Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the context of "Lawrence Scientific School"

A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In North America, academic divisions are sometimes titled colleges, schools, or departments, with universities occasionally using a mixture of terminology, e.g., Harvard University has a Faculty of Arts and Sciences and a Law School.

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA), formerly Center for International Affairs (CFIA) is a research center for international affairs and the largest international research center within Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. It is sometimes referred to as the Harvard Center for International Affairs.

Harvard College is an undergraduate college within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.

The college offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs. It is highly selective, with 3.5 percent of applicants being offered admission as of 2023. Harvard College students participate in over 450 extracurricular organizations and nearly all live on campus. First-year students reside in or near Harvard Yard while upperclass students reside in other on-campus housing.

The Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) is a graduate school within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.

Formed in 1872, GSAS is responsible for most of Harvard's graduate degree programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The school offers Master of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MS), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in approximately 58 disciplines.

The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) is the engineering school of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.

It offers degrees in engineering and applied sciences to graduate students admitted directly to SEAS, and to undergraduates admitted first to Harvard College. Previously the Lawrence Scientific School and then the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the school assumed its current structure in 2007. The school was renamed after John Paulson in June 2015 following his US$400 million gift.

The Harvard Division of Continuing Education is a division within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. It offers four programs: Extension School, Summer School, Professional & Executive Development, and Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement.

Claudine Gay (born August 4, 1970) is an American political scientist who is the Wilbur A. Cowett Professor of Government and of African and African-American Studies at Harvard University. Her research focuses on American political behavior, including voter turnout and politics of race and identity.

Gay served as the dean of Social Sciences at Harvard from 2015 to 2018, as the dean of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 2018 to 2023, and as the 30th president of Harvard University from July 2023 to January 2024.