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We serve as the connector and integrator of Harvard’s teaching and research efforts in engineering, applied sciences, and technology.

Our core tenets---educating broad-minded students; interdisciplinary research; integration across disciplines; and balancing theory, experimentation, and practice---create an unmatched environment for learning and exploration.

Through collaboration with researchers from all parts of Harvard, other universities, and industry, we bring discovery and innovation directly to bear on improving human life and society.

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Engineering a Renaissance: Video
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Our name change in 2007 from "Division" to "School", approved by members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and ratified by the Harvard Corporation and Board of Overseers, is a celebration of the renewal and growth engineering and applied sciences has experienced in recent years at Harvard. At the same time, the new name reflects our progenitor, the Lawrence Scientific School. Founded in 1847, the Lawrence School was Harvard's first major effort to provide a formal, advanced education in science and engineering.

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As with all Harvard schools, SEAS is permitted to display a seal.

Past and Present

History of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard
SEAS Today

About Harvard University

Founded in 1636, Harvard is America’s oldest university.

Harvard offers an extraordinary scope: a curriculum with 3,500 courses and over 40 areas of concentration; the largest university library system in the world; a universally renowned faculty; nearly 300 student organizations and 41 intercollegiate athletic teams; a House system that combines the intimacy of a small college with the rich and stimulating environment of a university; state-of-the-art research centers, laboratories, and museums; the resources of 10 graduate and professional schools; and the varied cultural, educational, and recreational offerings of Cambridge and Boston.