Graduate Studies in Arts & Sciences is an academic school at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) where an environment is created to generate, disseminate, and apply knowledge in the
graduate degree program areas of
humanities,
natural sciences, and
social sciences. As a
research-intensive educational institution, WashU fosters
freedom of inquiry and
expression of ideas in research, teaching, and learning. WashU's cutting-edge research
inspires student collaborations through
interdisciplinary studies with real-world experiences and
directs all aspects of graduate education through unparalleled degree programs, professional development and training, mentoring with top-level faculty, and
graduate student life.