Stanford University Courses and Requirements

Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California. This university is one of the most prestigious universities in the world and is consistently ranked among the top 20 universities worldwide.

The mission of Stanford University is to develop leaders who make a difference in the world through excellence in teaching, learning, and research.

Stanford University offers over 200 graduate courses in over 90 subject areas for you to choose from. Most US and international students choose to pursue a degree at Stanford because of its high graduate-level courses. These students are undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.

Stanford comprises 18 interdisciplinary schools and seven academic schools. More than 300,000 Stanford graduates reside all around the world.

Stanford University Courses

There are various undergraduate and postgraduate programs offered in the school that you can enroll in. Stanford University also offers free online courses with certificates for professionals, lifelong learners, and international students who are willing to learn from their comfort zone.

Below is a list of graduate and undergraduate programs offered by Stanford University for both citizens and international students.

Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation

• Athletics and Club Sports (ATHLETIC)
• Kinesiology (KIN)
• Outdoor Education (OUTDOOR)
• Physical Wellness (PHYSWELL)

Doerr School of Sustainability

• Earth Systems (EARTHSYS)
• Energy Resources Engineering (ENERGY)
• Environment and Resources (ENVRES)
• Earth System Science (ESS)
• Geological Sciences (GEOLSCI)
• Oceans (OCEANS)
• Geophysics (GEOPHYS)
• Sustainability (SUSTAIN)
• Sustainability Science and Practice (SUST)

Graduate School of Business

• Accounting (ACCT)
• Action Learning Programs (ALP)
• Economic Analysis & Policy (MGTECON)
• Finance (FINANCE)
• GSB General & Interdisciplinary (GSBGEN)
• Human Resource Management (HRMGT)
• Marketing (MKTG)
• Operations Information & Technology (OIT)
• Organizational Behavior (OB)
• Political Economics (POLECON)
• Strategic Management (STRAMGT)

School of Education

• Education (EDUC)

School of Engineering

• Aeronautics & Astronautics (AA)
• Bioengineering (BIOE)
• Chemical Engineering (CHEMENG)
• Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE)
• Computational & Mathematical Engineering (CME)
• Computer Science (CS)
• Design (DESIGN)
• Design Institute (DESINST)
• Electrical Engineering (EE)
• Engineering (ENGR)
• Management Science & Engineering (MS&E)
• Materials Science & Engineer (MATSCI)
• Mechanical Engineering (ME)
• Scientific Computing & Comput’l Math (SCCM)

School of Humanities and Sciences

• African & African American Studies (AFRICAAM)
• African & Middle Eastern Languages (AMELANG)
• African Studies (AFRICAST)
• American Studies (AMSTUD)
• Anthropology (ANTHRO)
• Applied Physics (APPPHYS)
• Arabic Language (ARABLANG)
• Archaeology (ARCHLGY)
• Art History (ARTHIST)
• Arts Institute (ARTSINST)
• Art Studio (ARTSTUDI)
• Asian American Studies (ASNAMST)
• Asian Languages (ASNLANG)
• Biology (BIO)
• Biology/Hopkins Marine (BIOHOPK)
• Biophysics (BIOPHYS)
• Catalan Language Courses (CATLANG)
• Chemistry (CHEM)
• Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies (CHILATST)
• Chinese (CHINA)
• Chinese Language (CHINLANG)
• Classics (CLASSICS)
• Communication (COMM)
• Comparative Literature (COMPLIT)
• Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity (CSRE)
• Dance (DANCE)
• Data Science (DATASCI)
• Division of Literatures, Cultures, & Languages (DLCL)
• Drama (TAPS)
• East Asian Languages & Cultures (EALC)
• East Asian Studies (EASTASN)
• Economics (ECON)
• English (ENGLISH)
• English for Foreign Students (EFSLANG)
• Ethics in Society (ETHICSOC)
• Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies (FEMGEN)
• Film Production (FILMPROD)
• Film and Media Studies (FILMEDIA)
• French Language (FRENLANG)
• French Studies (FRENCH)
• German Language (GERLANG)
• German Studies (GERMAN)
• Global Studies (GLOBAL)
• History (HISTORY)
• History & Philosophy of Science (HPS)
• Human Biology (HUMBIO)
• Human Rights (HUMRTS)
• Humanities Core (HUMCORE)
• Humanities & Sciences (HUMSCI)
• Iberian & Latin American Cultures (ILAC)
• Institute for International Studies (FSI) (IIS)
• International Policy (INTLPOL)
• International Relations (INTNLREL)
• Italian Language (ITALLANG)
• Italian Studies (ITALIAN)
• Japanese (JAPAN)
• Japanese Language (JAPANLNG)
• Jewish Studies (JEWISHST)
• Korean (KOREA)
• Korean Language (KORLANG)
• Latin American Studies (LATINAM)
• Linguistics (LINGUIST)
• Master of Liberal Arts (MLA)
• Mathematical & Computational Science (MCS)
• Mathematics (MATH)
• Medieval Studies (MEDVLST)
• Modern Thought & Literature (MTL)
• Music (MUSIC)
• Native American Studies (NATIVEAM)
• Philosophy (PHIL)
• Physics (PHYSICS)
• Political Science (POLISCI)
• Portuguese Language (PORTLANG)
• Psychology (PSYCH)
• Public Policy (PUBLPOL)
• Religious Studies (RELIGST)
• Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies (REES)
• Science, Technology, & Society (STS)
• Slavic Language (SLAVLANG)
• Slavic Studies (SLAVIC)
• Sociology (SOC)
• Spanish Language (SPANLANG)
• Spanish, Portuguese, & Catalan Literature (ILAC)
• Special Language Program (SPECLANG)
• Stanford in Washington (SIW)
• Statistics (STATS)
• Symbolic Systems (SYMSYS)
• Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS)
• Tibetan Language (TIBETLNG)
• Urban Studies (URBANST)

