Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation


The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation is a building on the UC Berkeley campus, part of the UC Berkeley College of Engineering. Construction began in August 2014 with a $20 million gift from the Paul and Stacy Jacobs Foundation. The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on August 20, 2015, with speeches from various UC Berkeley administrators, Ellen Lupton, Paul E. Jacobs, executive chairman of Qualcomm, and the building opened for instruction on September 16. The 24,000-square-foot building was constructed at a cost of $25 million, funded by philanthropy.

Facilities

The building includes a general purpose makerspace on the first floor, two classrooms on the second floor, and a large classroom and event space on the third floor. The makerspace contains tools and rapid prototyping equipment.
On June 25th, 2019 it was announced that the institute would play a key role in developing and delivering the core curriculum for the new Master of Design program with the inaugural cohort in 2020.