Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Innovation
Digital Scholarship
New initiative offers a host of research opportunities for Bryn Mawr’s Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics and History of Art
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In the Media
Faculty Scholarship
Chemistry's Michelle Francl pens profile on Jeanette Piccard, first woman in near space
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Humanities
Graduate Scholarship
History of Art's Michelle Smiley researches the development of photography in antebellum Philadelphia
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Research
Where Theory Meets Practice
Ph.D. candidate Ziva Myer awarded 3-year Post-Doc at Duke University
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Report from the Field
Where Theory Meets Practice
Archaeology Ph.D. student Zachary Silvia travels to Uzbekistan to map ancient Central Asian settlement
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Cutting-edge Research
The Future of Energy
Physics Professor David Schaffner is researching new ways to harness the power of fusion energy
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Mentoring
Graduate Students Serve as Valuable Mentors
Bryn Mawr’s liberal arts focus and small classes create the perfect environment for mentorship to flourish.
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Graduate Education in a Liberal Arts Environment

Founded in 1885, Bryn Mawr College was the first U.S. institution to grant the Ph.D. to women. Today, women and men in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences pursue research in graduate programs of international reputation.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in 6 distinguished departments:

Small and Selective

This co-educational graduate school of about 100 students is kept deliberately small and selective to provide a first-class educational experience for all students while facilitating flexibility, creativity and innovation in ways that are unique among higher educational institutions.

Interdisciplinary and Collaborative

A hallmark of graduate studies at Bryn Mawr involves distinctive interdisciplinary collaboration, for which the Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics and History of Art received a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant.

The Graduate Group in Science and Mathematics fosters interdisciplinary thinking in the sciences and provides for a unique interdisciplinary approach to professional development for Ph.D. students.