Divisions of the University of Chicago

This list is complete and up to date as of January 2026.

The academic departments and committees of the University of Chicago are organized into four graduate research divisions, each under the leadership of a divisional dean. The divisions are, alphabetically, the Arts & Humanities Division, the Biological Sciences Division, the Physical Sciences Division, and the Social Sciences Division. ^[1]

Arts & Humanities Division

The Arts & Humanities Division (AHD) comprises the following departments and committees: ^[2]

• Department of Art History
• Department of Cinema and Media Studies
• Department of Classics
• Department of Comparative Literature
• Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
• Department of English Language and Literature
• Department of Germanic Studies
• Department of Linguistics
• Department of Music
• Department of Middle Eastern Studies
• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
• Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations
• Department of Visual Arts
• Committee on Theater and Performance Studies

Biological Sciences Division

The Biological Sciences Division (BSD) comprises the Basic Science Departments, the Clinical Departments, and the Interdisciplinary Committees. ^[3] The Pritzker School of Medicine is the M.D.-granting unit within the Biological Sciences Division. ^[4]

Basic Science Departments

The Basic Science Departments at the Biological Sciences Division comprises the following departments: ^[3]

• Ben May Department for Cancer Research
• Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Department of Ecology and Evolution
• Department of Human Genetics
• Department of Microbiology
• Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
• Department of Neurobiology
• Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
• Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences
• Department of Public Health Sciences

Clinical Departments

The Clinical Departments at the Biological Sciences Division comprises the following departments: ^[3]

• Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care
• Department of Family Medicine
• Department of Medicine
• Department of Neurology
• Department of Neurological Surgery
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
• Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
• Department of Pathology
• Department of Pediatrics
• Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
• Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
• Department of Radiology
• Department of Surgery

Interdisciplinary Committees

The Interdisciplinary Committees at the Biological Sciences Division comprises the following committees and programs: ^[3]

• Committee on Cancer Biology
• Center for Clinical and Translational Science
• Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
• PhD Program in Computational Neuroscience
• Committee on Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cell Biology
• Committee on Evolutionary Biology
• Committee on Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
• Committee on Immunology
• PhD Program in Medical Physics
• Committee on Microbiology
• Graduate Program in Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
• PhD Program in Neurobiology

Physical Sciences Division

The Physical Sciences Division (PSD) comprises the following departments and committees: ^[5]

• Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Geophysical Sciences
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Physics
• Department of Statistics

• Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics
• Committee on Data Science

Social Sciences Division

The Social Sciences Division (SSD) comprises the following departments and committees: ^[6]

• Department of Anthropology
• Department of Comparative Human Development
• Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
• Department of History
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity
• Department of Sociology
• Committee on International Relations
• Committee on Social Thought

References

1. "Schools and Division". www.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
2. "Directories | Division of the Humanities". humanities.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
3. "About the Biological Sciences Division | Biological Sciences Division | The University of Chicago". biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
4. "About Pritzker | Pritzker School of Medicine | The University of Chicago". pritzker.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
5. "Departments, Institutes and Centers | Physical Sciences Division | The University of Chicago". physicalsciences.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
6. "Departments | The University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences". socialsciences.uchicago.edu. Retrieved January 20, 2026.