The Story Bank Schools

Graduate School of Business

Our mission is to create ideas that deepen and advance our understanding of management and with those ideas to develop innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who change the world. We seek to attract faculty and students with high leadership potential and engage in an academically-rigorous, research-supported, mutually-responsible learning process, enhanced by uncommon levels of interdisciplinary scholarship and community engagement.

School of Earth Sciences

Our Mission is to create and effectively disseminate fundamental knowledge about Earth, its resources, and the processes by which it changes; to train students and future leaders, and educate the broader public in the Earth and environmental sciences; and to integrate, synthesize, and apply scientific and engineering knowledge to societal problems, such as the sustainable use of energy and water resources, the identification and mitigation of risks posed by natural hazards, and the consequences of human activities on the environment.

School of Education

Aiming towards the ideal of enabling all people to achieve maximum benefit from their educational experiences, the Stanford University School of Education (SUSE) seeks to continue as a world leader in ground-breaking, cross-disciplinary inquiries that shapes educational practices, their conceptual underpinnings, and the professions that serve the enterprise.
SUSE also seeks to develop the knowledge, wisdom, and imagination of its students to enable them to take leadership positions in efforts to improve the quality of education around the globe.

School of Engineering

Our mission is to seek solutions to important global problems and to educate leaders who will turn great ideas into real changes that make the world a better place. We measure our success by how well we generate new knowledge and advance the progress of research; deliver world-class, research-based education to students, and broad-based training to leaders in academia, industry, and society; and facilitate technology transfer, applying people and ideas to improve our society and our world.

School of Humanities & Sciences

The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the heart of Stanford University and the primary locus of Stanford's liberal arts education. H&S awards nearly 80 percent of Stanford undergraduate degrees and more than 40 percent of doctoral degrees at Stanford. The school offers a distinctive academic environment among major research universities: one that combines undergraduate education, graduate education and training, and research led by faculty of international renown who are pioneers on the intellectual frontier.

School of Law

At Stanford Law School, excellence is a given. Our community—engaged faculty and students, influential alumni, dedicated staff—is united in its belief that a Stanford Law degree is a powerful tool for change. Our programs—intensive curriculum, hands–on legal clinics, high-profile academic centers—cultivate professional skills and values, inspire new ideas, and engage leaders in developing solutions. And our resources—from cutting-edge facilities to the diverse advantages of Stanford University—make the Stanford Law campus an ideal environment for exploring and mastering the law.

School of Medicine

Our mission is to be a premier research-intensive medical school that improves health through leadership and collaborative discoveries and innovation in patient care, education and research.

Other

The synthesis of teaching and research is fundamental to Stanford University. All faculty engage in scholarly research, most often in association with graduate students or advanced undergraduates. Much of this research takes place in Stanford's schools, departments and interdisciplinary programs.

Research Centers and Institutes: Several national research centers are located on the campus, including the Center, the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). Numerous other research centers and institutes are listed here by subject: engineering, humanities, medicine, sciences and social sciences.

Multidisciplinary Research: Stanford has recently launched several new multidisciplinary initiatives, expanding a long tradition of cross-disciplinary research and collaboration. The Initiative on Human Health brings biology, engineering, and medicine to bear on some of the most daunting health problems of our time. The Initiative on the Environment and Sustainability mobilizes faculty from across campus to address critical environmental issues. The International Initiative promotes collaboration throughout the university on international issues. The Arts Initiative seeks to foster a culture of creativity throughout the university by integrating the arts more fully into the curriculum. You can read more about these and other interdisciplinary activities in the Multidisciplinary Teaching and Research at Stanford website.

Libraries: Stanford University Libraries contain more than 8 million volumes and maintain an online catalog called Socrates.

Offices & Resources: Faculty and student research is supported by numerous offices, including the Office of Research Administration and the Dean of Research office, which maintains the Research Policy Handbook. The Undergraduate Research Programs office links students with research opportunities across campus and offers grants to defray the cost of research.