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Chemistry Professor Ashleigh Theberge...

Assistant Professor Ashleigh Theberge receives prestigious 2018 Beckman Young Investigator award.

Our students forge their own paths

Watch our students forge their own paths

Explore four out of 3,027 outstanding College of Arts and Sciences students' husky experience.

Arianne Eason outside a building on the UW campus.

An Optimist Studies Race & Equity

PhD student Arianne Eason believes that understanding what shapes our views on race is the first step toward...

Osman Salahuddin

UW's Renaissance Man

Scientist, humanist, and ASUW president Osman Salahuddin has experienced the UW from multiple perspectives.

Meet the artist: Painter Miha Sarani

Columns Magazine's June cover is a painting of Orin Smith by Miha Sarani, a BFA alum, current MA student, and former Starbucks employee. What's his painting's secret? Coffee. Read More at Columns

What if your class schedule put you in a room with all of this year’s best teachers?

We imagine what it would be like for a student to cross paths with every winner of the 2018 Distinguished Teaching Awards. Read More at Columns

MUSE: Mickalene Thomas Photographs and tête-à-tête

Jul 14

On display at the Henry Art Gallery July 14 to September 30, 2018 View Event Details

Fast Facts The UW College of Arts & Sciences

Undergraduate pre-majors

9,348 undergraduate pre-majors (as of 2017).

English Ranks 3rd in US

UW English department ranked as the 3rd best place in the country to study.

Languages Taught

60+ languages taught. Learn more

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

Distinguished alumni: former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, former Governor Christine Gregoire.

MacArthur Fellows

7 MacArthur Fellows

Research Faculty

1,610 academic and research faculty. Learn more

National Book Awards

2 National Book Awards for faculty

Math Top 50

UW Mathematics department ranked in Top 50 worldwide.

Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

Distinguished alumni: artist Dale Chihuly, author David Guterson, poet Tess Gallagher.

Undergraduate courses

More than 5,887 undergraduate courses offered annually. Learn more

Grad Students

2,621 graduate students.

300+ performances annually

300+ performances annually. Learn more