Through the Tri-College Consortium, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore students take classes at all three schools and frequently collaborate on extracurricular activities.
The new Tri-Co Philly Program is a semester-long, non-residential program that provides students both curricular and co-curricular activities in nearby Philadelphia.
The urban setting of Philadelphia provides a sense of place to enhance the classroom experience, helping students learn firsthand how the material in the courses is informed by the environment around them.
Haverford attracts intellectually curious, independent learners who value honesty, collaboration, and above all, new ways of seeing and improving the world.
As you perform real-world research and immerse yourself in hands-on learning, you'll work side-by-side with professors who are at the top of their fields.
Our mascot—the Black Squirrel—has a genetic adaptation that gives it a bold, black coat. Join our distinctive community and stand out from the pack with your fellow Haverfordians.
Haverfordians are regularly recognized for scholarly achievement through awards and fellowships such as Fulbright, Watson, Guggenheim, and the Nobel Prize.
A biology major while at Haverford, George Smith '63 won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and shares the award with two other scientists. Smith is the College's fourth alumni Nobel laureate and the second from the class of 1963. Photo courtesy of the University of Missouri.
Linguistics major, religion minor, and Africana studies concentrator Sabea Evans ’18 wrote her thesis using ethnographies and interviews to explore race and language in Ghana.
Sabea Evans ’18 conducts research (and makes a scaly friend) in Dalun, Ghana. Photo courtesy of Sabea Evans ’18. "What They Learned" is a blog series exploring the thesis work of recent graduates.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.