A Wide Variety of Choices

In a rapidly changing world, the key to your success will be the development of core foundations: critical thinking, analytical and communication skills, and breadth of knowledge. The University of Pittsburgh provides this foundation through a diverse selection of academic choices. The University includes 10 schools that offer more than 100 undergraduate-level degree programs with more than 2,000 courses per term.

To link with individual department sites and learn more about majors and programs, click here.

Distinguished freshman level entry schools include:

• School of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business Administration
• School of Engineering
• School of Nursing

• School of Education
• College of General Studies
• School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
• School of Information Sciences
• School of Pharmacy
• School of Social Work

For information on graduate programs, go to Graduate Programs.

At the University of Pittsburgh, commitment is made to educating the whole student, so that every graduate, regardless of degree, should leave the university possessing four key attributes: communication skills, a sense of motivation, a sense of responsibility, and a sense of self. It is the University's goal to produce students who become perceptive, reflective, contributing individuals within a diverse community of faculty, staff, administrators, and fellow students. To achieve this, a broad spectrum of programs has been developed:

• academic degree programs that draw on faculty strengths to match student interests and produce strong student achievement;
• support programs to enhance students' learning and faculty teaching skills;
• community programs to link students to the world.

Here at Pitt, we look to our community of colleagues to help students realize their potential and to set the tone as we strive for excellence. Perhaps no school receives more recognition for this than the University Honors College, considered to be one of the best in the nation. Located at the center of the academic community, on the 35th and 36th floors of the Cathedral of Learning, the University Honors College has offered students the opportunity to combine the advantages of a major research university with the individualized attention and rigor of an academically challenging small college.

In recognition of the University's strengths in these key areas, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education has commended the University of Pittsburgh for:

• its focus on undergraduate education;
• academic programs impressive in variety, strength, and fundamental soundness;
• innovative and dedicated teaching ethos and imaginative faculty leadership; and
• collaborative academic style, with marked cooperation among faculty.

Students who enroll in a large community of learning, research, and medicine gain exposure to some of the best minds in the field. Diversity is found not just in academic possibilities, but in our students come from all 50 states and more than 106 countries.

The University also houses more than 250 centers, institutes, laboratories, and access to seven teaching hospitals. Libraries are comprised of more than 6 million volumes, 450 databases and 37,000 journals.