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A Wellesley education prepares students to realize their own highest ambitions and aspirations—and they do. Widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s premier liberal arts colleges and the top women’s college, we are unparalleled in educating pathbreaking women in every arena.
Our La Maison Française is a residence and a cultural center for the community of Wellesley and that of the Francophones of Boston. Fourteen students from Wellesley College and two students from the University of Aix-en-Provence live at the House each year. During the academic year, several conferences on various subjects are organized there ...
Wellesley College provides an excellent liberal arts education for women who will make a difference in the world. Overview. Motto: Non Ministrari sed Ministrare, “Not to be ministered unto, but to minister” Founding: 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant; first students arrived 1875 School Type: A private, nonprofit liberal arts college for women accredited by the New England Commission of ...
Wellesley is easy to reach and (in case we haven't mentioned it yet) easy to love. Our 500-acre campus includes our Science Complex, the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, the Davis Museum, buildings of sublime Gothic majesty, buildings of sublime postmodernity, a lake with actual sailboats, narrow stone stairways, handsome playing fields, expansive lawns, and an observatory which, at ...
At Wellesley College, we live, learn, and find inspiration on one of the country’s most beautiful campuses. Located near Boston, Massachusetts, Wellesley’s 500 acres include a lake, public gardens, groves of conifers and hardwoods, and winding paths through open meadows.Blending with the landscape, its buildings offer a rich variety of architectural styles, from classical Gothic to bold ...
Since 1875, Wellesley College has been the preeminent liberal arts college for women. Known for its intellectual rigor and its remarkable track record for the cultivation of women leaders in every arena, Wellesley—only 12 miles from Boston—is home to some 2300 undergraduates from every state and 75 countries.
Wellesley College, which was chartered in 1870 and opened in 1875, was founded by Henry Fowle Durant to provide women with college opportunities equal to those of men. Wellesley was the first women’s college to have scientific laboratories, and its physics laboratory was the second in an American college.
