The College

Established in 1900, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) is the largest of the UI's 11 colleges, with an enrollment of more than 16,000 undergraduates and 2,350 graduate students. The college seeks to advance scholarly and creative endeavor through leading-edge research and artistic production; to use this research and creativity to enhance undergraduate, graduate, and professional education, health care, and other services provided to the people of Iowa, the nation, and the world; and to conduct these activities in a culturally diverse, humane, technologically advanced and increasingly global environment.