University of Pennsylvania - School of Arts & Sciences

College of Arts & Sciences

The undergraduate division of Penn Arts and Sciences, the College is the academic home for more than 6,200 students and provides a liberal arts foundation for all Penn's undergraduates. Spanning more than 50 majors and 2,000+ courses, the College offers a unique take on the classic liberal arts education.

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Graduate Division

The home of doctoral programs in the arts and sciences, with more than 30 graduate groups that award the Ph.D., as well as a number of programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.).

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College of Liberal and Professional Studies

LPS is the home of lifelong learning at Penn, with options for high school, undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, graduate, summer, and online studies as well as customizable professional training with courses that span across disciplines.

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Arts & Sciences News

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Adriana Petryna named Francis E. Johnston Term Professor of Anthropology

Petryna focuses on the socio-political nature of science, how populations are enrolled in experimental knowledge-production, and what becomes of citizenship and ethics in the process.

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Radwa El Barouni Appointed to J. Dean Amro Endowed Lectureship

El Barouni is currently the director and coordinator of the Arabic Language Program at the University of Pennsylvania in the Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures department.

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Paul Cobb Appointed Director of the Middle East Center

Cobb is a specialist in the history of the premodern Middle East, and his areas of interest include animal studies, Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations, and the history of travel and exploration.

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Habib Salim, C’23, and Chuanyuan Liu, W’23, Named 2025-26 Schwarzman Scholars

The scholarship funds a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

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Tej Patel, C’25, W’25, and Sridatta Teerdhala, C’25, W’25, Selected as Marshall Scholars

The students, both part of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management, will receive funding for up to three years of graduate study in the United Kingdom.

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$50 Million Legacy Gift to Penn Arts & Sciences Funds Undergraduate Aid

With an estate gift of more than $42 million, William J. Levy, a graduate of the Wharton School and Law School, has contributed $50 million in support of undergraduate students in the College.

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Omnia

OMNIA, the premier publication for all things Penn Arts & Sciences, features a diverse array of faculty, students, and alumni who are blazing trails on a global level.

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