The Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is the historic heart of Harvard University. It is home to the undergraduate program (Harvard College) as well as all of Harvard’s PhD programs (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences).  

Dean Claudine Gay

Claudine Gay, a leading scholar of political behavior, considering issues of race and politics in America, leads the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as the Edgerley Family Dean.

Learn more about Dean Gay and read her latest messages to the FAS community

I am reminded daily that ours is an extraordinary community — diverse, ambitious, and deeply committed to teaching and research excellence. We are all drawn here, each in our own way, by a passion for learning, a search for deeper understandings, and a will to serve the common good.  

Claudine Gay

Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Department and Program Directory

The FAS’s 40 academic departments and 30+ centers support a community unparalleled in its academic excellence across the broadest range of liberal arts and sciences disciplines.