Tufts University School of Dental Medicine sees research, teaching and clinical care as equal and interdependent in producing professionals who possess the analytical capacity and the spirit of inquiry to deal with an ever-increasing knowledge base and rapid technological changes. The school's philosophy considers the whole patient—not only applying science to practice, but also compassion in the treatment of human illness and in seeking out its causes.

For more than 100 years, Tufts University School of Medicine has been a national leader in education and research. It offers one of the most substantive and innovative medical curricula in the country. The school's internationally renowned researchers are closing in on many of humankind's most plaguing diseases with work that ranges from genetics and geriatrics to AIDS and Alzheimer's, from cancer and cystic fibrosis to biotechnical and pharmaceutical breakthroughs.

Established in 1981, the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy remains the only graduate and professional school of nutrition in North America. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of people worldwide by bringing together experts from clinical nutrition, social and public policy, and biomedicine. Faculty and researchers include anthropologists, biomedical scientists, economists, epidemiologists, nutritionists, physicians, political scientists and psychologists.

Fletcher is the nation's oldest graduate professional school of international relations—and it remains the most forward thinking. The Fletcher School is a responsive resource for the global community, meeting the demands of a world defined by constant change. At Fletcher, curricula and research draw the myriad connections that network history, politics, and culture that we must understand to maintain the stability and prosperity of our complex and challenging global society.

Tufts' Cummings School is an invaluable regional, national and international resource, touching the lives of millions of pet owners, equestrians, veterinarians, farmers, wildlife rehabilitators, agricultural scientists, educators and students. The school balances a deep commitment to teaching with world-class research and scholarship. The school improves the lives of animals while contributing to human health and the welfare of our natural environment.

The School of Arts & Sciences is nationally and internationally renowned for its innovative, interdisciplinary approach to undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. Tufts is committed to creating analytical, compassionate, and socially committed global citizens and to using cross-disciplinary and cross-school scholarship to help solve the most critical problems facing the world community.