Clark University is a private liberal arts-based research university founded in 1887 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Distinguished as one of the original 14 charter members of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and historically notable for hosting Sigmund Freud’s only American lectures (1909) and launching the modern rocketry revolution through physics professor Dr. Robert H. Goddard, Clark pairs world-class research with intimate undergraduate and graduate mentorship. Home to approximately 3,800 students from more than 80 nations, Clark is globally celebrated for its Graduate School of Geography (consistently ranked among the top in the world and creator of the IDRISI/TerrSet GIS software), the Becker School of Design & Technology (ranked #3 globally for Game Design by The Princeton Review), its AACSB-accredited School of Management, and the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Operating with a high-impact model of experiential liberal arts and rigorous laboratory science, Clark empowers students to address pressing global issues in sustainability, climate change, social justice, computational technology, and global development.

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