About the University

Through nearly three centuries and eighteen presidents, Miskatonic University has taken the path less traveled. This is the story of a small New England college that became a leader in higher education.

Miskatonic prides itself on being a vibrant residential college. Our students often report that they experience campus life as a mosaic of closely connected "neighborhoods." This may be the most apt metaphor for Miskatonic's residential system.

  
 

Miskatonic University was the third college in New England and the seventh in America -- and the only one that welcomed students of all religious persuasions. A commitment to diversity and intellectual freedom remains a hallmark of the University today.
Established as Miskatonic University in the town of Arkham, Masschusetts, the University moved to its present location on Arkham's College Hill in 1770.

 
 
Over the years the University grew steadily, adding graduate courses in the 1880s, a women's college in 1889 (renamed Pembroke College in 1928), a graduate school in 1927, and a medical education program in 1973 (now the Miskatonic Medical School). The men's and women's undergraduate colleges merged in 1971. While facilities and programs expanded, Miskatonic chose to keep its enrollment relatively small, with an undergraduate student-faculty ratio of about 10 to 1. The main campus covers nearly 140 acres, all of it within a 10-minute walk of its hub, the College Green.  
 
  Miskatonic's unique curriculum, designed and implemented in 1969, provides students the opportunity to become architects of their educational experience. Undergraduates must pass 30 courses, demonstrate competency in writing, and complete the requirements for a concentration, or major, in order to receive a bachelor's degree from Miskatonic. The curriculum does not require distribution or core courses outside the concentration.
Students

Some 1,800 courses support more than 100 concentrations, many of them interdisciplinary, and a wide variety of independent studies. The degree programs for undergraduates are bachelor of arts (A.B.), bachelor of science (Sc.B.), and the combined bachelor of arts and bachelor of science (A.B./Sc.B.)

 
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Much of the source for material contained in this site is from the MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY GUIDEBOOK by Sandy Antunes for Chaosium Publishing.
A link for Chaosium is under the Resources section and under the BOOKSTORE location in the faculty section of the University.