About Us
Brandeis University is an intellectual community dedicated to pathbreaking creativity, transformational research, and knowledge creation across disciplinary boundaries. Brandeis was founded on the principles of academic excellence, reverence for learning, critical thinking, justice, and inclusivity, with the first graduate programs launched only five years after the founding of the university itself.
Our faculty members across Brandeis’s four schools are committed to mentoring of creative and enterprising scholars who will become the next generation of leaders in arts and humanities, sciences and engineering, business and economics, and social sciences and social policy. Graduate studies at Brandeis provides a student-centered environment, welcoming students who are intellectually curious, dedicated to deep exploration, and ready to engage in our dynamic campus.
We prepare a future generation of thinkers to address the problems facing the world in the twenty-first century across a wide variety of fields. Our Professional Development team works with our faculty mentors to ensure that graduating students are prepared for diverse career paths within and beyond academia.
Our alums include Nobel Prize winners, Radcliffe Fellows, MacArthur Fellows, Broadway playwrights, vaccine researchers, Pulitzer Prize winners, US Navy chaplains, editors for major magazines, musicologists, artists, and city commissioners.
Graduate education has never been sought in so many venues as it is today. We are always seeking alums with interesting or unusual career paths to serve as models for our students. If you are interested in connecting with our current students to discuss your career path or serve as a mentor, please contact Marika McCann, Associate Director, Professional Development and Employer Outreach. You may also sign up to indicate your willingness to hear from current students.