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Welcome to Stanford Undergrad

Stanford Undergrad is your guide to academics and educational opportunities offered through the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and our campus partners.

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Arts Intensive

"Arts Intensive was valuable to me because it was outside of the regular school year. I had time to focus solely on my creative work without the pressure of other classes."

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Jay Hamilton, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Jay Hamilton appointed vice provost for undergraduate education

Jay Hamilton, the Hearst Professor of Communication and director of the Stanford Journalism Program, has been appointed vice provost for undergraduate education, effective Jan. 1, 2025. Hamilton, chair of the Department of Communication and First-Year Requirements Governance Board, has taught and led at Stanford since 2013. He is looking forward to building on VPUE’s mission and core programs such as COLLEGE.

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Welcome to COLLEGE: Civic, Liberal, and Global Education

The COLLEGE requirement emphasizes a first-year experience that engages our students in a purposeful study of liberal education and encourages the exploration of academic opportunities they can encounter at Stanford. It seeks to provide a shared basis on which all students may build their Stanford education, strengthening the common understanding of university values and community across the undergraduate population. Finally, the new COLLEGE requirement underscores Stanford’s commitment to educate students for responsible citizenship in an increasingly complex and interconnected world.

Read more about how Stanford is re-imagining the undergraduate experience

faculty and students discuss in a COLLEGE seminar

Bio-Cultural Diversity and Community-Based Conservation in Oaxaca

Students in Bing Overseas Studies Program’s global seminar in Oaxaca learn first hand how the area’s Indigenous communities work in concert with local ecosystems.

Read more about this global seminar in the Stanford Report  Seminar Description

Members of the Viruses in the News class present at the Closing Symposium
More than a class—it's an experience!

What is SoCo?

The immersive, three-week residential classes often include field trips and hands-on learning outside the classroom, creating a connection with your SoCo faculty and life-long friendships.

What is SoCo?
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Focus on Creativity

What is Arts Intensive?

Arts Intensive offers students time to focus on a single, project-based arts class with campus faculty and guest artists. The courses provide the unique opportunity to create in small class sizes outside of the pressures of the regular academic year. 

What is Arts Intensive?
Students at the Hume Center.
Speaking and Writing Support

Hume Center

The Hume Center for Writing and Speaking works with all Stanford students to help them develop rich and varied abilities in every aspect of writing and oral communication. Find out what to expect when you see a tutor and how to schedule an appointment.

What to Expect
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The Advising Resource Toolkit

These advising tools may be used cooperatively during an advising conversation or you may use them on your own, to help you prepare for a conversation with your academic advisor. They are intended to:

  • help frame your reflections throughout your time at Stanford
  • guide your strategic thinking if you face challenges or difficulty
  • facilitate your academic planning and intellectual development
  • support you as you consider post-undergraduate education

Advising Resource Toolkit

Bing Overseas Studies Program

Isabella Saracco, History

This photo was taken in front of Castle Mareccio, in Bolzano/Bolzen, a city in the South Tyrol region of Italy. I visited on one of the long weekends of the quarter; getting to travel the country and learn about the cultural diversity within Italy was one of my favorite parts of the program. South Tyrol was incredibly different from Florence--it's a bilingual region, and everything was in both Italian and German!

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Wil Kautz and Saloni Sanwalka look at the Woven Chronicle by Reena Saini Kallat. Photo by Andrew Brodhead

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