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Stanford Facts 2008

Schools, Departments and Programs

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: Robert Joss
The Graduate School of Business launched a new MBA curriculum in fall 2007 designed to be more personalized, more experiential and more focused on leadership and global business. It involves 46 faculty lecturers and nearly 100 tenure-line faculty—including three Nobel laureates. All MBA students are required to complete some significant experience in a country new to them. To help meet this requirement, the school has organized more than 20 student trips. In addition to the Master of Business Administration and doctoral degrees, the school offers the Stanford Sloan Master’s Program for mid-career managers and enrolls nearly 3,000 annually in executive education programs. The school supports the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, the Center for Social Innovation, the Center for Leadership Development and Research and the Center for Global Business and the Economy. Business school faculty are involved collaboratively in nine other campus centers. Call (650) 723-2146, e-mail gsb_info@gsb.stanford.edu or visit http://www.gsb.stanford.edu.

School of Earth Sciences

Dean: Pamela Matson
The School of Earth Sciences does research and teaching in energy, natural hazards, oceans and climate, fresh water, continental dynamics, biogeochemical cycles, Earth surface processes, and computational Earth and environmental sciences. Faculty and students address the development and use of resources, consequences of human activities on the environment and understanding of global systems. There are three interdisciplinary programs: the Earth Systems Program, an undergraduate/coterminal master’s program in environmental science, technology and policy; the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Environment and Resources, which combines interdisciplinary environmental science with a policy component; and the Graduate Program in Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, which fosters study among the school’s three departments. Earth Sciences includes about 50 faculty members, 120 undergraduates and 250 graduate students. It offers the Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Engineer and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Visit http://earthsci.stanford.edu or call (650) 723-2544 for more information.

Departments

Interdisciplinary Programs

School of Education

Dean: Deborah Stipek
The Stanford University School of Education, with an enrollment of about 380 graduate students, is a leader in groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary research and analysis that help shape educational practice and policy. Internationally distinguished faculty integrate practice and research by working collaboratively with administrators, teachers and policy leaders around the world. The school develops the knowledge, wisdom and imagination of its students to enable them to take leadership positions as teachers, researchers, administrators and policy makers. School of Education students benefit from an exposure to real-world challenges and involvement in problem-solving collaborations with practitioners and policy makers. The School of Education offers the following degrees: Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts and Master of Arts with teaching credential. Call (650) 723-2109 or visit http://ed.stanford.edu/.

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School of Engineering

Dean: James Plummer
More than 3,000 students, 26 percent of all Stanford students, are enrolled in the School of Engineering. The school has nine departments, more than 230 faculty members and some 30 research centers. 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 http://www.soe.stanford.edu.

Departments

Interdisciplinary Programs

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, Master of Arts, Master of Science 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.

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Interdisciplinary Degree Programs

 

Law School

Dean: Larry Kramer
Stanford Law School’s combination of classic and innovative legal education prepares students for an interconnected, global world. There are about 70 faculty members, including clinical, visiting, lecturers and emeriti, and about 170 new J.D. students annually. The student-to-faculty ratio is 8.6 to 1. The school offers 18 formal joint degree programs in such areas as Bioengineering, Business, Economics, Education, Environment and Resources, Health Research and Policy, History, International and Comparative and Area Studies, Management Science and Engineering, 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’ School of Advanced International Studies. Ten clinical programs allow students to undertake the roles and responsibilities of practicing lawyers, and 18 academic programs and centers offer opportunities for research and policy-oriented study. The Master of Laws (LL.M.), 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 http://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 700 faculty, 1,450 postdoctoral scholars, 400 M.D. students and 450 Ph.D./M.S. candidates. Medical students gain clinical experience at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Ph.D. programs in areas ranging from molecules, cells, systems, engineering or computational technologies offer interdisciplinary research opportunities with faculty from throughout the university. Each year, faculty receive grants and contracts totaling more than $300 million in support or research, teaching and patient care. Call (650) 723-6861 or visit http://med.stanford.edu.

Departmental Degree Programs

Interdisciplinary Degree Programs

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 archaeology to physics, languages to literature. 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 enrolled in Summer Session 2007. Call (650) 723-3109.

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