Schools and Departments
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WashU offers a comprehensive education with eight distinct schools and a vast array of departments.
From the renowned Olin Business School to the prestigious Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, WashU fosters creativity and intellectual exploration across a multitude of disciplines. Whether you’re drawn to the humanities in Arts & Sciences, the technical expertise of the McKelvey School of Engineering, or the critical thinking skills honed at the School of Law, WashU has a program to ignite your academic passion.
Arts & Sciences
Arts & Sciences comprises the core disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. In addition to departments of international renown, our programs and research centers provide a platform for faculty and student collaboration across the traditional academic subject areas, creating new interdisciplinary studies.
Departments
Brown School
The Brown School is a leader among schools of social work and programs of public health because of its dedication to equity and impact. It is a place where faculty, staff, students, and alumni can do their best work locally, nationally, and globally toward solving society’s greatest challenges. They are strongly committed to driving equity through rigorous science, transformative education, and collaborative partnerships.
McKelvey School of Engineering
The McKelvey School of Engineering aims to promote independent inquiry in engineering research and education with an emphasis on scientific excellence, innovation, and collaboration without boundaries. WashU engineers produce new knowledge that changes the world, and faculty educate students to explore and create for a future we cannot yet imagine. Through research and education, they are making a positive impact on the local community, the country, and the world.
Departments
Olin Business School
At Olin Business School, students learn to look beyond the bottom line and make thoughtful decisions that benefit business and society. Their global-mindedness — coupled with a values-based, data-driven approach to decision making — prepares students to tackle the greatest challenges of our day and to change the world, for good. As a leading research-oriented business school, Olin has a network of partners on campus, in the St. Louis community, and around the globe.
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts is a unique collaboration in architecture, art, and design education that links professional studio programs with one of the country’s finest university art museums. Composed of the College of Architecture, the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, the College of Art, the Graduate School of Art, and the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, the Sam Fox School is an inspiring place for learning, making, and creative research. Its six-building complex features numerous exhibition and maker spaces, a dedicated art and architecture library, and a world-class art museum.
Colleges
School of Continuing & Professional Studies
The School of Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) is the professional and continuing education division at WashU. CAPS values flexibility, offering a wide range of courses in both online and face-to-face formats with part-time and full-time study options in undergraduate degree programs, master’s degree programs, and certificate programs.
School of Law
The WashU School of Law introduces students to all facets of the law while also empowering them to personalize their curriculum and further investigate their areas of interest. The program is designed to educate well-rounded, thoughtful attorneys. Students will be well prepared to make a difference for their clients, with a solid foundation in the history of the law and the skills needed to respond to new challenges.
School of Medicine
WashU School of Medicine is a world leader in medical education, research, and patient care. Its graduate programs in medical education, occupational therapy, physical therapy and audiology are considered to be among the nation’s best. Faculty lead a robust research enterprise, supported by the National Institutes of Health. The school’s physicians provide care in partnership with the nationally ranked Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Departments