History
Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
Education
Harvard faculty are engaged with teaching and research to push the boundaries of human knowledge. For students who are excited to investigate the biggest issues of the 21st century, Harvard offers an unparalleled student experience and a generous financial aid program, with over $160 million awarded to more than 60% of our undergraduate students. The University has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a truly global education.With an enduring dedication to the pursuit of excellence, Harvard University offers unparalleled student experiences across a broad spectrum of academic environments.
Research
Harvard scholars conduct research in almost every field, and seek to expand human knowledge through analysis, innovation, and insight. Research is supported by more than $750 million of sponsored research funds each year, and it is carried out both in the departments of the thirteen Schools and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and at more than 100 research centers, on campus and around the world. Researchers include faculty members, visiting scholars, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate students, and they collaborate with colleagues across the University, at affiliated institutions, and at other research institutions.
Career
The Office of Career Services works to educate, connect, and advise students about opportunities for summer and post-graduation. OCS serves students in Harvard College, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), and Harvard Extension School (HES) degree programs.
Short Courses
- Certificate Accelerated Leadership
- Certificate Advanced Negotiation Skills Training
- Certificate Art and Practice of Leadership Development
- Certificate Behavioral Decision Making
- Certificate Comparative Tax Policy and Administration
- Certificate Crisis Leadership in Higher Education
- Short Course Design Thinking Workshop
- Certificate Digital Marketing Strategy
- Certificate Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation
- Certificate Effective Organizational Communication
- Certificate Emerging Leaders
- Certificate Emerging Women Executives in Health Care
- Certificate Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
- Certificate Environmental Health Risk
- Short Course Essential Management Skills for Emerging Leaders
- Certificate Ethical Leadership
- Certificate Executive Leadership Coaching
- Certificate Foundations of Data-Driven Decision Making
- Certificate Inclusive Leadership for a Diverse Workplace
- Short Course Influence and Persuasion in Leadership
- Short Course Innovation and Strategy
- Certificate Innovation with AI in Health Care
- Certificate Investment Decisions and Behavioral Finance
- Short Course Leadership Coaching Strategies
- Certificate Leadership Decision Making
- Certificate Leadership and Character in Uncertain Times
- Certificate Leadership for the 21st Century
- Certificate Leadership in Corporate Counsel
- Certificate Leadership in Crises
- Certificate Leadership in Law Firms
- Certificate Leading Economic Growth
- Certificate Leading More Effective Teams
- Certificate Leading in Health Systems
- Certificate Leading the Law Firm of the Future
- Certificate Leading through the Changing Media Landscape
- Certificate Managing Yourself and Leading Others
- Certificate Negotiation Essentials
- Certificate Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Online
- Certificate Negotiation and Leadership
- Certificate Nonprofit Financial Stewardship
- Certificate Overcoming Resistance - The Influence Equation
- Certificate Product Management - From Design to Launch
- Certificate Program for Chairs of Clinical Services
- Certificate Promoting Racial Equity in the Workplace
- Certificate Senior Executive Fellows
- Certificate Senior Executives in State and Local Government
- Certificate Senior Managers in Government
- Short Course Strategic Business Management
- Certificate Strategic Fundraising for Nonprofit Leaders
- Certificate Strategic Leadership
- Certificate Strategic Project Management
- Certificate Strategic Sales Management
- Certificate The Authentic Leader
- Short Course The Consultant's Toolkit (Online)
- Certificate Time is Brain
- Certificate Women Leaders - Advancing Together
- Certificate Women and Power
- Certificate Women in Leadership
- Certificate Women on Boards
- Certificate Women's Leadership Initiative
- Certificate AI for Health Care
- Certificate Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health
- Certificate Advancing Women's Health
- Certificate Annual Current Concepts in Surgical Pathology
- Certificate Boston Structural Heart
- Certificate Class III and Open Bite Correction
- Certificate Clinical Care for Autistic Adults
- Certificate Clinical Quandaries in Anticoagulation Reversal
- Certificate Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene
- Certificate Dermatopathology Update
- Certificate Diabetes Comorbidities and Complications
- Certificate Diabetes and it's Complications
- Certificate Environmental Health Risk
- Certificate General Internal Medicine for Specialists
- Certificate Global Health Care Leaders
- Certificate Guidelines for Laboratory Design
- Certificate Infectious Diseases in Primary Care
- Certificate Intensive Review of Nephrology
- Certificate Laser and Aesthetic Skin Therapy
- Certificate Managing Noncarious Cervical Lesions
- Certificate Mind Body Medicine
- Certificate Nephrology
- Certificate Neurological Emergencies
- Certificate Neurology Board Review
- Certificate Neuropsychiatry - A Comprehensive Update
- Certificate On the Frontlines of Precision Medicine
- Certificate Palliative Care Education and Practice (PCEP)
- Certificate Practical Aspects of Palliative Care
- Certificate Primary Care
- Certificate Primary Care Pediatrics
