Washington University in St. Louis

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Washington University in St. Louis’ mission is to discover and disseminate knowledge and protect the freedom of inquiry through research, teaching, and learning.
Washington University creates an environment to encourage and support an ethos of wide-ranging exploration. Washington University’s faculty and staff strive to enhance students' lives and livelihoods, the people of the greater St. Louis community, the country, and the world.
Washington University in St. Louis is a leader in a variety of fields through our path-breaking research and exceptional academics. The university is led by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, Provost Holden Thorp, the Board of Trustees, and the University Council. All the university’s leaders share Chancellor Wrighton’s vision that Washington University is one of the world’s top research and teaching universities.
Washington University in St. Louis is a world leader in graduate, professional and postdoctoral education, awarding hundreds of Ph.D., MD, and master’s degrees annually. More than 6,000 graduate and professional students study at the university at any given time, and the university attracts graduate and professional students from more than 100 countries and all 50 states.
Each of Washington University’s seven schools offers graduate or professional degrees. Admission to these programs is school-based, often with departments determining which students to accept into their programs. Inquiries regarding specific degree programs should be made to the correct admissions office and the supervising department or school.
Throughout our mutual history, we have come together, creating benefits and opportunities for everyone in the community.St. Louis is a national hub for significant research and business development, especially in biotechnology and plant science. Today, engineers, scientists, business leaders, educators, artists, and other innovative and creative professionals here are working at the forefront of many fields and endeavors.
Washington University faculty, staff, and students are integral members of the St. Louis community. The Danforth Campus sits at the convergence of St. Louis, Clayton, and University City, and the Medical Center is in the bustling Central West End neighborhood.
We are academic and research community-driven to develop big ideas and tackle challenging problems. Our technology supports these efforts. Technology capabilities include a high-speed campus network infrastructure with extensive wireless access, innovative learning, teaching spaces, digital media capabilities to enhance instruction, high-performance computing for research, and self-service administrative systems.
Students use the web and a portfolio of mobile applications to register for classes, communicate with faculty and colleagues, and administer their campus activities. Many faculty incorporate active learning with flexible technology, often improving student learning and participation. We are among the world’s leaders in teaching, research, patient care, and service to society. We are committed to learning and exploration of discovery and impact. Together, we explore our intellectual passions and challenge the unknown.
Positioned to meet national and global imperatives in energy, environment security, health, and economic prosperity, we take our responsibility seriously. Through innovative research, we are committed to creating the new knowledge necessary to achieve a bright and sustainable future.
One thousand five hundred three university-employed physicians at the School of Medicine representing 76 specialties provided clinical care to 49 clinical sites through Washington University Physicians, one of the largest academic clinical practices in the nation, in the fiscal year 2017.
A select group of research universities worldwide partner with Washington University, sharing the same commitment to excellence in research and the importance of international collaboration through the McDonnell International Scholars Academy. Future global leaders from partner institutions are mentored at the university as they pursue graduate and professional degrees.
Over its first 150 years, Washington University in St. Louis has made remarkable progress, growing from a college educating local men and women to an internationally known research university with students and faculty from approximately 90 countries. On the school’s 25th anniversary, it boasted 1,486 students and 87 professors. In 2009, Washington University had 6,114 undergraduate students and 3,297 professors, with over 35 percent of undergraduate students being multicultural and international students.
In 1853, prominent St. Louis merchant Wayman Crow and his pastor, William Greenleaf Eliot Jr., concerned about the lack of institutions of higher learning in the growing midwest, led the founding of Washington University in St. Louis.
During the 1840s and 50s, waves of immigrants flooded into St. Louis, boosting the young city's population. These newcomers came to a pressing need for education — both industrial training and general introductory courses — conducted outside of regular working hours. So the first educational step of the young Washington University was to establish an evening program on October 22, 1854. Over the succeeding decades, the continuing education program underwent many changes.
The university flourished at its location in downtown St. Louis for its first 50 years, growing from an evening program to an institution offering a full slate of scientific, liberal arts, and classical course offerings. In time, schools of law and fine arts were added. In 1891, the school acquired the St. Louis Medical College to form a medical department, which merged with the Missouri Medical College in 1899.

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