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Wesleyan University

Where Curiosity Has No Limit

Explore unexpected connections, discover what’s truly possible, and pursue your ideas and passions to create the future you envision. It’s what we do at Wesleyan.

Explore Academics and Programs

With over 1,000 courses and 47 majors, Wesleyan offers endless opportunities to explore. Our open curriculum challenges you to think creatively, embrace intellectual agility, and take meaningful risks.

  • 1,900+Courses, Lessons, and Tutorials Offered

  • 450+Faculty Members

  • 17Colleges and Academic Centers

Stories from Our Community

At Wesleyan, every voice adds to the vibrancy of our community. Hear from students, faculty, and alumni as they share the impact of their Wesleyan experience.

  • When applying to colleges I was very concerned about putting myself in a box. I was drawn to the open curriculum and the opportunities afforded to me to take classes in the social sciences and humanities while maintaining a strong STEM background.

    Guy Bennevat Haninovich ’23

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  • My brother was born with complex congenital heart defects. That’s why I have always wanted to learn more about what happens on the molecular basis that triggers gene expression. At Wesleyan, I can pursue meaningful lab research as a first-year student.

    Holiness Igiraneza ’27

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  • Through art, you can imagine new worlds, right? You can imagine the future—the future can be in your hand when you use art as a medium. You need art along with science to be able to cope with that as a human.

    Raquel Bryant

    Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

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  • I think in terms of finding your community and finding places where you feel comfortable – Wesleyan is unbelievably open.

    Luke Wood ’91, P’25

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    I’m choreographing my life. Dance is about storytelling—and so is the practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion. They both stem from the narratives and perspectives that you share with the world.

    Degan Mercado Leopold ’03

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  • We want to ensure that civic engagement is a lifelong commitment embedded into the fabric of our campus community that persists beyond elections.

    Khalilah L. Brown-Dean

    Rob Rosenthal Distinguished Professor of Civic Engagement and executive director at Allbritton

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