- Certificate Program for Chairs of Clinical Services
- Certificate Prosthetic Approach in Implant Dentistry
- Certificate Prosthodontic Considerations for Older Adults
- Certificate Stroke and Other Common Neurological Conditions
- Certificate Summer Learning Program on Cape Cod
- Certificate Testosterone Therapy and Sexual Dysfunction
- Certificate Time is Brain
- Certificate Transformative Periodontics
- Certificate Treating Couples - Surmounting Challenges
- Certificate Update in Hospital Medicine
- Certificate Update in Internal Medicine
- Certificate Work Health, and Well-being
- Certificate Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health
- Certificate Advancing Women's Health
- Certificate Applied Risk Communication for the 21st Century
- Certificate Attachment, Personality, and Psychotherapy
- Certificate Behavioral Insights and Public Policy
- Certificate Comparative Tax Policy and Administration
- Certificate Evidence for Equity
- Certificate Harvard Mediation Intensive
- Certificate Implementing Public Policy
- Certificate Leading Economic Growth
- Certificate Leading Economic Growth
- Certificate Mediation and Conflict Management
- Certificate Medical Psychiatry - Comprehensive Update
- Certificate Negotiation Essentials
- Certificate Overcoming Resistance - The Influence Equation
- Certificate Scaling Up Mental Health Care Services
- Certificate Senior Managers in Government
- Certificate Testosterone Therapy and Sexual Dysfunction
- Certificate Treating Couples - Surmounting Challenges
- Certificate AI for Health Care
- Certificate Benefit-Cost Analysis - Valuing Life and Health
- Certificate Computer Science for Lawyers
- Certificate Foundations of Data-Driven Decision Making
- Certificate Innovation with AI in Health Care
- Certificate Leading Digital Transformation in Health Care
- Certificate Leading in Health Systems
- Certificate CHEF Coaching Beyond The Basics
- Certificate Crisis Leadership in Higher Education
- Certificate Executive Leadership Coaching
- Certificate Nurse-Doctor Co-Teaching
- Certificate Palliative Care Education and Practice (PCEP)
- Certificate Principles of Medical Education
- Certificate Program for Educators in Health Professions
- Certificate CHEF Coaching Beyond The Basics
- Certificate Neurological Emergencies
- Certificate Radiological Emergency Planning
- Certificate Benefit-Cost Analysis - Valuing Life and Health
- Certificate Climate Change Policy - Economics and Politics
- Certificate Environmental Health Risk
- Certificate Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Infections
- Certificate On the Frontlines of Precision Medicine
- Short Course Design Thinking Workshop
- Certificate Guidelines for Laboratory Design
- Certificate Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Online
- Certificate Leadership in Law Firms
- Certificate In-Place Filter Testing Workshop
- Certificate Ethical Leadership
University Ranking
Housing services
Harvard University Housing (HUH) offers a broad range of housing and real estate services to the University’s graduate students, faculty, and employees.
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Library services
The Harvard Librarythe largest library in the worldincludes 20.4 million volumes, 180,000 serial titles, an estimated 400 million manuscript items, 10 million photographs, 124 million archived web pages, and 5.4 terabytes of born-digital archives and manuscripts. Access to this rich collection is provided by nearly 800 library staff members who operate more than 70 separate library units.
ICT services
ICF provides free academic computing and data processing resources in a distributed computing environment. Resources include 150 Dell PC’s running on a Novell Network and a wide array of software including Microsoft Office, PC-SAS, STATA, Smltree, Loglin, S-Plus, ARCView, Endnote and anit-virus software.
Medical services
Urgent Care is available 24 hours a day, every day. We provide advice and treatment for urgent health problems, both physical and emotional, that require prompt attention but are not life threatening emergencies.
Campus life
Harvard Colleges diverse student population makes it hard to describe the typical student and even harder to describe the quintessential Harvard student experience. Students come from all 50 states and from over 80 countries; from cities, suburbs, small towns and farms; from public, private and parochial schools; from every ethnic and religious background; and from across the economic spectrum. Based on longstanding tradition and an extensive financial aid program, Harvard is committed to making educational opportunity accessible to all, with over 60% of the undergraduate population receiving financial aid.
Sports facilities
Recreation memberships are available to the following groups only: students, faculty, staff and alumni (and their eligible family members). Membership includes access to the Malkin Athletic Center, Blodgett Pool, Hemenway Gymnasium, QRAC, and Murr Center Fitness Room.
Student clubs
With over 400 official student organizations including extra-curriculars, co-curricular and athletic opportunities in addition to academics, Harvard students are active around and beyond campus. Whether in Harvard Stadium playing on the field or cheering on The Harvard Crimson, volunteering through organizations like PBHA, fostering entrepreneurial activities in the Harvard innovation lab, writing or editing at The Harvard Crimson or The Harvard Lampoon, or researching in one of the many labs, Harvard students are continuously learning and constantly busy!
Harvard University is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE) of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Harvard, like all accredited universities and colleges, is reviewed for reaccreditation generally every 10 years and last received accreditation in 2009.