Liberal Arts and Sciences

This is the name of a degree style commonly taught in the USA (and American Schools in Europe) where students study a wide range of subjects initially and then declare a major subject part way through.

In the UK there are several universities offering a ‘Liberal Arts’ or ‘Arts & Sciences’ degree. Each university has chosen a different structure but all the courses enable students to combine a number of different subjects and study a wider breadth whilst still having a ‘major’ field of study.

Many Dutch Universities have University Colleges attached to their institution where a ‘Liberal Arts & Science’ curriculum is taught with a similar philosophy to the USA. Each college offers a different range of subjects and often has an area they specialize in.
Almost all Canadian Universities offer a Bachelor or Arts and/or a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, which gives you similar freedom in class choice and some Colleges teach a Liberal Arts Curriculum.
Typically ‘Liberal Arts’ colleges and courses have smaller class sizes and more contact time with academics. In the UK and Europe this has made them competitive and prestigious programmes to gain a place on.

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BA	Combined Honours
BABSc	Liberal Arts and Sciences

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Institution	Country	Campus Type	Size	Education Model	Selectivity
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	USA	City Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	Liberal Arts and Science with a Research Focus	Selective (25-50% admitted)
University College London (UCL)	UK	City Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	Really broad ranging everything from single honours degrees, to combined degrees to UCL’s take on Liberal Arts the BASC programme	Highly Selective (10-25% admitted) 79,500 applications for approx 7,400 places
Mount Holyoke College	USA	Suburban Campus	Small Institution <5000	Undergraduate Liberal Arts & Sciences	Selective (25-50% admitted)
University College Utrecht	Netherlands	City Island Campus	Small Institution <5000	Liberal Arts and Science: Compose a multi-disciplinary curriculum, 230+ classes in humanities, science and social science	Selective (25-50% admitted) - Annually we have about 1,200 applications for 250 places.
Georgia Institute of Technology	USA	City Island Campus	Large Institution 15,000-30,000	Technologically based education combined with experiential learning.	Highly Selective (10-25% admitted)
University of Richmond	USA	Suburban Campus	Small Institution <5000	Liberal Arts and sciences	Highly Selective (10-25% admitted) if needing financial aid, Selective if not
Royal Holloway, University of London	UK	Suburban Campus, Rural Campus	Medium Institution 5000-15,000	We offer a variety of single honours, joints and major/minor combinations. Royal Holloway also offers Liberal Arts degrees which enables students to study in a variety of different departments.	Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted)
Michigan State University	USA	City Island Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	Liberal Arts with a heavy emphasis on research	Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted)
Bishop's University	Canada	Suburban Campus, Rural Campus	Small Institution <5000	Liberal Arts and Sciences Education Model	Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted)
New York University	USA, UAE, China	City Island Campus, City Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	Liberal Arts, 230+ areas of study	Extremely Selective (<10% admitted) High performing students with 6s and 7s. IB DP predictions are accepted in lieu of SAT / ACT.
Leiden University	The Netherlands	City Campus	Very Large Institution >30,000	Leiden University offers a mix of focused, inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary programmes.	Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted) Selectivity depends on the programme.

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