BA Anthropology at University of Chicago

Programme overview

Anthropology is the intensive study of human diversity across time and space. Anthropologists at the University of Chicago seek to study, theorize, and account for cultural realities, past and present, and the topics they study are as varied as human experience. Anthropology majors are sought after by NGOs and find careers in medicine, business, technology, museums, education, and government.

Faculty: The College | Department: Anthropology | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Autumn | Location: Chicago, IL, United States

What you will study

Courses that are not listed or cross-listed in Anthropology must have substantial anthropological content or make use of a distinctly anthropological approach to a topic or problem to count toward the major. To request approved credit for non-departmental courses, students should submit a General Petition Form that explains the justification for counting a non-departmental course toward the Anthropology major, along

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is to the College, not to the major (university-level requirement): first-year applicants apply through the Common Application or Apply Coalition with the UChicago supplement essays and submit the secondary school report and transcript, two teacher evaluations and a mid-year report; testing follows the University's No Harm Testing Policy. Majors are declared after enrolment and must satisfy the College general education Core plus the major requirements listed in the catalogue.

USD 75,960 a year (2026-27). College tuition for the 2026-27 academic year (cost of attendance table); excludes student services fee, U-Pass fee, class fee, housing, food and books. Source

First-year admission is offered for entrance in the Autumn Quarter only (except prospective students-at-large).

First-year application plans (as published for the 2025-26 cycle): Early Decision I and Early Action deadline 3 November 2025; Early Decision II and Regular Decision deadline 5 January 2026. Applications are accepted through the Common Application and Apply Coalition, Powered by Scoir. An application fee or automatic fee waiver is required, SAT/ACT scores are covered by the No Harm Testing Policy.

Apply through the official page: https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/application/

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