About
About Bowdoin
Bowdoin College has been educating leaders for America and the world since the dawn of the American republic. Founded in 1794, Bowdoin is a highly selective college of approximately 1,750 students of distinction from across America and around the world.

The Offer of the College »

In 1906, Bowdoin's president, William DeWitt Hyde, wrote "The Offer of the College" ... Learn more

Campus Maps & Tour »

History and Facts »

Support Bowdoin »

Visit Campus »
Academics
Academics
Bowdoin’s curriculum offers a bold blueprint for liberal education designed to inspire you to become a world citizen and leader with acute sensitivity to the social and natural worlds.

Areas of Study »

Departments & programs, majors & minors, and the curriculum.

The Faculty »

The Arts »

Library »

Centers & Field Stations »
Campus Life
Campus Life
An environment based on mutual respect, active learning, and freedom of inquiry, and engaged with local, national, and international communities.

Values of a Learning Community »

The house system, the campus, and guides to your educational and learning experience.

Health & Wellness »

Life in Maine »

Beyond Bowdoin »

Service Learning »

Admissions

News

News

Events

Publications & Other Media

Profiles

Classics

Sills Notes, Horace Poetry Make Classic College Gift | 02/19/10
Students Find Classical Studies Illuminating | 08/25/09
Campus Welcomes Back Museum With Year of Events, Courses | 09/14/07
Bowdoin Students Awarded Opportunities to Travel, Help Others, Enrich Themselves | 06/27/07
Classicists Convene at Bowdoin | 06/12/07
Keasbey Winner Mary Hartley Platt '07 Oxford-Bound | 05/10/07
How Many People Does It Take to Move an Assyrian Relief? | 12/10/06
Carrie Atkins '06 Traces Seafaring Goddesses | 05/01/06
Archaeologist Traces Ancient Trade Through the Mediterranean | 01/10/06
Four Professors Named to Tenure Positions in 2005 | 05/18/05
Masculinity and Illness in Ancient Greece | 10/10/03
The Religious Pantheon in Ancient Greece | 10/10/03