Located five miles from downtown Boston, Tufts is a medium-sized research and liberal arts university with a focus on student-faculty relationships, a culture of collaboration and innovation, and cultivating global citizens. Tufts' 6,900 undergraduate students pursue majors in one of three schools: the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering, or the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA at Tufts). As an R1 institution, students delve into world-class research easily and early, exploring fields from infectious diseases and water treatment to music cognition, from biomaterials that detect toxins to the impact of political discourse online. In the School of Engineering, faculty and students explore the ethical development of robotic technology and developing systems to repair or replace damaged organs and tissues. Meanwhile, SMFA students develop their individual artistic visions to engage creative areas like photography, sculpture, or the intersection of installation, virtual reality, and painting. 96% of recent Tufts graduate schools were employed, in graduate school, or participating in a fellowship within six months of graduation, and undergraduates may also pursue fifth-year graduate programs and early admission pathways with Tufts' professionals schools. 

In Tufts’ Experimental College, students enroll in or teach small seminars that engage with ideas shaping the world, including issues in politics, technology, law, health care, media, and more. Courses are taught by current undergraduate students and by visiting lecturers who are active professionals across industries (think courses like “Financial Innovation through Technology: New Ways of Building the Future” and “Exploring Biodiversity in Human-Altered Environments”). You can’t fit Tufts students into a box. They are intellectually powerful, down-to-earth, driven, and civic-minded. At Tufts, they learn how to make a measurable difference and then start making it—even as undergraduates. Tufts is home to the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, a national leader in civic education and research. Through an intensive leadership program, summer internship experiences, semester-long international service-learning programs, and other initiatives, Tisch College seeks to prepare students for a lifetime of engagement in civic and democratic life.

Students find community through an array of dedicated gathering spaces and programs at Tufts, including the Africana Center, Asian American Center, Granoff Family Hillel Center, Indigenous Center, Latinx Center, LGBT Center, University Chaplaincy, and Women’s Center. The FIRST Resource Center serves as a home for first-generation students, low-income students, and students with undocumented status, offering mentorship programs, first-year seminars, and an optional pre-orientation. The Center for STEM Diversity at Tufts fosters success in STEM fields for students from historically excluded backgrounds through a summer bridge program, first-year seminar, and supported research opportunities. Students also find community and belonging through the QuestBridge Scholars Network, 28 varsity athletic teams, 30+ club teams, and a variety of affinity groups, faith gatherings, pre-professional organizations, and performance ensembles.