College of Arts and Sciences

The UD College of Arts and Sciences offers a transformative educational experience that is firmly rooted in our Catholic, Marianist values. We champion high-impact experiential and community-engaged learning, facilitate learning and scholarship across traditional academic disciplines, and prepare all students for personal and professional accomplishment by linking learning and action, leadership and service.

Our students learn, lead and serve because we develop the whole person, foster deep engagement with faculty and accentuate the connections among academic disciplines. Across the arts, sciences, humanities and social sciences, we prepare students for their first jobs and instill skills that lead to a lifetime of success.

Fast Facts

96%

of students are employed, in grad school or in a full-time service program within six months of graduation

92%

of recent graduates are working within their chosen field or a stepping stone toward it


Featured Arts and Sciences Stories

Joseph Formholtz in front of the Roger Glass Center for the Arts.
Joseph Formholtz knew he wanted to study engineering at UD. But he didn't expect so many opportunities to blend engineering with the arts.
Students on the 2025 Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage
As part of the annual Camino de Santiago program, 14 UD students are taking a course to prepare for a physical and spiritual trek across Spain this summer.
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Tianming Zhao
The grants enable faculty to establish independent research agendas and hire students to assist with their projects.
Glenna Jennings and Jalisa Robinson in The Price of Eggs installation
They say you can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs. The same holds true a collaborative art installation by a UD professor and a UD alumna.
UD public relations students on Flyers in Chicago trip
This annual immersion trip connects UD public relations majors with PR professionals and alumni in Chicago.
Undergraduate students published research about bird nests in solar arrays in the peer-reviewed journal Ecology and Evolution.

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The College of Arts and Sciences' Dean's Fund for Excellence supports transformative experiential learning opportunities for students, especially faculty-mentored student research, as well as innovative research for faculty.