This outline is presented as an overview of and topical guide to Harvard University:

Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

– private

Private university

Private universities are universities not operated by governments, although many receive public subsidies, especially in the form of tax breaks and public student loans and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. Private universities are...

 Ivy League

Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

 university located in Cambridge

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, United States

United States

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, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature

Massachusetts General Court

The Massachusetts General Court is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the Colonial Era, when this body also sat in judgment of judicial appeals cases...

. Harvard is the oldest

Colonial colleges

The Colonial Colleges are nine institutions of higher education chartered in the American Colonies before the United States of America became a sovereign nation after the American Revolution. These nine have long been considered together, notably in the survey of their origins in the 1907 The...

 institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation

Corporation

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 (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College) chartered in the country.

Governing structure

• The President and Fellows of Harvard College
  President and Fellows of Harvard College
  The President and Fellows of Harvard College is the more fundamental of Harvard University's two governing boards...
  
   ("Harvard Corporation")
  • Office of the President
    President of Harvard University
    The President of Harvard University is the chief administrator of the university. Ex officio the chairman of the Harvard Corporation, he or she is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university...
    
    
  • Fellows
• Harvard Board of Overseers
  Harvard Board of Overseers
  The Harvard Board of Overseers is one of Harvard University's two governing boards...
  
  
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
    • Harvard Management Company
      Harvard Management Company
      Harvard Management Company or HMC is an American investment management corporation wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University, charged with managing the university's endowment, pension assets, working capital, and non-cash gifts...
      
      , (Fiscal)
• University Marshall
• Memorial Church
  Memorial Church of Harvard University
  The Memorial Church of Harvard University, more commonly known as the Harvard Memorial Church is a building on the campus of Harvard University.-Predecessors:...
  
  
• Office of the Provost
  • University Library
• Executive Vice President

Departments

• Harvard University
  Harvard University
  Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
  
  
  • Office of the President
  • Office of the Provost
  • Office of the Executive Vice President
    • Allston (Development)
    • Financial Administration
    • Campus Services
    • Health Services
    • Human Resources
    • Information Technology (HUIT)
    • Planning and Project Management
    • Diversity
  • Office of the General Counsel
  • Public Affairs & Communications
  • Alumni Affairs & Development
  • Harvard Management Company
    Harvard Management Company
    Harvard Management Company or HMC is an American investment management corporation wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University, charged with managing the university's endowment, pension assets, working capital, and non-cash gifts...
    
    , (Fiscal)
  • Harvard University Press
    Harvard University Press
    Harvard University Press is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Its current director is William P...
    
    

History

• The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Constitution
  Massachusetts Constitution
  The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the fundamental governing document of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the 50 individual state governments that make up the United States of America. It was drafted by John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Bowdoin during the...
  
  
  • Chapter V. "THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE, ETC.
    • Section 1. The University"http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/Constitution#cp25s00.htm

Faculties (schools)

• Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is the academic unit responsible for many post-baccalaureate degree programs offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University...
  
  
  • Harvard College
    Harvard College
    Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
    
    
  • Division of Engineering and Applied Science
    Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science , a school within Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences , serves as the connector and integrator of Harvard's teaching and research efforts in engineering, applied sciences, and technology.Engineering and applied sciences at Harvard...
    
    
  • Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
    Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
    The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is the academic unit responsible for many post-baccalaureate degree programs offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University...
    
    
  • Division of Continuing Education
    Harvard Division of Continuing Education
    The Division of Continuing Education is a part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University responsible for various undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree programs that enroll approximately 20,000 students each year. The division has an open enrollment policy , and tuition on a per...
    
    
    • Summer School
      Harvard Summer School
      The Harvard Summer School is the summer session school of Harvard University.-Origins:Harvard Summer School was founded in 1871. It is the first academic summer session established and the oldest summer school present in the United States...
      
      
    • Extension School
      Harvard Extension School
      Harvard University Extension School, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of the thirteen degree-granting schools of Harvard University and is part of the Division of Continuing Education.-Origins:...
      
      
• Faculty of Business
  Harvard Business School
  Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
  
  
  • Harvard Business Publishing
• Faculty of Design
  Harvard Graduate School of Design
  The Harvard Graduate School of Design is a graduate school at Harvard University offering degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning and Design.-History:...
  
  
• Faculty of Divinity
  Harvard Divinity School
  Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. The School's mission is to train and educate its students either in the academic study of religion, or for the practice of a religious ministry or other public...
  
