Undergraduate college of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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<p><b>Harvard College</b> is the <a href="/en/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education" class="wl">undergraduate</a> college of <a href="/en/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University" class="wl">Harvard University</a>, a <a href="/en/Private_university" title="Private university" class="wl">private</a> <a href="/en/Ivy_League" title="Ivy League" class="wl">Ivy League</a> <a href="/en/Research_university" title="Research university" class="wl">research university</a> in <a href="/en/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts" class="wl">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a>. Part of the <a href="/en/Harvard_Faculty_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences" class="wl">Faculty of Arts and Sciences</a>, Harvard College is Harvard University's traditional undergraduate program, offering <a href="/en/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts" class="wl">AB</a> and <a href="/en/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science" class="wl">SB</a> degrees. It is highly selective, with fewer than four percent of applicants being offered admission as of 2022.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span> Harvard College students participate in over 450 extracurricular organizations<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-organization_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-organization-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> and nearly all live on campus. First-year students reside in or near <a href="/en/Harvard_Yard" title="Harvard Yard" class="wl">Harvard Yard</a> and upperclass students reside in other on-campus residential housing.</p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Type, Established, Parent institution, Dean, ...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size:125%;">Harvard College</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Shield_of_Harvard_College.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Shield_of_Harvard_College.svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Shield_of_Harvard_College.svg/150px-Shield_of_Harvard_College.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="285" data-file-height="351" data-file-type="drawing" height="185" width="150" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Shield_of_Harvard_College.svg/225px-Shield_of_Harvard_College.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Shield_of_Harvard_College.svg/300px-Shield_of_Harvard_College.svg.png 2x" alt="Shield_of_Harvard_College.svg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Private_university" title="Private university" class="wl">Private</a> <a href="/en/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education" class="wl">undergraduate</a> <a href="/en/College" title="College" class="wl">college</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1636<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>387<span>&nbsp;</span>years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1636</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Parent institution</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University" class="wl">Harvard University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Dean_(education)" title="Dean (education)" class="wl">Dean</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Rakesh_Khurana" title="Rakesh Khurana" class="wl">Rakesh Khurana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">6,755<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-CDS-B_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-CDS-B-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/en/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts" class="wl">Cambridge</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/en/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts" class="wl">Massachusetts</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data">Urban</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://college.harvard.edu" class="external text" target="_blank">college<wbr>.harvard<wbr>.edu</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard College is Harvard University's traditional undergraduate program, offering AB and SB degrees. It is highly selective, with fewer than four percent of applicants being offered admission as of 2022. and nearly all live on campus. First-year students reside in or near Harvard Yard and upperclass students reside in other on-campus residential housing. 