Harvard University, which celebrated its 350th anniversary in 1986, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Founded 16 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, the University has grown from nine students with a single master to an enrollment of more than 18,000 degree candidates, including undergraduates and students in 10 principal academic units. An additional 13,000 students are enrolled in one or more courses in the Harvard Extension School. Over 14,000 people work at Harvard, including more than 2,000 faculty. There are also 7,000 faculty appointments in affiliated teaching hospitals.
Seven presidents of the United States – John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George W. Bush – were graduates of Harvard. Its faculty have produced more than 40 Nobel laureates.
Programs
Accounting, Accounting and Management Emphasis, African Studies, African-American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Applied Mathematics, Applied Science, Architecture, Art, Art Education, Asian Studies, Astronomy, Biological Science, Biology, Biophysics, Biostatistics, Business, Chemical, Chemistry, Classics, Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Constitutional Law, Continuing Education, Criminal Justice, Earth Sciences, Economics, Education, Electrical, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Engineering Science, English, Environmental Engineering and Technology, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies, Epidemiology, Ethnic Studies, Family, Finance, Financial Services, Floriculture, Folklore Studies, General Studies, Genetics, German, German Language and Literature, Government, Health, Health Care Studies, History, Human Development, Human Studies, International Studies, Justice, Labor Studies, Landscape Architecture, Language, Law, Leadership, Learning Resources, Legal Studies, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Marketing, Math, Mathematics, Mechanical, Medical, Medical Science, Microbiology, Middle Eastern Studies, Molecular Biology, Music, Neurology, Nutrition, Pathology, Pediatrics, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Policy, Race Car Performance, Real Estate, Religion, Risk Management, Science, Sciences, Secondary Education, Social Sciences, Social Services, Sociology, Statistics, Teacher Education, Technology, Urban Studies, Visual and Media Arts, Women and Gender Studies
Campus type
Normal
Carnegie
Doctoral/Research Universities--Extensive
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