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Winter 2025 Pre-Registration Preview
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Join the Political Science Department as we take a preview of the winter 2025 quarter courses. Faculty will present on the courses they...
HINDI-URDU LANGUAGE TABLE
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Are you learning Hindi-Urdu and want to practice your language skills? Would you like to meet other speakers/learners of Hindi-Urdu? Do...
Department of Chemistry Colloquium - Anastasia Alexandrova, UCLA
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston
Hosted by Franz Geiger For more information, please contact: ana.camino@northwestern.edu
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Take a Northwestern Direction
With over 60 academic departments and programs offering 48 majors and 54 minors, your options are vast.
Academic Departments
Weinberg College's academic departments span the range of disciplines in the arts and sciences. From humanities to social sciences to the natural sciences, the College's departments foster rigorous interdisciplinary thinking and world-changing scholarship.
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Department Honors:
Chemistry Professor Fraser Stoddart was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Working with molecular machines, Stoddart and his colleagues have opened up a new field of chemistry in the past 25 years.
Undergraduate Majors
Our major options are broad, particularly when paired with another major, a minor, or even a degree at another Northwestern school. And, if your interests don't fit into an existing major, you can work with professors to create a customized field of study.
Ever-Evolving Areas of Study:
Distinctive Programs
For sheer challenge, for ambitious intellectual reach and for bonding over big questions, you won't find anything quite like the special programs at Weinberg College. When you are accepted into a special program, you become part of a close-knit community of students and professors who push, inspire, and support you.
One-of-a-kind programs:
Masters & PhD Programs
Our 30 graduate programs offer graduate degrees and certificates, including some accelerated bachelor's/master's degree options. Our graduate students participate in research across the University and fund research through competitive fellowships and grants.
Interdisciplinary Graduate Clusters:
Course Options
Weinberg College operates on the quarter system, and students typically take four courses each quarter. That gives you the chance to explore a variety of academic disciplines, the hallmark of a liberal arts education, as well as your area of concentration.
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