#  Academics and Research 

 



##  Academics and Research 

 

 

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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 arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.fas.harvard.edu/overview#schools) 

 



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##  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**](https://college.harvard.edu/academics/liberal-arts-sciences/concentrations) and [**graduate programs of study**](https://gsas.harvard.edu/programs-study) can be found on the [**Harvard College**](https://college.harvard.edu/) and [**Graduate School of Arts and Sciences**](https://gsas.harvard.edu/) websites.



 

 



 [  arrow\_forward  Explore our programs ](/explore-our-departments-programs-and-offices) 

 

 

 

 

 

### 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.](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-04/081524_hari_040.jpg_0.jpeg?itok=esGwyzdx) 

 

 

  

 



 

 

 

### 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 arrow\_circle\_right ](https://library.harvard.edu/) 

 



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##  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](/support-fas "Support the FAS")