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    Brandeis combines the resources of a world-class research university with the personal attention of a liberal arts setting. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers 17 doctoral programs and more than 40 master's and postbaccalaureate programs.

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    We support all doctoral students and the majority of master’s and post-baccalaureate students who maintain satisfactory academic progress with loans and scholarships.

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The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University is a center for pioneering investigation embedded in the cooperative environment of a student-centered, medium-size research university. We are driven by academic excellence, reverence for learning, and inclusivity — values of the Jewish tradition.

The smaller size of our doctoral, master's and postbaccalaureate programs enables scholars to build close relationships with our world-class faculty and conduct interdisciplinary research across traditional academic boundaries. We invite you to learn more about our community of scholars!

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Our students benefit from the close mentoring that is a hallmark of a medium-size university.

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Our students thrive in our smaller-size programs that encourage interdisciplinary research.

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Brandeis has more than 900 master's, Ph.D. and post-baccalaureate students in over 40 programs, with more than 6,500 alumni worldwide.

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“The idea that studying the activity patterns of an insect would have an impact on human health was not something many people would have thought of 25, 30 years ago, but it has,” says Leslie Griffith, the Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Neuroscience. Rosbash and Hall’s discoveries paved the way for huge advances in understanding human health and illness. We now know that abnormal circadian rhythms are probably linked to Alzheimer’s, diabetes, heart disease and mental illness.

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