Academics and Research

Academics and research are at the core of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). As the largest division of Harvard University and the only one responsible for both undergraduate and graduate education, the FAS is home to an abundance of academic resources and research endeavors.

Schools, Divisions, and Units

The FAS comprises three Schools, four academic divisions, 50 museums, and 25+ libraries.

FAS Schools, Academic Divisions, and Units

Explore our Programs

The academic departments and centers, museums, and libraries of the FAS support a community unparalleled in its academic excellence across the broadest range of liberal arts and sciences disciplines. Information on undergraduate concentrations and graduate programs of study can be found on the Harvard College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences websites.

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Centers, Institutes, and Museums

The FAS’s academic centers, institutes, and more all serve as hubs of interdisciplinary research and innovation.

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Chun-Yu Su ’27 (at left) birdwatches in the Amazon Rainforest with Professors Scott Edwards and Naomi Oreskes as well as a local expert.

Harvard Library

Harvard Library collections include more over six million digitized items, 21 million volumes, 400 million manuscripts, one million maps, and tens of millions of digital images, and its rare and special collections are among the most remarkable in the world.

Harvard Library

student looking at books in Loeb library

Support the FAS

Harvard remains a place of unlimited possibility because of our dedicated community. Alumni, parents, and friends make it possible for the FAS to invest in talented students and faculty and to ensure they have what they need to do their best work.

Learn how to support the FAS