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Our Approach to Academics

A Lehigh education is all about making connections—across disciplines, through hands-on experiences and in collaboration with peers and professors. You'll engage with real-world challenges and develop practical skills, whether at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Turn Your Passions Into Purpose

Tailor your Lehigh education to your individual learning style and interests, creating a path as distinctive as you are. You’ll gain the skills, knowledge and experience to turn your passions into a successful career.

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Creative Inquiry

Through interdisciplinary work, students increase their capacity for independent inquiry. Creative inquiry will help you identify important problems and teach you how to develop creative and sustainable change. Discover more about Creative Inquiry at Lehigh

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Exploratory Semester

This first-semester integrative program allows you to explore diverse fields across Lehigh’s four undergraduate colleges so you feel confident about your academic pathway at Lehigh. Learn more about Explore Lehigh

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Lehigh360 Database

This database, available for any major or class year student, was developed to help you identify high-impact, interdisciplinary and experiential learning opportunities that complement your course of study. Explore the Lehigh 360 Database

 

Learn as an Individual with the Experts

At Lehigh, we’re innovating on the traditional model of education. You’ll be paired with top-notch faculty who will act as experts and mentors, and create an experience that is unmatched in higher education.

Solve Tomorrow’s Challenges Today

Lehigh students tackle real-world problems through hands-on, interdisciplinary learning that prepares them for the global workforce and long-term leadership. Through a problem-centered curriculum, students work on real challenges facing industries and communities, building critical thinking, resilience and innovative problem-solving.