About Us

Together, we are building the good power of science

Education

for the next generation of science professionals

Solutions

research for the most important, exciting research challenges

Belonging

building a supportive, collaborative community for everyone

Empowering education across learning communities

Bee keepers collecting honey from a hive

Undergraduate

The College of Science educates thousands of talented students, majors, combined majors, and non-majors learning science through creative teaching, research, co-op, and experiential learning opportunities.

Students can prepare for success in first-year biology, calculus, chemistry, and physics through online summer Ramp Up courses.

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College of Science faculty offer exciting research opportunities for undergraduate students in every major:

New! COS Dean’s Summer Research program
Beckman Scholars
Jill Barrett Scholarship

Our new Science Connects to Innovation program empowers undergraduate science students through education, resources, and networks to create entrepreneurial solutions.

Entrepreneurship Workshop
Speaker Series
Pitch Competition

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95% undergraduate co-op participation
3,800+ employer partners

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Master of Science

In addition to our important Professional MS Programs in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Applied Mathematics, and Environmental Science and Policy, we launched new MS degrees:

Nanomedicine
Cell and Gene Therapies
Climate Science and Engineering (with the College of Engineering)
Statistics
Connect Statistics
Complex Network Analysis

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Our MS programs are relevant and valued with a 15% annual growth rate.

MS programs in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics are now offered in Portland, Toronto, and soon in Oakland!

Fantastic training and work experience for MS and PhD students!

Shifting the PhD Paradigm

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New Unique Connected Science Community PhD Program

Cohort-based professional training
A supportive PhD community across all COS departments
Empowers students to enter a vast set of top careers

Professional Skills Development Opportunities

PhD students build critical skills in cross-disciplinary research, communication, problem-solving, data analysis, entrepreneurship, confidence, and professionalism.

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New Combined PhDs

Umbrella for New! Combined PhDs between departments

New PhD programs:

Promoting a Successful Faculty

In five years, COS has hired more than 100 outstanding faculty, 30% of the total faculty!

51

Tenure / tenure track faculty hired

50

Teaching and research faculty hired

21

Faculty hires from our innovative INVEST early career hiring program – no postdoc is required, which normalizes entry intro industry and academia

Connecting solutions to crucial research challenges

Our anything-is-possible research is collaborative, cross-disciplinary and often AI-linked. 46% of newly hired faculty hold joint appointments across the university.

Our research revenue increased 135% and our research expenditure increased 160%!

Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-being
Center for Marine Ecological Genomics
Center for Theoretical Biophysics
Magnetics Center
Plastics Center

Highest impact, crucial science research

Building a college where everyone belongs

We cultivate a culture of respect and belonging across the College of Science.

First Northeastern Associate Dean for Belonging
Bridge to Science in partnership with the Boston Public Schools shows students that science is fun, not scary!
Many awards honor excellence of faculty, staff, postdocs, and students, including:
- Advancing Women in Science
- Distinguished College of Science Professor
- Dean’s Postdoctoral Research Awards
- CONNECTS Awards