Divisions of the University of Chicago
The academic departments and committees of the University of Chicago are organized into four graduate research divisions, each under the leadership of a divisional dean. The divisions are, alphabetically, the Arts & Humanities Division, the Biological Sciences Division, the Physical Sciences Division, and the Social Sciences Division.[1]
Arts & Humanities Division
The Arts & Humanities Division (AHD) comprises the following departments and committees:[2]
- Department of Art History
- Department of Cinema and Media Studies
- Department of Classics
- Department of Comparative Literature
- Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Department of English Language and Literature
- Department of Germanic Studies
- Department of Linguistics
- Department of Music
- Department of Middle Eastern Studies
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
- Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
- Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Department of Visual Arts
- Committee on Theater and Performance Studies
Biological Sciences Division
The Biological Sciences Division (BSD) comprises the Basic Science Departments, the Clinical Departments, and the Interdisciplinary Committees.[3] The Pritzker School of Medicine is the M.D.-granting unit within the Biological Sciences Division.[4]
Basic Science Departments
The Basic Science Departments at the Biological Sciences Division comprises the following departments:[3]
- Ben May Department for Cancer Research
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Department of Ecology and Evolution
- Department of Human Genetics
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
- Department of Neurobiology
- Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
- Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences
- Department of Public Health Sciences
Clinical Departments
The Clinical Departments at the Biological Sciences Division comprises the following departments:[3]
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
- Department of Family Medicine
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Neurology
- Department of Neurological Surgery
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
- Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
- Department of Radiology
- Department of Surgery
Interdisciplinary Committees
The Interdisciplinary Committees at the Biological Sciences Division comprises the following committees and programs:[3]
- Committee on Cancer Biology
- Center for Clinical and Translational Science
- Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
- PhD Program in Computational Neuroscience
- Committee on Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cell Biology
- Committee on Evolutionary Biology
- Committee on Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
- Committee on Immunology
- PhD Program in Medical Physics
- Committee on Microbiology
- Graduate Program in Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
- PhD Program in Neurobiology
Physical Sciences Division
The Physical Sciences Division (PSD) comprises the following departments and committees:[5]
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Geophysical Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Statistics
- Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Committee on Data Science
Social Sciences Division
The Social Sciences Division (SSD) comprises the following departments and committees:[6]
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Comparative Human Development
- Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
- Department of History
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity
- Department of Sociology
- Committee on International Relations
- Committee on Social Thought
References
- ^ "Schools and Division". www.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ^ "Directories | Division of the Humanities". humanities.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ^ a b c d "About the Biological Sciences Division | Biological Sciences Division | The University of Chicago". biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ^ "About Pritzker | Pritzker School of Medicine | The University of Chicago". pritzker.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ^ "Departments, Institutes and Centers | Physical Sciences Division | The University of Chicago". physicalsciences.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ^ "Departments | The University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences". socialsciences.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.