Welcome to CLAS

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

CLAS is the largest college at UConn, with more than 600 faculty and an enrollment of 56 percent of UConn students. CLAS students receive most of the PhDs granted at UConn. The College offers nearly 50 fields of study in 23 academic departments and many interdisciplinary programs.

As the academic core of the University, CLAS seeks to provide a liberal arts and sciences education that ranks among the best in the nation. By creating and disseminating knowledge in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, CLAS helps students acquire the skills and knowledge to become independent thinkers, lifelong learners, and responsible citizens.

CLAS Today

Student defers PhD for Air Force
Biochemistry graduate student Jie Hou wants to give back to the country his family emigrated to from China, so he will defer his PhD to serve four years in the U.S. Air Force.
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Kenny elected to American Academy
Psychology professor David A. Kenny has been elected a fellow of one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor societies, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Graduates gear up to move on
CLAS students who will graduate on May 11 are headed for careers in medicine, journalism, academia, teaching, and more.
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Dean Ross D. MacKinnon: 12 years leading CLAS
Friends will gather on Wed., April 23, for Ross MacKinnon’s retirement reception. During his 12-year tenure, CLAS has added new buildings and new endowed chairs and has cultivated the interdisciplinary study of health behavior, human rights, the humanities, and more.
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Did You Know?

Psychology professor Jeffrey Fisher and researchers at the Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention (CHIP) are developing new behavior models for physicians, health care workers, and patients to use to improve the treatment of diseases such as diabetes and HIV-AIDS.