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- LocationWellesley, The United States
- Taught inEnglish
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Wellesley College is a private, nonprofit liberal arts college for women in Wellesley, Massachusetts, a short bus or train ride from Boston and Cambridge. It was founded in 1870 by Pauline and Henry Fowle Durant and teaches undergraduates only. Its 500-acre campus includes a Science Complex with an observatory and botanic gardens, the Davis Museum, the Jewett Arts Center and the Keohane Sports Center.
Students choose from more than 50 departmental and interdepartmental majors, from the sciences and computer science to languages, the arts and the social sciences. According to the college, students studied abroad or completed internships or fellowships in more than 40 countries last year, and there are over 180 student clubs and organisations. New students live in residence halls on campus.
Applicants who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents apply as international applicants, and there is no application fee. Wellesley remains test optional for entry in fall 2027. Admission is need-blind for U.S. citizens and permanent residents, and the college meets 100% of calculated need for all admitted students. From fall 2027, U.S. students from families with a total annual income of $200,000 or less and typical assets will pay no tuition.
- Architecture, Building and Landscape
- Architecture
- Arts, Design and Crafts
- Theatre
- Performing Arts
- Music
- Arts
- Communications
- Media Studies
- Economics
- Economics
- Education
- Education
- Health
- Neuroscience
- Health Occupations
- Humanities
- Religious Studies
- Philosophy
- Philology, Languages, Literature
- Chinese Language and Literature (in Universities)
- Arabic Language and Literature (in Universities)
- English Language and Literature (in Universities)
- Spanish Language and Literature (in Universities)
- Russian Language and Literature (in Universities)
- Classics
- German language and literature (in Universities)
- French Language and Literature (in Universities)
- Language Courses
- Literature
- Philology and Linguistics
- Public Administration and Services
- Peace and Justice Studies
- Sciences
- Marine Sciences
- Astrophysics
- Biology
- Biological Chemistry
- Environmental Studies
- Computer Science
- Political Science
- Geology
- Archeology
- Anthropology
- Astronomy
- Athletics and exercise science
- Sociology
- Chemistry
- Psychology
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Social and Cultural studies
- African Studies
- American Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Women’s Studies
- Medieval Studies
- East Asian Studies
- South and South East Asian Studies
- Jewish Studies
- Middle Eastern Studies
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Wellesley offers more than 50 departmental and interdepartmental majors in the liberal arts. Departments and programmes include:
- Sciences: Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Physics and Astronomy
- Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics & Statistics
- Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
- Languages and area studies, including Spanish and Portuguese and East Asian Studies
- Art History, Studio Art, Cinema & Media Studies, Music, Theatre Studies
- Environmental Studies and Women's and Gender Studies
Wellesley meets 100% of calculated need (cost of attendance minus the expected family contribution) for every admitted student. Admission is need-blind for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
Under the Wellesley Tuition Promise, from fall 2027 students whose families have a total annual income of $200,000 or less with typical assets attend tuition-free; for family incomes up to $100,000 aid comes without loans. Eligibility requires U.S. citizenship or permanent residence, living on campus with the college meal plan, and an annual financial aid application.
Students live in residence halls on campus, grouped into neighbourhoods such as the Quint and the Tower Complex. New students are assigned a hall based on their housing form; after the first year they choose their rooms during housing night. Rooms range from singles to doubles, triples, quads and apartments, and each comes with a desk, chair, dresser and bed.
- Free laundry facilities in every hall
- A full kitchen and a kitchenette on each floor of the large halls
- A student resident assistant on each floor
- Dining halls on campus, including one inside Tower Court