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Over 4,500 students from across Harvard are enrolled in SEAS courses.
In the past five years, the number of undergraduate concentrators at SEAS has more than doubled.
Women make up over 30% of engineering science concentrators.

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Sep 28, 2012
Engineering with a Liberal Arts Twist

Engineering as a liberal art? See what sets Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences apart from the rest. Read More
Mar 8, 2012
Getting with the Program

One of the most popular courses at Harvard is Computer Science 1, or “CS50.” Students from across the disciplines take this course taught by David Malan as a way to get hands-on experience creating apps and other computer programs. Read More

See why CS50 is the second most popular class in Harvard College this fall, after Economics 10.
Aug 18, 2011
Turning “Blue Sky” Ideas into Reality

This may sound futuristic, but bags-as-detergent are a real-time invention being developed by Harvard students and recent graduates. The concept grew out of a Faculty of Arts and Sciences course last spring called Engineering Sciences 20: “How to Create Things and Have Them Matter.” Read More

On any given day, SEAS students are designing water purification systems, surgical tools for drilling into skulls, and laser beams to transmit music.
Aug 19, 2011
The Science Behind the Sauce

Why does cornstarch thicken gravy? What’s going on when melted sugar browns? How does a molten chocolate cake stay gooey inside? Students in “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science” not only pose these questions but test them out in the lab and eat the results. Read More

Beyond the recipe: students learn the physics and chemistry of food preparation.

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