About H&S
The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the heart of Stanford University and the primary locus of Stanford's liberal arts education. H&S awards nearly 80 percent of Stanford undergraduate degrees and more than 40 percent of doctoral degrees at Stanford. The school offers a distinctive academic environment among major research universities: one that combines undergraduate education, graduate education and training, and research led by faculty of international renown who are pioneers on the intellectual frontier.
The school has more than 500 faculty members, 28 departments, 19 interdisciplinary degree programs, along with a number of non-degree granting programs and 20 research centers and teaching resources. Seventeen of the school's departments are regarded as being in the top ten in their field in the nation.
The school's distinguished faculty are on the forefront of intellectual vitality, curiosity, and creativity among universities throughout the world. To learn more about H&S' distinguished faculty, see the "Faculty" section using the left navigation. Additional information also is available in "Campus Visitors."
H&S is dedicated to the highest levels of excellence in the cultivation of learning and the creation of knowledge across a broad spectrum of intellectual disciplines. As Stanford's largest school, H&S encompasses the core humanities, the fine arts, languages and literatures, the social sciences, mathematics, and the natural sciences.
The H&S Shield
White for the arts and gold for science are combined in the school's flag
with a red diagonal cross symbolizing the extent to which H&S directs the studies
of the majority of Stanford undergraduate students. The small black design
element, the ermine, recalls the ermine-trimmed hood commonly worn by medieval
scholars.
