Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University was established in 1834. It is a private university with thousands of students from different territories and countries. The university was named after its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the main university campus, has been located north of the center of Winston-Salem since the university moved there in 1956. It is a lively and varied academic community where students study in one or more of the 42 majors and courses the university presents within its six colleges and schools. Wake Forest's undergraduate education consists of a liberal arts curriculum at Wake Forest College and classes at the School of Business. The university offers 40 majors and 57 interdisciplinary minors across various fields of study. Students initially declared a major in the second semester of their sophomore year.

In order to graduate, a Wake Forest student must complete three 120-hour credit requirements: a core set of classes, a major-related course of study, and electives.The core set of classes includes basic req... Read more

Wake Forest University was established in 1834. It is a private university with thousands of students from different territories and countries. The university was named after its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the main university campus, has been located north of the center of Winston-Salem since the university moved there in 1956. It is a lively and varied academic community where students study in one or more of the 42 majors and courses the university presents within its six colleges and schools. Wake Forest's undergraduate education consists of a liberal arts curriculum at Wake Forest College and classes at the School of Business. The university offers 40 majors and 57 interdisciplinary minors across various fields of study. Students initially declared a major in the second semester of their sophomore year.

In order to graduate, a Wake Forest student must complete three 120-hour credit requirements: a core set of classes, a major-related course of study, and electives.The core set of classes includes basic requirements (a first-year seminar, a writing seminar, health and PE classes, and foreign language literature) and divisional requirements (at least two classes in each of the humanities, social sciences and math/natural sciences and at least one in the fine arts and literatures). Wake Forest also offers a "Open Curriculum" option in which a limited number of students, approved by a committee, may design a course of study with a consultant that follows a liberal arts framework but does not necessarily meet all the basic criteria of the degree.

The University has more than 240 student organizations stretching from service-oriented organizations to civic groups to fraternities and sororities to religiously linked groups. It’s Intramural Sports presents students, faculty, and staff the unique ability to compete, socialize, and have fun playing sports with various skill and ability levels. International students are eligible for most merit-based scholarships, including a number of our full-cost awards (Carswell, Gordon, Reynolds, and Stamps Scholarships). The regular application also serves as a scholarship application, so there is no separate form to complete.