The University of Chicago is bigger than you may think. Besides the undergraduate College, the four graduate divisions, and the six professional schools, there are libraries, laboratories, museums, clinics, and other institutions; nursery and K-12 schools; a continuing-studies program; and an academic press. There are programs on the Hyde Park campus and programs around the world. For example, Chicago's program of European studies that focus on France is anchored in the University's Center in Paris.

More than 2,200 full-time academic staff teach or conduct research at the University.On the Quadrangles, there are 5,026 students in the undergraduate College, 3,724 graduate students in arts and sciences, 3,619 graduate professional school students, and 791 in special programs. There are also 1,989 students enrolled in off-campus programs, including the Booth School of Business campuses in London and Singapore.

The College (for undergraduates)

• Biological Sciences Collegiate Division
• Humanities Collegiate Division
• New Collegiate Division
• Physical Sciences Collegiate Division
• Social Sciences Collegiate Division

Professional schools

• Divinity School
• Graduate School of Business
• Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
• Law School
• Pritzker School of Medicine
• School of Social Service Administration

Graduate divisions

• Division of the Biological Sciences
• Division of the Humanities
• Division of the Physical Sciences
• Division of the Social Sciences

Oriental Institute

Conducts research and scholarship on archaeology, philology, and the history of the ancient Near East (for information on its museum, see Hyde Park Attractions).

Graham School of General Studies

Offers liberal arts and professional noncredit and degree programs, as well as more than 125 summer courses open to high school and college students at sites ranging from on campus to abroad.

The Laboratory Schools

Serves 1,700 students from preschool through grade 12; nearly half the students are children of University faculty and staff.

University of Chicago Press

One of the preeminent publishers of scholarly books and journals in the world.

Other institutions connected to the University of Chicago

• Adler Planetarium: The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics collaborates with this nearby public attraction.
• Argonne National Laboratory: Located 30 miles southwest of Chicago and operated by the University for the Department of Energy, Argonne conducts research in energy and in physical, computational, mathematical, life, and environmental sciences.
• Chapin Hall Center for Children: Independent children's policy research center.
• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: The University is a partner in managing this preeminent center for high-energy physics, elementary particle physics, and astrophysics.
• Field Museum: A major natural history museum that has important interactions with the University in the biological and geophysical sciences.
• NORC: NORC conducts survey research in the public interest.
• Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago: Devoted to theoretical computer science and graduate education.
• Yerkes Observatory: The Wisconsin home of the world's largest refracting telescope is a center for science education outreach.

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