School of Arts and Sciences

The School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) is the liberal arts core of the University of Pennsylvania. SAS has three main academic components:

The College at Penn for undergraduate students
The Graduate Division for M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. programs
The College of General Studies, Penn's continuing education division

SAS is at the foundation of the scholarly excellence that has established Penn as one of the world's leading research universities. Ten of its 24 departments are ranked in the top ten nationally for faculty distinction according to the National Research Council, and SAS faculty are regularly recognized with academia's highest honors, including in recent years the National Medal of Science, the MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Nobel Prize.