Law School

• Law (LAW)

• Law, Nonprofessional (LAWGEN)

School of Medicine

• Anesthesia (ANES)
• Biochemistry (BIOC)
• Biomedical Data Science (BIODS)
• Biomedical Informatics (BIOMEDIN)
• Biosciences Interdisciplinary (BIOS)
• Cancer Biology (CBIO)
• Cardiothoracic Surgery (CTS)
• Chemical & Systems Biology (CSB)
• Community Health and Prevention Research (CHPR)
• Comparative Medicine (COMPMED)
• Dermatology (DERM)
• Developmental Biology (DBIO)
• Emergency Medicine (EMED)
• Epidemiology (EPI)
• Family and Community Medicine (FAMMED)
• Genetics (GENE)
• Health Research & Policy (HRP)
• Immunology (IMMUNOL)
• Leadership Innovations (LEAD)
• Lifeworks (LIFE)
• Medicine (MED)
• Medicine Interdisciplinary (INDE)
• Microbiology & Immunology (MI)
• Molecular & Cellular Physiology (MCP)
• Neurobiology (NBIO)
• Neurology & Neurological Sciences (NENS)
• Neurosciences Program (NEPR)
• Neurosurgery (NSUR)
• Obstetrics & Gynecology (OBGYN)
• Ophthalmology (OPHT)
• Orthopedic Surgery (ORTHO)
• Otolaryngology (OTOHNS)
• Pathology (PATH)
• Pediatrics (PEDS)
• Physician Assistant Studies (PAS)
• Psychiatry (PSYC)
• Radiation Oncology (RADO)
• Radiology (RAD)
• School of Medicine General (SOMGEN)
• Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (STEMREM)
• Structural Biology (SBIO)
• Surgery (SURG)
• Urology (UROL)
• Wellness Education (WELLNESS)

Office of Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

• Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
• Civic, Liberal, and Global Education (COLLEGE)
• Education as Self-Fashioning (ESF)
• Immersion in the Arts (ITALIC)
• Online Bridge Course (SOAR)
• Oral Communications (ORAL COMM)
• Overseas Studies General (OSPGEN)
• Overseas Studies in Australia (OSPAUSTL)
• Overseas Studies in Barcelona (CASB) (OSPBARCL)
• Overseas Studies in Beijing (OSPBEIJ)
• Overseas Studies in Berlin (OSPBER)
• Overseas Studies in Cape Town (OSPCPTWN)
• Overseas Studies in Florence (OSPFLOR)
• Overseas Studies in Hong Kong (OSPHONGK)
• Overseas Studies in Istanbul (OSPISTAN)
• Overseas Studies in Kyoto (OSPKYOTO)
• Overseas Studies in Kyoto (KCJS) (OSPKYOCT)
• Overseas Studies in Madrid (OSPMADRD)
• Overseas Studies in Oxford (OSPOXFRD)
• Overseas Studies in Paris (OSPPARIS)
• Overseas Studies in Santiago (OSPSANTG)
• Residential Programs (RESPROG)
• ROTC Air Force (ROTCAF)
• ROTC Army (ROTCARMY)
• ROTC Navy (ROTCNAVY)
• Stanford in New York (SINY)
• Structured Liberal Education (SLE)
• Thinking Matters (THINK)
• Undergraduate Advising and Research (UAR)
• Writing & Rhetoric, Program in (PWR)

Above is the list of Stanford University undergraduate and postgraduate courses and the admission requirements. You can check the school website at https://explorecourses.stanford.edu, for further details on the courses offered and the requirements for enrollment.