The Berkeley Institute is an interdisciplinary initiative to expand Jewish and Israel Studies offerings at UC Berkeley.

The Institute was launched in 2011 by a 15-member faculty committee drawn from the faculties of Economics, History, Jewish Studies, Music, Political Science, and Sociology, as well as UC Berkeley Law and the Haas School of Business.

The Institutes' two initiatives – one focused on Jewish law and civilization; the other on the multidisciplinary study of Israel - serve undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty by developing opportunities for research, programming, visiting scholars, colloquia and classes to strengthen academic inquiry and discourse across the Berkeley campus.