List of the interdisciplinary schools

interdisciplinary, flexible, cross-faculty, and often emphasizing “human + society + environment + science.”

🌍 20 Similar Departments / Programs Worldwide

United States

  1. Stanford University – Symbolic Systems Program
    (Interdisciplinary: psychology, linguistics, philosophy, computer science)

  2. Harvard University – Social Studies
    (Humanities + social sciences with broad theoretical foundations)

  3. University of California, Berkeley – Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major (ISF)
    (Highly flexible, student-designed academic paths)

  4. Brown University – Liberal Medical Education / Open Curriculum Studies
    (Open, integrative undergraduate design)

  5. University of Michigan – Program in the Environment (PitE)
    (Human–environment interdisciplinary focus)

  6. University of Pennsylvania – Cognitive Science Program
    (Human + mind + computation)

  7. New York University – Gallatin School of Individualized Study
    (Self-designed interdisciplinary degree comparable to 総人’s flexibility)

Canada

  1. University of Toronto – Human Biology / Cognitive Science / Peace & Conflict Studies (tri-campus integrative programs)
    (Interdisciplinary human-focused studies)

  2. McGill University – Interfaculty Program in Environment
    (Cross-faculty study on humans, society, and environment)

Europe

  1. University of Oxford – Human Sciences
    (Direct parallel: integrates biology, anthropology, sociology, demography)

  2. University of Cambridge – Human, Social, and Political Sciences (HSPS)
    (Broad: anthropology, sociology, politics, international relations)

  3. University College London (UCL) – Arts & Sciences (BASc)
    (Purpose-built interdisciplinary degree similar to 総人’s philosophy)

  4. Leiden University – Liberal Arts and Sciences (Global Challenges)
    (Interdisciplinary program at a major research university)

  5. University of Amsterdam – Interdisciplinary Social Science
    (Mix of psychology, sociology, anthropology, public policy)

  6. Humboldt University of Berlin – European Ethnology / Cultural Studies
    (Cross-cutting cultural/human studies)

Asia (outside Japan)

  1. National University of Singapore – University Scholars Programme
    (Highly interdisciplinary, with philosophy/tech/environment options)

  2. Hong Kong University – Bachelor of Arts & Sciences (BASc) Programmes
    (Humanity + science + technology + society)

  3. Seoul National University – College of Liberal Studies
    (Open interdisciplinary program where students design their path)

  4. Tsinghua University – Xuetang/Experimental Interdisciplinary Programs
    (Cutting across humanities, social sciences, environment, and more)

Oceania

  1. Australian National University – Bachelor of Philosophy (Interdisciplinary)
    (Research-led and integrative across humanities/science/social science)