Welcome from the Dean

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences comprises a single entity for serving the whole of Wake Forest University. We welcome you – our current and prospective students, faculty and friends – to our website. Please explore our graduate programs fully, and let us know if you have any questions we can help answer.

Our programs span the full range of the liberal arts and sciences and the biomedical sciences. Currently, we house 27 disciplinary or interdisciplinary programs and sponsor 8 programs jointly with the schools of medicine (MD/PhD & MMS/PhD), business (MBA/PhD) and Divinity (MA/MDiv).

Our hallmark is world-class scholarship fueled by an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach. We are distinctive insofar as our programs are provided within a combined liberal arts and medical school environment. Our small size (~800 students in total) ensures that you will have individual attention, tailored advising and research opportunities well-matched to your interests. As a student here, you won’t just be a face in a crowd but part of a world-class team of researchers and educators working at the cutting edge of their respective fields of knowledge and dedicated to preparing the next generation of independent, intellectual leaders in their fields.

Lorna G. Moore, PhD
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Wake Forest University