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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) offers master’s and doctoral degrees in over 80 divisions, departments, and committees, from African American studies to systems biology, as well as joint degrees with Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School. The GSAS umbrella covers the humanities and sciences, linking programs with Harvard’s professional schools, including several related to global health. GSAS also offers its PhD students the chance to complete a secondary field in selected areas of study, including computational science and engineering; critical media practice; and science, technology, and society. PhD students serve as Teaching Fellows for many courses, including a dedicated cadre in global health. GSAS draws students from a broad range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The school is host to Harvard’s largest population of international students. 

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Featured Resource

This article in the Harvard Gazette discusses a new synthetic antibiotic created by a team led by Professor Andrew Myers. Although this new antibiotic has not yet been tested for safety and effectiveness in humans, the drug kills many strains of drug-resistant bacteria, and there is hope it could one day be used to fight superbugs that kill millions of people each year.

Featured Event

On March 7-8, the Harvard Falun Dafa club hosted a two-day mini symposium focusing on the issue of forced organ harvesting in China. The symposium invited expert speakers, screened a documentary, and hosted a Q&A panel to discuss the human rights, international law, and bioethics implications of this harmful practice.