Brandeis University is a private research university with a liberal arts focus, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, nine miles (14 km) west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2009, it was ranked by the U.S. News and World Report as the number 31 national university in the United States. Forbes listed Brandeis University as the number 30 national university in 2009.
Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian coeducational institution on the site of the former Middlesex University. The university is named for the first Jewish Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856–1941).
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, founded in 1959, is noteworthy for its graduate programs in social policy, social work, and international development.
Brandeis sponsors the Wien International Scholarship for international undergraduate students.
Defining Brandeis
Characterized by academic excellence since its founding in 1948, Brandeis is one of the youngest private research universities, as well as the only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored college or university in the country.
Named for the late Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis of the U.S. Supreme Court, Brandeis University combines the faculty and resources of a world-class research institution with the intimacy and personal attention of a small liberal arts college.
For students, that means unsurpassed access — both in and out of the classroom — to a faculty renowned for groundbreaking research, scholarship and artistic output. At Brandeis, professors bring newly minted knowledge straight from the field or lab to the graduate and undergraduate classrooms.
Brandeis supports an innovative and exciting program of learning that emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge and the solution of real-life problems. Undergraduates, from the very first year, enjoy leadership positions and research opportunities typically available only to upperclass and graduate students.
Located in Waltham, Mass., on 235 attractive suburban acres, Brandeis is in an ideal location just nine miles west of Boston.
Brandeis is ranked in the top tier of the nation's universities. Our graduates depart to pursue careers in a wide array of fields, and advanced studies in the nation's leading graduate and professional schools.
Historical Overview
Founded in 1948, Brandeis University is named for the late Louis Dembitz Brandeis, the distinguished associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, and reflects the ideals of academic excellence and social justice he personified. Coeducational classes began on the site of the former Middlesex University in Waltham, Massachusetts, with 107 students and 13 faculty members.
Guided for 20 years by its founding president, Abram L. Sachar, Brandeis grew quickly, establishing itself as an important national and international center for teaching and research. In 1962, only 14 years after the university's founding, Phi Beta Kappa accreditation was conferred. Under each succeeding president, the university continued to grow in breadth and stature, while maintaining the very human scale of its educational environment and its solid liberal arts focus.
In 1985, Brandeis was elected to membership in the Association of American Universities, which represents the 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada.
Faculty Research
Brandeis' long-standing tradition of interdisciplinary research fosters both a remarkable record of achievement and enables the faculty to leverage the relatively small size of the university to achieve an impact well beyond the sum of its parts.
Another hallmark of the university's exceptional faculty is its devotion to both research and teaching. The close link between world-class research and inspired teaching of students at all levels has characterized the sciences at Brandeis from its earliest days.
Department of Biochemistry
Interdepartmental Program in Biological Physics
Department of Biology
Graduate Program in Biophysics and Structural Biology
Brandeis International Business School
Department of Chemistry
Michtom School of Computer Science
Interdepartmental Program in Environmental Studies
Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling
Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Interdepartmental Program in Health: Science, Society and Policy
Department of Mathematics
Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology
Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience
Martin A. Fisher School of Physics
Department of Psychology
Academic Reputation
- Brandeis University was ranked No. 21 among the top 25 national universities in the country, according to recently released rankings by the Center for College Affordability & Productivity (CCAP), an independent, not-for-profit center based in Washington, D.C.
US News and World Report ranked Brandeis No. 31 in their 2009 annual list of Best National Universities. Acceptance to Brandeis was categorized under "Most Selective". It was also ranked No. 9 of "Most Liberal Students" - No. 16 among 50 Best Values in Private Colleges according to Kiplinger.com
- No. 30 among 567 national universities in a recent ranking from Forbes.com
- One of the "Top 20 Small Research Universities" based on the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (2006-07)
- No. 27 among Top American Private Research Universities by The Center for Measuring University Performance (2008)
School and College
- The schools of the University include:
- The College of Arts and Sciences
- The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
- Rabb School of Summer and Continuing Studies
- Brandeis International Business School
The College of Arts and Sciences comprises 24 departments and 22 interdepartmental programs, which offer 41 majors and 46 minors.
The Brandeis University Press, a member of the University Press of New England, publishes books in a variety of scholarly and general interest fields.
The Goldfarb Library at Brandeis has more than 1.2 million books and 60,000 e-journals.
Brandeis University was ranked 185th in the 2008 THES-QS World University ranking.
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