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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.
Apply
Visit Us
Why Wesleyan
On campus—both in and out of class—you’ll gain the knowledge, experience, and community support to bring your ideas to life and create meaningful change.
Find Your Why
An Empowering Approach to Education
Wesleyan gives you an exceptionally well-rounded liberal arts and sciences education. You design your distinct path while also having the opportunity to sample a wide range of courses and activities.
Learning Through Action
Across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, blending ideas and action is a hallmark of a Wesleyan education. Hands-on experiences here will turn your academic knowledge into real-world skills.
Expression Through the Arts
Creativity thrives at Wesleyan where we have abundant arts courses, majors, and incredible venues for visual art, film, music, theater, and dance. You can definitely explore and experience the arts as part of your journey here.
Research with Impact
Wesleyan’s unique blend of undergraduate focus and high research expectations has made it a leader in groundbreaking research among liberal arts colleges. Every department, college, and academic center integrates opportunities to do meaningful research alongside expert scholar-teachers who want you to work with them—not for them.
Engagement is Woven In
With deep community connections and partnerships in our hometown and around the world, we’re building a better future. From learning and volunteering to campus culture and practices, community engagement is woven in.
Together, We Make Wesleyan
Inclusion and belonging are infused in every aspect of Wesleyan. Students from around the globe pursue academic goals on a campus that is inclusive of all cultures, socio-economic positions, and identities.
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.
Browse Programs
Undergraduate Academics
Graduate Academics
1,900+
Courses, Lessons, and Tutorials Offered
450+
Faculty Members
17
Colleges 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
Learn More
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
Learn More
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
Read Story
I think in terms of finding your community and finding places where you feel comfortable – Wesleyan is unbelievably open.
Luke Wood ’91, P’25
Learn More
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
Read More
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
Read Story
Life Beyond Academics
It’s all here—so many opportunities for a full, rich life beyond your classes.
Life at Wesleyan
Athletics
With a high-level of competitive excellence, over half of our student body is active in either varsity, club, or intramural sports every year.
Housing and Dining
Nearly all of our students live on campus for their full undergraduate experience, making Wesleyan an uncommonly close community.
Clubs and Activities
The fearlessness, fierceness, and fun that define our community come to life in our 200+ student clubs, groups, and teams.
News and Events
All News
All Events
New Venture Awards Spotlight Student Entrepreneurs
Social Sciences
Campus Life
4/21/2026
2026 Binswanger Prizes for Excellence in Teaching
Campus Life
4/21/2026
Shapiro Center Hosts Investigative Journalist for Talk
Community Engagement
4/20/2026
Shifting Contexts: 50 Years of Science and Technology Studies
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Research
Social Sciences
4/16/2026
More News
Get Social
Skip to Main Content
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.
Apply
Visit Us
Why Wesleyan
On campus—both in and out of class—you’ll gain the knowledge, experience, and community support to bring your ideas to life and create meaningful change.
Find Your Why
An Empowering Approach to Education
Wesleyan gives you an exceptionally well-rounded liberal arts and sciences education. You design your distinct path while also having the opportunity to sample a wide range of courses and activities.
Learning Through Action
Across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, blending ideas and action is a hallmark of a Wesleyan education. Hands-on experiences here will turn your academic knowledge into real-world skills.
Expression Through the Arts
Creativity thrives at Wesleyan where we have abundant arts courses, majors, and incredible venues for visual art, film, music, theater, and dance. You can definitely explore and experience the arts as part of your journey here.
Research with Impact
Wesleyan’s unique blend of undergraduate focus and high research expectations has made it a leader in groundbreaking research among liberal arts colleges. Every department, college, and academic center integrates opportunities to do meaningful research alongside expert scholar-teachers who want you to work with them—not for them.
Engagement is Woven In
With deep community connections and partnerships in our hometown and around the world, we’re building a better future. From learning and volunteering to campus culture and practices, community engagement is woven in.
Together, We Make Wesleyan
Inclusion and belonging are infused in every aspect of Wesleyan. Students from around the globe pursue academic goals on a campus that is inclusive of all cultures, socio-economic positions, and identities.
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.
Browse Programs
Undergraduate Academics
Graduate Academics
1,900+
Courses, Lessons, and Tutorials Offered
450+
Faculty Members
17
Colleges 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
Learn More
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
Learn More
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
Read Story
I think in terms of finding your community and finding places where you feel comfortable – Wesleyan is unbelievably open.
Luke Wood ’91, P’25
Learn More
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
Read More
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
Read Story
Life Beyond Academics
It’s all here—so many opportunities for a full, rich life beyond your classes.
Life at Wesleyan
Athletics
With a high-level of competitive excellence, over half of our student body is active in either varsity, club, or intramural sports every year.
Housing and Dining
Nearly all of our students live on campus for their full undergraduate experience, making Wesleyan an uncommonly close community.
Clubs and Activities
The fearlessness, fierceness, and fun that define our community come to life in our 200+ student clubs, groups, and teams.
News and Events
All News
All Events
New Venture Awards Spotlight Student Entrepreneurs
Social Sciences
Campus Life
4/21/2026
2026 Binswanger Prizes for Excellence in Teaching
Campus Life
4/21/2026
Shapiro Center Hosts Investigative Journalist for Talk
Community Engagement
4/20/2026
Shifting Contexts: 50 Years of Science and Technology Studies
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Research
Social Sciences
4/16/2026
More News
Get Social