The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford, where students are free to explore the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. H&S encompasses 24 departments—from art and art history, English, and history to economics, mathematics, and biology—as well as 25 interdisciplinary programs.
As the university’s largest school, H&S serves as the foundation of a Stanford undergraduate education no matter which discipline students pursue as a major. H&S supports free and critical thinking across all disciplines, offering endless opportunities to learn about humans, the world in which we live, and ways to make life better.