Stanford offers the following degrees: B.A., B.S., B.A.S., M.A., M.S., Ph.D., D.M.A., M.D., M.B.A., J.D., J.S.D., J.S.M., LL.M., M.F.A., M.L.S., M.L.A., M.P.P., ENG
Graduate School of Business
Dean: Garth Saloner
The mission of the Stanford Graduate School of Business is to create ideas that deepen and advance the understanding of management and to develop innovative, principled and insightful leaders who change the world. The MBA program enrolls about 800 students each year and provides foundational knowledge in topics such as finance and organizational behavior, as well as managerial perspectives to help students understand the context of business. Students develop critical analytical thinking skills, expand leadership abilities and develop innovative thinking. The school also enrolls about 67 students with professional experience in the one-year Stanford Sloan Management Program, leading to an MS degree. There are more than 50 certificate programs for executives. Each year, there are about 100 doctoral students in residence. Faculty members include three Nobel Prize winners. The new Knight Management Center, which consists of eight buildings around three quads, is designed to support innovation and collaboration. The new Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies was launched in 2011 to help alleviate global poverty. Visit www.gsb.stanford.edu or call (650) 723-2146.
School of Earth Sciences
Dean: Pamela Matson
The Earth sciences have been at the heart of Stanford's academic program since the university's beginnings in 1891. Today the School of Earth Sciences works to gain a better understanding of our planet's history and its future, the energy and resource base that supports society, geologic hazards that impact a growing population, a changing climate and the challenge of sustainability. Faculty and students focus on the history and structure of the Earth, the physics and chemistry of earth materials, the processes that cycle those materials on a global scale and the interaction of human activities with geological processes and resources. They combine the principles of physics and geology to explore the Earth using seismic waves, electromagnetic fields, satellite data and rock physics, and to address questions about global Earth structure, earthquakes and fault mechanics, volcanic processes, surface deformation and groundwater contamination. Building on a foundation of engineering principles, they explore a variety of energy resources, including optimizing oil recovery from petroleum reservoirs, carbon capture and sequestration, efficient geothermal energy extraction and non-traditional energy resources. Some faculty and students go beyond the disciplines within the School of Earth Sciences to combine science fundamentals with the economic, societal and political expertise necessary for the investigation of complex environmental problems caused by human activities in interaction with natural changes in the Earth system. The School of Earth Sciences has 55 faculty members in four departments, and 150 undergraduate and 350 graduate students in its departments and two interdisciplinary programs. It offers Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Engineer and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Visit earthsci.stanford.edu or call (650) 723-2544.
School of Education
Dean: Claude Steele
The School of Education, with an enrollment of about 400 graduate students, is a leader in groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary research and analysis that help shape educational practice and policy. Faculty integrate practice and research by working collaboratively with administrators, teachers and policy leaders around the world, and they contribute to theoretical and methodological innovations in the social sciences. The school develops the knowledge, wisdom and imagination of its students to enable them to take leadership positions as teachers, researchers, administrators and policymakers. School of Education students benefit from an exposure to real-world challenges and involvement in problem-solving collaborations with practitioners and policymakers. The School of Education runs East Palo Alto Academy, its own public charter school in the neighboring East Palo Alto community. The school also has sustained collaborations with organizations serving youth in several Bay Area communities and ongoing partnerships with district and school leaders. The School of Education offers the Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts and Master of Arts with teaching credential. Call (650) 723-2109 or visit ed.stanford.edu.
School of Engineering
Dean: James Plummer
More than 4,400 students are enrolled in the School of
Engineering. The school has nine departments,
more than 240 faculty members and some 89
laboratories, centers, institutes and affiliates programs. Entrepreneurship education is
offered through the Stanford Technology
Ventures Program. Most departments offer
degree programs at all levels of study.
Undergraduates are admitted to the university,
not the school, and may choose engineering as a
major by their junior year. Graduate students
are evaluated and admitted by each department;
closing dates for filing applications vary by
department. Co-terminal students are admitted
early to a graduate program and can study for
both bachelor’s and master’s degrees simultaneously.
Call (650) 723-3938 or visit engineering.stanford.edu.
School of Humanities and Sciences
Dean: Richard Saller
The School of Humanities and Sciences is Stanford’s largest school, awarding nearly 80 percent of undergraduate degrees. The school has more than 50 departments and interdisciplinary degree programs that span the humanities, arts, languages and literatures, social sciences, mathematics and the physical and life sciences. The school’s graduate programs lead to Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Public Policy or Master of Fine Arts degrees. Programs and research centers in the school include the Abbasi Islamic Studies Program, Cantor Arts Center, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Film and Media Studies Program, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Hopkins Marine Station, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute and the Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies. Visit http://humsci.stanford.edu.
Law School
Dean: Larry Kramer
Stanford Law School combines classic and innovative education to prepare students for an interconnected, global world. There are about 70 faculty members, including clinical, senior lecturers and emeriti, and 180 new J.D. students annually. The student-to-faculty ratio is7.5 to 1. The school offers 21 joint degree programs in such areas as Bioengineering, Business, Computer Science, Economics, Education, Electrical Engineering, Environment and Resources, Health Research and Policy, History, International, Comparative and Area Studies, International Policy Studies, Management Science and Engineering, Medicine, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Policy and Sociology as well as countless customized joint degrees. Joint degree programs are also offered with Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Johns Hopkins’ Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Ten clinical programs allow students to undertake the roles and responsibilities of practicing lawyers, and more than 20 programs and centers offer opportunities for research and policy-oriented study. The Master of Laws (LL.M.), Master of Legal Studies, (M.L.S.) Master of the Science of Law (J.S.M.) and Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.) degrees are offered. Call (650) 723-2465 or visit www.law.stanford.edu.
School of Medicine
Dean: Philip Pizzo
The School of Medicine, the oldest medical school in the West, encourages intellectual diversity in students interested in developing a scholarly, investigative
approach to problems in medicine and science. The school has more than 850
faculty, 1,450 postdoctoral scholars, 456 M.D. students and 546 Ph.D. and M.S. candidates. Medical students gain clinical experience at Stanford Hospital and
Clinics and at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Ph.D. programs
offer interdisciplinary research opportunities with faculty from
throughout the university. Each year, faculty receive grants and contracts totaling
more than $375 million in support for research, teaching and patient care. Call
(650) 723-6861 or visit med.stanford.edu.
Stanford Continuing Studies
Dean: Charles Junkerman
Each quarter, Continuing Studies offers more than 90 courses, workshops and
events to more than 2,500 adult members of the Stanford and surrounding
communities. Courses range from liberal arts and sciences to creative writing to professional and personal development. It also offers the Master of Liberal Arts Program, a Stanford graduate
degree program for adults who seek a broad, interdisciplinary course of study in
the liberal arts. The program, taught by Stanford faculty, takes four to five years
to complete. Call (650) 725-2650.
Summer Session
The Summer Session is the only academic quarter during which Stanford offers open enrollment for university classes. Joining current Stanford undergraduate and graduate students in the Summer Session are exceptional high school juniors and seniors and visiting college and university students from around the world. About 2,000 students enroll in Summer Session. Call (650) 723-3109.
