Welcome to Wake Forest

 

Our motto means more.

Pro Humanitate (for humanity) invites us to use our ideas, knowledge, talents and compassion on behalf of humanity in all its difference and diversity. 

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Our Winston-Salem, N.C., campus houses an academic community of almost 9,000 students, with more studying at Wake Forest locations in Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and around the world. Our undergraduate liberal arts curriculum inspires a holistic approach to preparing graduate and professional school students. We graduate leaders with integrity and courage who use their success to make an impact on society.

Remembering Ed Wilson 1923-2024

News

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2024 Commencement, Baccalaureate speakers announced

One of the nation’s top health leaders, Dr. Mandy K. Cohen, Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will deliver Wake Forest’s commencement address on Monday, May 20. Also joining Wake Forest for the commencement weekend will be baccalaureate speaker Reverend Gary Dorrien, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at Columbia University.

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Computer scientist wins NSF CAREER Award

In groundbreaking work as a computer scientist, assistant professor Minghan Chen uses artificial intelligence to create new techniques to better understand the mechanisms behind Alzheimer’s disease and predict its progression.

Meet Sonya Henderson (‘01) and Keeva Jackson-Breland (‘85), the first Black female scholarship athletes at Wake Forest. 

Wake Forest celebrates Women’s History Month. We are grateful for the #WakeWomen who help shape the Wake Forest experience.

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Meet Regina Lawson, chief of Wake Forest University Police since 1992.

Wake Forest celebrates International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. We are grateful for all of the #WakeWomen who help shape the Wake Forest experience.

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The Wake Forest community recently gathered to take part in the worldwide Daffodil Project, empowering Holocaust education, with the aim of planting 1.5 million daffodils in memory of the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust. 

Holocaust survivor Margot Lobree shared her personal story of the Kindertransport.

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Meet Dianne Dailey, a pioneer in women’s golf at Wake Forest. 

Wake Forest celebrates Women’s History Month. We are grateful for all of the #WakeWomen who shape the Wake Forest experience.

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Congratulations! Assistant Director of Advocacy and Social Justice Deb Marke and Rute Ayalew (‘24) have been named Wake Forest University’s 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. “Building the Dream” award winners.

Building the Dream awards are traditionally presented to a professor or administrator and a student from Wake Forest  who exemplify King’s qualities and promote diversity within the community.

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Why Wake Forest?

Affordability

Wake Forest is committed to meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need through grants, scholarships, work-study, and subsidized loans.

Our Hometown

Within driving distance of both the Blue Ridge Mountains and Atlantic Coast, Winston-Salem offers the amenities of a larger city with the vibrant culture of an engaged community.

Facts & Figures

Get to know Wake Forest better by browsing a collection of quick facts, figures and rankings.

By the Numbers

250+

is the number of student organizations that you can explore (or we’ll help you find a match) in order to discover your passion. Don’t find it? Apply to charter one!

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11:1

is our student-to-faculty ratio. More than half of our undergraduate classes have fewer than 20 students. Only 1% have more than 50 students.

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60+%

of undergraduates have an academic study-abroad experience, many of them in our academic-residential houses in London, Vienna and Venice.

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