BA Anthropology at Harvard University

Programme overview

Anthropology is the study of human diversity in the distant past and the present and teaches us to recognize the remarkable array of circumstances in which human beings live their lives and make meaning from them.

Faculty: Harvard College: Social Sciences | Department: Anthropology | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

The study of anthropology prepares students to address global concerns through a contextualized study of society, culture and civilization, and can lead to careers in global health and medicine, law, government, museums, education, the arts, cultural and environmental management, business and entrepreneurship, among other fields, not to mention academia. Gateway courses include Archaeology Gened 1044: Deep History Gened 1105: Can We Know Our Past? Gened 1099: Pyramid Schemes: What Can Ancient Egyptian Civilizations Teach Us? Freshman Seminar 30g: Digging Egypt’s Past. Harvard and Egyptian Archaeology Freshman Seminar 44j: Clash of.

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Application information

USD 62,226 a year (2026-27). Harvard College undergraduate tuition for 2026-27, one rate for all students; excludes fees ($6,216), housing, food and health insurance. Source

Entry term is fall. Applicants choose Restrictive Early Action or Regular Decision; admitted students reply by May 1.

First-year applications through the Common Application: Restrictive Early Action closes November 1 with notification by mid-December; Regular Decision closes January 1 with notification by the end of March. The application fee is $95 (fee waiver available) and can be paid online via the Common Application. Harvard requires the SAT or ACT, with exceptions only where the tests are not accessible.

Apply through the official page: https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply

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