At their sold-out show at Portland's State Theatre, Big Thief, a Brooklyn-based indie-folk band, shouted out Bates. In Francesco Duina's latest collection, The Social Acceptance of Inequality: On the ...

Visual literacy and visual acuity – looking with awareness and intention – are fundamental to liberal arts education. The Art and Visual Culture Department offers courses in studio practice and in the ...

Purposeful Work at Bates is about helping students discover the joy and power that arise from aligning who they are with what they do. It helps students identify and cultivate their interests and ...

60% of the junior class studies off-campus. Off-campus programs complement the Bates curriculum, providing on-site experiences – from Morocco to Mongolia, China to Czechia, Greece… The Center for ...

First-year students are assessed a fee of $450 which appears on the fall semester bill. This one-time fee covers the cost of programming, transportation for orientation activities, and the cost of ...

Updates: Please consider checking the status of our parking lot at bmmparking.com before making your trip. Once our parking lot is full, we turn away additional vehicles as part of our management ...

The Center for Inclusive Teaching and Learning promotes student success by supporting faculty and staff educators through ongoing professional development, including work in developing reflective, ...

Bates welcomes students with a variety of international backgrounds and experiences to apply. Non-U.S. citizens, dual citizens and permanent residents with the United States, and Americans studying ...

There are many ways to get to know Bates. We offer a variety of experiences, both in-person and virtual, so that you can explore our campus wherever you are. Here are three types of experiences we ...

Our process: The Bates Center for Purposeful Work surveyed the Class of 2023 at graduation and again in December 2023 to determine students’ postgraduation plans. In addition to this survey, data was ...

Our tour website provides a detailed overview of our academic buildings, administrative offices, athletic facilities, campus features, residential buildings, and student life centers. For each tour ...

Bates has been a national leader in the test-optional movement for over four decades. In October 1984, the faculty voted to make standardized testing, such as the SAT and the ACT, optional for all ...