participation; Pandemic Instruction Accommodation; Academic Motivations and Sources of Concern; Mental Health

Survey Prize Winners

Spring 2024 Semester

PULSE SURVEY #1 ($100 gift card)

  • Jenny Fetzer, Chemistry undergraduate student
  • Casandra Song, Psychology major, Child Development minor undergraduate student
  • Neil Xu, Letters & Science undeclared undergraduate student
  • Anonymous, English undergraduate student
  • Daniel Oliveira, Environmental Science, Policy, & Management graduate student
  • Fernando Gonzalez Demaria, Business Administration graduate student

PULSE SURVEY #2 ($100 gift card)

  • Max Zuniga, Chemical Engineering undergraduate student
  • Name withheld, Genetics and Plant Biology undergraduate student
  • Isaac Shultz, Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student
  • Name withheld, Political Economy and Geography undergraduate student
  • Mustafa Yildiz, History and Medieval Studies graduate student
  • Jiyoon Kim, Materials Science & Engineering graduate student

Fall 2023 Semester

PULSE SURVEY #1 ($100 gift card)

  • Jon Birchler, College of Letters and Science undergraduate

  • Name withheld, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science undergraduate

  • Glory Gage, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology undergraduate

  • Sakura Kappel, Business undergraduate

  • Fiona Grant, School of Law graduate student

  • Name withheld, Physics graduate student

PULSE SURVEY #2 ($100 Gift Card)

  • Anali Jimenez, Geology undergraduate student
  • Brandon Louis, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science undergraduate student
  • Jacob Oh, Chemistry & Biomolecular Engineering undergraduate
  • Wanting Zhang, Letters and Sciences undergraduate student
  • Name withheld, Development Practice Grad Group graduate student
  • Name withheld, Chemistry graduate student

Spring 2023 Semester

PULSE SURVEY #1 ($100 gift card)

  • Frances Melendres, Nutritional Science undergraduate

  • Justin Jones, English and Film & Media undergraduate

  • Angel Lagunas, L&S undergraduate

  • Elizabeth Matus, CED undergraduate

  • Mara Reed, Earth and Planetary Science graduate student

  • Wentao (Lynn) Li, Analytics graduate student
PULSE SURVEY #2 ($100 gift card)

  • Christopher Cassin, Linguistics undergraduate

  • Ítarala Gamboa, Sociology and Theater & Performance Studies undergraduate

  • Jeffrey Wei, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research undergraduate

  • Masooma Shahid, Molecular and Cell Biology undergraduate

  • Pelumi Omoniyi, School of Law graduate student

  • Name withheld, graduate student

Fall 2022 Semester

PULSE SURVEY #1 ($100 gift card)

  • Sophia Meyers, Letters & Science undergraduate

  • Max Chen, Chemistry undergraduate

  • Name withheld, Molecular and Cell Biology undergraduate

  • Name withheld, undergraduate

  • Yuhan Yang, Physics graduate student

  • TBD, graduate student

PULSE SURVEY #2 ($100 gift card)

  • Abiya Baqai, Integrative Biology undergraduate

  • Ellen Nguyen, Molecular and Cell Biology & Economics undergraduate

  • Rachel Zhang, Data Science undergraduate

  • Sofia Chavez, Legal Studies undergraduate

  • Zhuojin Jia, Engineering graduate student

  • Name withheld, graduate student

Spring 2022 Semester

PULSE SURVEY #1 ($100 gift card)

  • Evan Kandell, Letters & Science undergraduate

  • Name Withheld, Economics undergraduate

  • Karoline Almeida, Letters & Science undergraduate

  • Name Withheld, Economics undergraduate

  • Vanessa Cerda, Optometry graduate student

  • Taormina Lepore, Integrative Biology graduate student

PULSE SURVEY #2 ($100 gift card)

  • Pericles Bien III, Architecture & Science undergraduate

  • Albert Giang, Computer Science & Cognitive Science undergraduate

  • Jiyoon Chung, Letters & Science undergraduate

  • Name Withheld, EECS undergraduate

  • Liti Prasad, MICS graduate student

  • Sean Clair, Chemistry graduate student

Fall 2021 Semester

PULSE SURVEY #1 ($100 gift card)

  • Coco Ma, Computer Science & Statistics undergraduate

  • Olivia Liu, Sociology & Education undergraduate

  • Ryan Hunt, Philosophy undergraduate

  • Andi Liu, Letters & Science undergraduate

  • Elizabeth Boxer, Public Health graduate student

  • Brendan Henrique, Education graduate student

PULSE SURVEY #2 ($100 gift card)

  • Komal Badesha, American Studies & Psychology undergraduate

  • Matthew Bernardi, Psychology undergraduate

  • Sammy Raucher, Political Science undergraduate

  • Bonny Lee, Architecture undergraduate

  • Name Withheld, graduate student

  • Name Withheld, graduate student

Spring 2021 Semester

PULSE SURVEY #1 (Apple AirPods)

  • Shriniket Maddipatla, Letters & Science undergraduate

  • Lizbeth Cosio Vazquez, Letters & Science undergraduate

  • Caroline Haber, Law graduate student

PULSE SURVEY #2 (Apple AirPods)

  • Sonali Ranaweera, Economics undergraduate
  • Cantika Sasono, Psychology undergraduate
  • Christopher Barnes, Chemical Engineering graduate student

PULSE SURVEY #3 (Apple AirPods)

  • Ben Plate, Letters & Science undergraduate

  • Khuslen Sugarbat, Energy Engineering undergraduate

  • Jacob Binder, Law graduate student

Fall 2020 Semester

PULSE SURVEY #1 (Apple AirPods)

  • Sarah Jarrett, Landscape Architecture graduate student

  • Ray Altenberg, Computer Science undergraduate

  • Amr Eissa, Letters & Science undergraduate

PULSE SURVEY #2 (Apple AirPods)

  • Pammy Kazi, Letters & Science undergraduate

  • Jonathan Garcia, EECS undergraduate

  • Richard Liou, EECS graduate student

PULSE SURVEY #3 (Apple AirPods)

  • Nitin Pillai, Info & Data Science graduate student

  • Lois Yoo, Letters & Science undergraduate

  • Jordan Dudas, Architecture undergraduate

PULSE SURVEY #4 (Apple AirPods)

  • Veronica Bognot, Law graduate student

  • Nico Galin, Computer Science undergraduate

  • Name withheld, Applied Math & Economics undergraduate