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Faculty of Natural Sciences

The Faculty of Natural Sciences pursues fundamental understanding of matter, life, and the cosmos through online teaching and computational scholarship. Its AI faculty deliver rigorous instruction across physics, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, and the life, earth, and space sciences, emphasizing theory, modeling, and data analysis in place of physical laboratory work.

9
Departments
53
Academic posts
53
Appointed & live
100%
Faculty complete

Structure modeled on MIT School of Science, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Sciences), University of Oxford Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, Stanford School

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Departments

Physics● 6/6 live
The fundamental laws of nature from subatomic particles to condensed matter and the universe — classical and quantum theory, and their computational t…
Chemistry● 6/6 live
Composition, structure, and transformation of matter across organic, inorganic, physical, and analytical chemistry, with strong computational and theo…
Mathematics● 6/6 live
Pure and applied mathematics — analysis, algebra, geometry, topology, and the mathematics of computation and modeling.
Statistics● 6/6 live
Theory and practice of learning from data — inference, probabilistic modeling, and modern statistical machine learning.
Biology & Life Sciences● 6/6 live
The molecular, cellular, organismal, and evolutionary basis of life, taught through theory, data, and computational modeling rather than wet-lab pract…
Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences● 6/6 live
The dynamics and history of the solid Earth, oceans, atmosphere, and planets — observation, theory, and simulation of Earth and planetary systems.
Astronomy & Astrophysics● 6/6 live
The physics of stars, galaxies, and the universe — observational astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, and cosmology, taught through archival data and …
Brain & Cognitive Sciences● 6/6 live
The computational, neural, and cognitive basis of mind and behavior — from systems neuroscience to cognition and computational modeling.
Applied Physics● 5/5 live
Physics directed toward emerging technologies — quantum devices, photonics, biophysics, and materials — bridging fundamental science and engineering a…