Brown University

Brown students and faculty are typically innovative, creative, and intellectually restless, never satisfied with the conventional way of doing things, always eager to cross boundaries and to experiment with new approaches to solving problems.

Belonging to such a community is a stimulating experience that will help you learn and grow. Instead of trying to inculcate a single, common tradition of values and beliefs, Brown’s curriculum encourages the exploration of different ways of thinking, judging, and imagining. The goal of such a curriculum is to create cosmopolitan citizens who revel in and are eager to contribute to a world of multiplicity and change.

One of the most important goals of a liberal education at Brown is to develop active learners who take responsibility for their own education. You will have extraordinary independence here and an array of intellectual and creative opportunities. Deans, faculty, and the many groups of peer advisors stand ready to help you make wise choices and find your way. To be an individual, you will find, requires a community, because we all have the power to help and enrich each other.

Brown values diversity — our differences enable us to learn from one another and to open up possibilities for creativity and discovery that would be missing in a homogeneous world.