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2026–2027 Academic Catalog

Every discipline.One place.

Navigate 185+ programs across 12 colleges — from robotics to Renaissance poetry, genomics to global policy. Your path starts here.

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47 programs

Engineering & Computing

College of Engineering

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Arts & Humanities

38 programs

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Medicine & Life Sciences

29 programs

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Business & Economics

22 programs

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Social Sciences

31 programs

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Architecture & Design

18 programs

185+Degree Programs
12Colleges & Schools
94%Graduate Employment
340+Research Centers
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12 Colleges &
Schools

What if your elective became your career? Every door is open — and most of them connect.

185+
Total degree programs
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COE
47 programs

College of Engineering

Top 12 nationally for robotics & AI research

STEMResearchIndustry
8,200 studentsExplore College
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MED
29 programs

School of Medicine

$2.4B in NIH grants over the last decade

Pre-MedResearchClinical
3,100 studentsExplore College
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CLA
38 programs

College of Liberal Arts

94% of graduates in careers within 6 months

HumanitiesSocial SciencesWriting
6,400 studentsExplore College
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BUS
22 programs

School of Business

Average starting salary: $72,000

FinanceManagementEntrepreneurship
4,700 studentsExplore College
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DES
18 programs

School of Design

Alumni in 60 countries — Pritzker Prize recipients

ArchitectureUXVisual Arts
2,800 studentsExplore College
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EDU
16 programs

College of Education

Partnered with 200+ school districts nationwide

TeachingCurriculumCounseling
3,200 studentsExplore College
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Find Your
Program

185 programs. Filter by what excites you, not what others expect.

Showing 16 programs

Featured
Engineering

Computer Science

Algorithms, AI, systems design, and the theory powering every screen you touch.

BS / MS / PhD
98% employedExplore
Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Where biology meets circuitry — build the devices that keep hearts beating.

BS / MS
$78K avg salaryExplore
Featured
Medicine

Neuroscience

Map the 86 billion neurons that make you who you are.

BS / PhD
89% grad schoolExplore
Liberal Arts

Creative Writing

Craft stories that outlast the century. Workshop with published novelists.

BA / MFA
91% publishingExplore
Featured
Engineering

Data Science

Turn petabytes of noise into decisions that matter — in every industry.

BS / MS
$85K avg salaryExplore
Social Sciences

International Relations

Negotiate treaties, analyze power, and understand why borders shift.

BA / MA
87% policy careersExplore
Design

Architecture

Shape the built environment — from micro-housing to city master plans.

BArch / MArch
Pritzker alumniExplore
Business

Finance

Price risk, move capital, and understand what drives every market on earth.

BS / MBA
$76K avg salaryExplore
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Medicine

Molecular Biology

Decode the instruction manual inside every living cell.

BS / PhD
92% research rolesExplore
Liberal Arts

Film & Media Studies

Analyze, make, and distribute the moving images that shape culture.

BA / MFA
84% industry hiredExplore
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Business

Entrepreneurship

From idea to IPO — a curriculum built inside a $40M startup accelerator.

BS / MBA
3 unicorn alumniExplore
Social Sciences

Environmental Science

Measure what is melting and engineer what might save it.

BS / MS
$67K avg salaryExplore
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Engineering

Artificial Intelligence

Train models that see, speak, and reason. Build what comes after ChatGPT.

MS / PhD
$120K avg salaryExplore
Liberal Arts

Music Performance

Rehearse in Steinway-equipped halls. Graduate into major orchestras.

BM / MM
78% professionalExplore
Medicine

Public Health

Design interventions that reach millions — epidemiology, policy, behavior.

BS / MPH
95% placedExplore
Business

Marketing Analytics

Blend psychology and data to understand why people buy — and why they stop.

BS / MS
$70K avg salaryExplore
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Research that
shapes the world

340+ centers where faculty and students work on problems that don't have answers yet.

$1.2B
Annual Research Funding
340+
Research Centers
18,400
Publications (2025)
94
Countries Collaborating
CAIRTechnology

Center for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Machine learning, computer vision, autonomous systems

$180M
Total grants
2,400
Publications
48
Faculty
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ICES31 faculty

Institute for Climate & Environmental Systems

Carbon capture, climate modeling, sustainability policy

$94Mgrants
Explore
GPML62 faculty

Genome & Precision Medicine Lab

CRISPR therapeutics, rare disease genomics, biomarker discovery

$220Mgrants
Explore
UDPS19 faculty

Urban Design & Policy Studio

Affordable housing, transit equity, smart city infrastructure

$42Mgrants
Explore
QCRG24 faculty

Quantum Computing Research Group

Qubit architecture, error correction, quantum cryptography

$130Mgrants
Explore
NCI55 faculty

Neuroscience & Cognition Institute

Brain-computer interfaces, memory disorders, neural mapping

$165Mgrants
Explore
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AI & Machine LearningQuantum ComputingGenomicsClimate ScienceNeuroscienceMaterials ScienceUrban PolicyBiomedical DevicesCryptographyAstrophysicsBehavioral EconomicsComputational Biology
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Life beyond
the classroom

The best universities teach you more outside lectures than inside them. Here's where that happens.

32,000
Enrolled Students
120+
Countries Represented
280
Acres of Campus
#14
National Ranking
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400+

Student Organizations

From robotics clubs to spoken word collectives — find your people.

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Athletics & Wellness
32 varsity sports
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Housing & Community
14 residential halls
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3 concert halls

Arts & Performance

Perform, exhibit, and create in world-class facilities open to all students.

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Early Decision: November 1, 2026
Regular Decision: January 15, 2027
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