Stanford offers students seven schools under the university, which include Business, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humanities and Science, Law, and Medicine.

Undergraduates must complete at least 180 units. This will include their major courses, writing and rhetoric, a year of foreign language, and more. Each student should expect a strong liberal arts foundation, development of knowledge in their major, and plenty of learning experiences. The school encourages students to find their own educational path, with the help of a guideline and an adviser.

Some of the top majors taken at Stanford are Computer Science, Human Biology, Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, Engineering, Other, and Engineering/Industrial Management.

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