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. Stanford Impact Labs is a university-wide initiative established in H&S.