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About Tufts

Tufts is a leader in American higher education, distinctive for its success as a moderately sized university that excels at research and providing students with a personal experience. Our unique combination of research and liberal arts attracts students, faculty and staff who thrive in our environment of curiosity, creativity and engagement.

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Libraries

Tufts' libraries across all campuses provide essential resources, information and technology to support your studies, scholarship and research.

Tisch Library

Ginn Library (The Fletcher School)

Hirsh Health Sciences Library

Webster Family Library (Veterinary)

W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library (SMFA)

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As a Tufts employee, you become part of a community of hard-working, intellectually curious and creative individuals. We offer a wide range of employment opportunities and resources to support Tufts’ diverse academic environment

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Brighter World The Campaign for Tufts

New & Notable

An Instant Undergraduate Family

Incoming students bond thanks to the Tufts Wilderness Orientation program
Ever Wonder: How Does Stress Affect Us?

Stress is an adaptive response to immediate threats, but if it continues, that’s bad for your health
A Boost for Engineering Students

New $1 million NSF grant to encourage low-income students to pursue graduate study with scholarships, research mentors and other support
Dish: The Only Cure Is More Ice Cream

Three area parlors for scooping up your next frozen fix
New Jumbos on the Hill

The university welcomes another record-breaking undergraduate class and transfer students—and the first to enroll in the SMFA at Tufts
Artists in Our Midst

The lives and works of faculty and students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts

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