Hampshire College

History
Hampshire opened in 1970, created when presidents of four distinguished New England colleges sought a home for bold, influential—even radical—ideas in higher education.

The Result
A Hampshire education is shaped around a student's own interests, rather than the usual liberal arts formula.

Advancing through three levels, or Divisions, students explore freely and widely across Hampshire's five interdisciplinary Schools.

To graduate, every student, with faculty advice and guidance, devises an individual program in which he or she attempts to ask—and answer—a question perhaps never before posed.

Five College Consortium
Beyond Hampshire's own substantial academic resources, students draw on those of Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which together form the Five College consortium.

Arguably, no other college in America offers students so much freedom—or so much support.