Overview of the Colleges
For more than a century, Simmons University has offered pioneering undergraduate and graduate programs that combine theory, practice, and real-world experience that challenges students to see more broadly, think more deeply, and prepare for leadership. Simmons University has established six schools, each incorporating a complementary selection of academic fields.
The Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities
The Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities and Social Sciences cultivates trailblazers and leaders. Here, you'll study the modes of expression through which we record and interpret the human experience.
The School of Library and Information Sciences
The School of Library and Information Sciences is a national leader with top-rated faculty, prestigious alumnae/i, and great locations in Boston and SLIS West (South Hadley, and Amherst, Massachusetts).
The School of Management
The School of Management delivers a rigorous and transformational education — providing the skills, knowledge, perspective, and confidence you need to become an effective and principled leader.
The School of Nursing
Simmons’ School of Nursing is home to one of the country’s first university-based nursing programs and we are proud to remain among the best programs in the field, recognized for clinical excellence, and preparing future leaders in health care through undergraduate and graduate nursing degree programs, including the online Nursing@Simmons programs. We educate nurses to provide compassionate and evidence-based care, advocate for patients and communities, lead interprofessional teams, and advance research.
The School of Sciences and Health Professions
In the School of Sciences and Health Professions, you'll find inspiration at the intersection of health, life, nature and science — cultivating innovative practices and procedures required to advance our scientific future, address complex problems, ask tough questions, reduce disparities and improve our individual and collective health.
The School of Social Work
The School of Social Work (SSW) is distinguished in many ways — with nationally acclaimed faculty, a strong emphasis on clinical practice, alumni who are leaders in their fields, and innovative teaching practices that set our graduates above the rest. Our campus location in Boston is embedded in world-renowned teaching hospitals and research facilities, which provides inspiration for our faculty locally and across the country.