  
• Faculty of Education
  Harvard Graduate School of Education
  The Harvard Graduate School of Education is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University, and is one of the top schools of education in the United States. It was founded in 1920, the same year it invented the Ed.D...
  
  
• Faculty of Government
  John F. Kennedy School of Government
  The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...
  
  
• Faculty of Law
  Harvard Law School
  Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
  
  
• Faculty of Public Health
  Harvard School of Public Health
  The Harvard School of Public Health is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, which is next to Harvard Medical School. HSPH is considered a significant school focusing on health in the...
  
  
• Faculty of Medicine
  Harvard Medical School
  Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
  
  
  • School of Dental Medicine
    Harvard School of Dental Medicine
    Harvard School of Dental Medicine is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is an American dental school located in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to the DMD degree, HSDM offers specialty training programs, advanced training programs, a Ph.D...
    
    

Campuses

• Boston-Allston
  • Campus of the Harvard Business School
  • Barry's Corner
• Boston--Longwood Medical Area
  • Campus of the Harvard Medical School
• Boston--Jamaica Plain
  • Arnold Arboretum
• Cambridge-Harvard Square
  • Harvard Houses Historic District
    Harvard Houses Historic District
    The Harvard Houses Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Mt. Auburn and Grant and Cowperwaite Streets, Banks Street and Putman Avenue, the Memorial River, and JFK Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
    
    
  • Harvard Yard
    Harvard Yard
    Harvard Yard is a grassy area of about , adjacent to Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that constitutes the oldest part and the center of the campus of Harvard University...
    
    
  • Campus of the Harvard Divinity School
  • Campus of the Harvard Law School
  • Campus of Radcliffe College
    • Radcliffe Quadrangle
    • Radcliffe Yard
  • Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
• Petersham
  • Harvard Forest
    Harvard Forest
    Harvard Forest is an ecological research area of owned and managed by Harvard University and located in Petersham, Massachusetts. The property, in operation since 1907, includes one of North America's oldest managed forests, educational and research facilities, a museum, and recreation trails...
    
    

Alumni

• List of Harvard University non-graduate alumni

By nationality
By occupation
By school

• List of Harvard Business School alumni
• List of Harvard Divinity School alumni
• List of Harvard Law School alumni

Leadership

• Presidents
• Fellows
• Office of the Provost of Harvard University
• Harvard University Board of Overseers
• Deans, Registrars and officers of Harvard University Schools

Sports

• Baseball team
• Basketball: Men's
  Harvard Crimson men's basketball
  Harvard Crimson men's basketball program represents intercollegiate men's basketball at Harvard University. The team currently competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and play home games at the Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts. The team's...
  
   / Women's teams
• Crew teams.
• Fencing
  Harvard Fencing Team
  The Harvard Crimson Varsity Fencing Team, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., is a Division I sports team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Established in 1888, it was the first organized collegiate fencing team in the United States. The team competes in Ivy League, Eastern...
  
   team
• Football
  Harvard Crimson football
  The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1873...
  
   team
• Lacrosse: Men's
  Harvard Crimson men's lacrosse
  The Harvard Crimson men's lacrosse team represents Harvard University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse...
  
   / Women's
  Harvard Crimson men's lacrosse
  The Harvard Crimson men's lacrosse team represents Harvard University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse...
  
   teams
• Rowing team
• Tennis team
• Volleyball: Men's
  Harvard Crimson men's volleyball
  The Harvard Crimson men's volleyball team represents Harvard University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's volleyball. Harvard competes as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association and plays its home games at the Malkin Athletic Center in Cambridge,...
  
   / Women's
  Harvard Crimson women's volleyball
  The Harvard Crimson women's volleyball team represents Harvard University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's volleyball. Harvard competes as a member of the Ivy League and plays its home games at the Malkin Athletic Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.-History:Harvard's...
  
   teams
• Wrestling team

Events and activities

• Head of the Charles Regatta
• Primal Scream
• Tours of Harvard University
• Traditions of Harvard University

Libraries

• Baker Library
• Countway Library
• Gutman Library
• Lamont Library
  Lamont Library
  Lamont Library is one of the primary buildings of the library system of Harvard University, located in the south-east corner of Harvard Yard. It was the first library at Harvard designed primarily for undergraduate students at Harvard College, to relieve pressure in the main Widener Library. It...
  
  
• Quad Library
• Widener Library
  Widener Library
  The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, commonly known as Widener Library, is the primary building of the library system of Harvard University. Located on the south side of Harvard Yard directly across from Memorial Church, Widener serves as the centerpiece of the 15.6 million-volume Harvard...
  
