Reimagining Education. Revolutionizing the Future.
Since 1970, we've been transforming how college works and defining how progress is made. Known as the original disruptors of higher education, we've scrapped generic models of learning, empowering you to address urgent issues, be unbounded in your studies, and entrepreneurial in your academic journey.
Burning Questions. Bold Solutions.
Our collaborative approach to learning allows us to urgently tackle our world's most complex challenges. At Hampshire, you're guided by esteemed and expert faculty members as you pursue your individual questions, generate original research, and prepare to make lasting impact.
Recent Graduate Max Solomon Frye 20F Develops Innovative Training Program for Childcare Providers of All Kinds
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Hampshire College prepares you comprehensively for the world. And the world looks to our graduates for leadership in hundreds of fields.
Lupita Nyong'o 03F
Oscar-winning actress of 12 Years a Slave, model, and writer
Jon Krakauer 72F
Mountaineer and bestselling author of Under the Banner of Heaven
Ian Spalter 94F
Tech and design pro, currently head of Instagram Japan
Rhys Ernst 01S
Filmmaker and coproducer of Amazon's Golden Globe-winning show Transparent
Fall 2022 Covid-19 Information
We will continue to monitor and respond to the most up-to-date CDC guidance, health data in Hampshire and surrounding counties, as well as any changes in state or local public health regulations, and adjust campus policy accordingly. Hampshire College remains committed to providing a vibrant, fully in-person educational and social experience to our new and returning students.
Latest News and Events
Alum Robin Coste Lewis 86S’s New Book Is an Exploration of Photography, Poetry, and Family
Born from the discovery of Lewis’s grandmother’s collection of family photos, the poet’s latest collection, To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness, is a rumination on death, ancestry, and migration told through the mediums of poetry and photography.
Hampshire College Receives $1 Million Gift from Cofounder of Stonyfield Organic
Alum Gary Hirshberg 72F and Meg Cadoux Hirshberg join other generous donors as leaders of the historic Change in the Making campaign. The Hirshbergs are the seventh donors to invest $1 million or more in a campaign that includes two of the largest single gifts in Hampshire’s 50-year history.
Hampshire Alum Melissa Hoffer 84F to be Appointed Massachusetts's First “Climate Chief”
Massachusetts Governor-elect Maura Healey ran for office on a climate platform that included the newly created role. In her new job, Hoffer will be responsible for the state's environmental policy creation and implementation.
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