Organization and administration Tufts University

gifford house, residence of president




anderson hall, school of engineering



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goddard hall, fletcher school

tufts university independent, privately supported, nonsectarian institution of higher education. official corporate name trustees of tufts college. university governed forty-one trustees , no fewer twenty-eight. trustees responsible choosing successors. in addition president university appoints charter trustees (up 30 members) elected board , alumni trustees (up 10 members) serve 5 years. charter trustees elected majority vote of members. alumni trustees elected alumni. trustees appoint president , other senior administrative officers of university, , review , confirm faculty appointments required. determine university s mission , purpose, review , approve changes in academic programs, monitor university s financial condition, establish investment , institutional policies, , authorize budget. officers of corporation include chair of board, 3 vice chairs, treasurer, secretary, provost, president, serves ex officio, , executive vice president.

the president of tufts university, elected trustees chief executive officer of university. assisting president in administering university provost, executive vice president, treasurer, , secretary, of whom appointed trustees on nomination of president , serve @ pleasure. 13th president anthony monaco sworn on august 1, 2011. accomplished leader, scientist , teacher, monaco formerly professor , pro-vice-chancellor @ university of oxford. doctoral research led landmark discovery of gene responsible x-linked duchenne , becker muscular dystrophy. worked on human genome project @ imperial cancer research fund in london , in human genetics laboratory @ institute of molecular medicine in oxford. additionally identified first gene involved in human speech , language.

tufts organized ten schools. each school has own faculty, , led dean appointed president , provost consent of board of trustees. school of arts , sciences , school of engineering schools award both undergraduate , graduate degrees. 5 schools offering undergraduate education are: arts , sciences, liberal arts college offering both bachelor of arts , bachelor of science degree, school of engineering (also known gordon institute) offers bachelor of science degree, school of special studies awards degree of bachelor of fine arts through tufts school of museum of fine arts. other 2 jonathan m. tisch college of citizenship , public service , experimental college non-degree granting.

the tisch college founded in 2000 educate active citizenship of $10 million gift ebay founder pierre omidyar , wife pam. school renamed in 2006 after $40 million gift jonathan tisch. has been called ambitious attempt research university make public service part of core academic mission . college facilitates , supports wide range of community service, civic engagement programs, research, , teaching initiatives across university. university runs on semester based calendar undergraduate students finishing within 4 years, however, tisch college provides innovative 1+4 bridge year program students have opportunity take community service based gap year before starting in tufts. current projects undertaken bridge year fellows involve serving mentors , teachers children, caring rescued wild animals, contributing renewable energy , sustainability projects. current projects based in brazil, nicaragua, , spain.

under purview of school of arts , sciences experimental college, created in 1964 proving ground innovative, experimental, , interdisciplinary curricula , courses. offers opportunity students take for-credit courses non-academic practitioners in variety of fields, , upper-level undergraduates have chance design , teach own courses. successful component of ex college epiic, year-long program begun in 1985 immerse students in global issue, culminates in annual symposium of scholars , experts field.

the tufts school of museum of fine arts offers art programs major museum, museum of fine arts. 1 of key figures in merger, nancy bauer became dean of museum school.

graduate education offered in 8 of schools. in addition arts , sciences , engineering tufts offers graduate degrees in fletcher school of law , diplomacy, oldest u.s. school international relations , foreign affairs, school of dental medicine, school of medicine, sackler school of graduate biomedical sciences, friedman school of nutrition, , cummings school of veterinary medicine. additionally, university did provide master s degrees in religion through crane theological school. school dissolved in 1968.