  

Museums

• Arnold Arboretum – Jamaica Plain/Roslindale
• Harvard Forest
  Harvard Forest
  Harvard Forest is an ecological research area of owned and managed by Harvard University and located in Petersham, Massachusetts. The property, in operation since 1907, includes one of North America's oldest managed forests, educational and research facilities, a museum, and recreation trails...
  
   – Petersham, MA
• Harvard Museum of Natural History
  Harvard Museum of Natural History
  The Harvard Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the grounds of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.It has three parts:* the Harvard University Herbaria* the Museum of Comparative Zoology* the Harvard Mineralogical Museum....
  
  
• Harvard University Art Museums
  Harvard University Art Museums
  The Harvard Art Museums, part of Harvard University, comprise three museums and four research centers .The Harvard Art Museums...
  
  
• Peabody Museum
  Peabody Museum
  The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University is among the oldest, largest, and most prolific university natural history museums in the world. It was founded by the philanthropist George Peabody in 1866 at the behest of his nephew Othniel Charles Marsh, the early paleontologist...
  
  

Affiliated hospitals

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts is a major flagship teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It was formed out of the 1996 merger of Beth Israel Hospital and New England Deaconess Hospital...
  
  
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Brigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds...
  
  
• Cambridge Hospital
  Cambridge Hospital
  The Cambridge Hospital campus is a community teaching hospital located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is one of three hospital campuses that are part of Cambridge Health Alliance.-Services:...
  
  
• Children's Hospital Boston
  Children's Hospital Boston
  Children's Hospital Boston is a 396-licensed bed children's hospital in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area of Boston, Massachusetts.At 300 Longwood Avenue, Children's is adjacent both to its teaching affiliate, Harvard Medical School, and to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute...
  
  
• Dana–Farber Cancer Institute
• Joslin Diabetes Center
  Joslin Diabetes Center
  Joslin Diabetes Center is the world’s largest diabetes research center, diabetes clinic, and provider of diabetes education. It is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Among the Harvard Medical School Affiliated institutions, Joslin is unique in its sole...
  
  
• Massachusetts General Hospital
  Massachusetts General Hospital
  Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
  
  
• Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
  Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
  Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, known locally as Mass. Eye and Ear, is a specialty hospital providing patient care for disorders of the eye, ear, nose, throat, head and neck. Founded in 1824, MEEI is an international leader in Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology research and a teaching partner of...
  
  
• Schepens Eye Research Institute

Media and publications

• The Harvard Crimson
  The Harvard Crimson
  The Harvard Crimson, the daily student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873. It is the only daily newspaper in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is run entirely by Harvard College undergraduates...
  
   (newspaper)
• Harvard Business Review
  Harvard Business Review
  Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership among academics, executives,...
  
  
• Harvard Educational Review
  Harvard Educational Review
  The Harvard Educational Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal of opinion and research dealing with education, associated with the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and published by the Harvard Education Publishing Group. The journal was established in 1930.Since 1945, editorial decisions...
  
  
• Harvard Law Review
  Harvard Law Review
  The Harvard Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.-Overview:According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports, the Review is the most cited law review and has the second-highest impact factor in the category "law" after the...
  
  
• Radio broadcasting
  • WHRB
    WHRB
    WHRB is a commercial FM radio station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It broadcasts at 95.3 MHz and is operated by students at Harvard College.-History:...
    
    
• Television broadcasting
  • Harvard Undergraduate Television (HUTV), formerly Harvard-Radcliffe Television
    • Ivory Tower (Harvard Undergraduate Television)
• Harvard Internet broadcasts

Miscellaneous

• Alumni Credit card
• Archival depository at Harvard University
• Crimson
• Employment at Harvard University
• Online learning at Harvard University
• Harvard mascot(s)
• Harvard (name)
• Harvard (trademark)
  • University Asks That Harvard Pilgrim Trademark Case Be Heard in Federal
• Harvard University and the ROTC
• Harvard University fifty-year plan
• Harvard University admissions and enrollment
• Harvard University criticism and controversies
  • The John Harvard statue controversy
  • Gender at Harvard University
  • Ethnicity at Harvard University
• Harvard University endowments
• Harvard University sponsorship
• Harvard University Health Services
• Internet2
• Protests at Harvard University
• Rankings for Harvard University
• School dress at Harvard University

Categories

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