From Accounting to Theater
(and everything in between)

With 19 departments, over a dozen interdisciplinary programs, and a wide array of centers and institutes, the School of Arts & Sciences is the largest academic division at the University—offering the most academic programs and serving the greatest number of undergraduate students.

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Academic Programs

The School of Arts & Sciences offers a rich array of academic programs across the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. With more than 100 undergraduate and 20 graduate programs, students have the flexibility to deepen expertise in their chosen field while also engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration across related areas of study.

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Research

From breakthroughs in disease research to insights into political systems, the School of Arts & Sciences leads diverse, impactful research every day. Interdisciplinary collaboration thrives—both across our departments and with labs, centers, and schools throughout the University. Whether you're curious about the link between language and music, quantum phenomena, or honesty in relationships, this is where big ideas take shape—and where your research journey can begin.

Our Research

Ever Better

We continue to expand, enhance, and raise the profiles of our programs and scholarly offerings in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

Initiatives such as the ones below build upon the expertise of our nationally and internationally recognized faculty, scholars, and educators. They also reflect the vested interests and invaluable input of University leadership, staff, supporters, students, and alumni.

Our ultimate goal? To embody the University’s motto of making the world “ever better.”

Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures

A multi-university center that conduct laboratory-based exploration of planets and stars throughout the universe.

Humanities Center

The University’s interdisciplinary home base of scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

Institute for the Performing Arts

Combining the University’s rich history of performing arts programs with the local and regional arts communities.