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Arts in the Study of Liberal Arts

art classBowdoin is committed to the belief that all students should acquire some level of arts literacy, either by creating art, or by studying its history and criticism. Learn more...

The Sciences at Bowdoin

chem labBowdoin is one of the most active research institutions among liberal arts colleges today—and students play important roles in much of that research. Learn more...

Social Sciences and Humanities

gargoyleEight of the ten most popular majors at Bowdoin are in the social sciences and  humanities. Bowdoin supports these disciplines with facilities that are rare among liberal arts colleges. Learn more...

Within a five-minute walk...

You’ll find some of the most advanced scientific research laboratories of any liberal arts institution in the country, outstanding arts facilities, ivy-covered nooks and wireless classrooms.

  • A library with one-million volumes and thousands of electronic journals; plus science, art, and music library branches
  • Studzinski Recital Hall, an architectural and acoustical gem
  • The Bowdoin College Museum of Art, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious collegiate collections
  • The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center, housing rare collections of Arctic exploration and offering undergraduate Arctic research
  • The 600-seat Pickard Theater and flexible 150-seat Wish Theater

Beyond the Campus: Maine as a Learning Laboratory

coastal science

Our extended, natural campus offers students unparalleled opportunities for fieldwork with Bowdoin scientists, artists, and scholars:

  • The Coastal Studies Institute, a nearby 118-acre tract of field, forest, and coastline.
  • The 200-acre Kent Island Scientific Field Station in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada.
  • Coleman Farm, an 83-acre coastal farm with salt marsh
  • The Bowdoin Pines, 33-acres of white pines adjoining campus