- Location: Northampton, Massachusetts
- Setting: Small/Midsize City
- Affiliation: Independent
- Founded: 1875
Points of Pride
At Smith, your individual exploration and education come first. The focus is on making the most of who you are and what you want to become. The world is your campus, preparing you to live, work, and lead across global borders.
History
Smith College is a distinguished liberal arts college committed to providing the highest quality undergraduate education for women to enable them to develop their intellects and talents and to participate effectively and fully in society.
The college was founded in 1871 by Sophia Smith, who decided to leave that leaving her inheritance to found a women’s college was the best way for her to fulfill a moral obligation. Smith has changed much since its founding. But throughout its history there have been certain enduring constants: an uncompromising defense of academic and intellectual freedom, an attention to the relation between college education and the larger public issues of world order and human dignity, and a concern for the rights and privileges of women.
Today the college continues to benefit from a dynamic relationship between innovation and tradition. And while Smith’s basic curriculum of the humanities, arts and sciences still flourishes, the college continues to respond to the new intellectual needs of today’s women—offering majors or interdepartmental programs in engineering, the study of women and gender, neuroscience, film and media studies, Middle East studies, statistical and data sciences and other emerging fields.
Location & Contact
Smith College
College Hall
Northampton, MA 1063
United States
Office of Admissions
Web: http://www.smith.edu
Degrees Offered
Areas of Study
- Africana Studies
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Architecture
- Art History
- Art/Studio
- Asian/Middle Eastern Studies
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Classical Languages and Literature
- Comparative Literature
- Computer Science
- Dance
- Economics
- Education
- Engineering
- English
- Environmental Studies
- Film Studies
- French
- Geology
- German
- Greek
- History
- Italian
- Jewish Studies
- Latin
- Latin American Studies
- Mathematics
- Medieval Studies
- Music
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science/Government
- Portugese-Brazilian Studies
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Russian Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Theater
- Women's/Gender Studies