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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College of Arts & Sciences Approves New Curriculum

The framework, which will take effect for the Class of 2031 and beyond, aims to innovate with new courses, as well as streamline and simplify general education requirements.

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Mathew Madhavacheril Shares New Horizons Breakthrough Prize

The Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy is one of six researchers sharing the New Horizons Prize in honor of work around advances in cosmic microwave background and supernovae cosmology.

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2026 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize Winners

This year’s group includes seven Penn Arts & Sciences students, whose projects aim to support people experiencing homelessness and enhance the energy efficiency of reconfigurable chips.

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Lauder Institute Lecturer Sudev Sheth Receives Major Book Prize

Sheth has been honored with the 2026 Book Prize from the British Association for South Asian Studies.

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Book from Assistant Professor of English Abdulhamit Arvas Garners Two Awards

Arvas has received acclaim and praise for his debut monograph.

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Colton Sheehan Named Schmidt Science Fellow

Sheehan, a Chemistry PhD student in the Mallouk lab, will use this postdoctoral opportunity to work on developing a new method that allows doctors to visually quantify nerve growth.

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Penn Arts & Sciences is uniquely positioned to provide creative responses to some of today’s greatest challenges, like a changing climate, technologies like AI, healthcare, and an evolving democracy. Introducing the School’s four priority hubs.

Climate at SAS AI at SAS 
Health at SAS   Democracy at SAS

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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