Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, exterior view of south courtyard, taken May 5, 2026. Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small.

CS is moving to the Gateway

This summer, the CS Division, including all faculty, staff, and research labs, will be officially relocating to the Gateway. To ensure a smooth transition, please review the critical updates below regarding upcoming changes to student advising and administrative services.

What’s Changing

Here’s how our research, events, and student services are transitioning to this new campus hub.

A New Home for Research

  • Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR): Moving into custom-designed lab spaces for the future of AI
  • Sky Computing Lab: Bringing next-generation cloud and distributed systems research to the new building.
  • EECS Research: Several multi-disciplinary EECS labs are transitioning to these modern facilities.

Departmental Events

The EECS Colloquium, academic seminars, workshops, and community celebrations will be held at the Gateway.

Student Services, Academics, and Amenities

  • Centralized Advising for Computer Science, Data Science, and Statistics.
  • Modern Classrooms and study zones.
  • The Gateway Cafe for casual group study and coffee chats.

Building Access

Information for Faculty/Staff

Gateway Conference Room Reservations (2nd & 4th floors only)

Request and book conference rooms on the 2nd and 4th floors through Google Calendar (bCal).

To request a room:

  • Create your calendar event.
  • Select “Rooms” (next to “Guests”).
  • Scroll to Gateway and select a room on the 2nd or 4th floor.
  • Include a brief description of your event.

Please note that EECS staff can directly approve conference rooms on the 2nd and 4th floors only. Staff will review and approve your requests.

Contact cdss.gateway-rooms@berkeley.edu for more information.

Office Hours

Office hours will be held on the 1st floor and basement level. EECS has been allocated four spaces to be managed by the EECS department.

1110B (1st floor) – Reserved room; capacity 5
B1009 (basement) – Reserved room; capacity 30
B1040G (basement) – Reserved room; capacity 5
B1040 Bear (basement) – Reserved open space; capacity 5

Please use this form to request office hour space:

Information for Students

Undergraduate Advising & Support

In-person drop-in advising is available on Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 1:30-3:30 PM, in the Gateway, 1st floor.

Virtual Drop-in advising is available on Thursdays, 1:30 – 3:30 pm.

Graduate Advising & Support

Room Reservations

Gateway Room Reservations (Classrooms, lecture halls and event spaces)