Life at HDS
Update: March 20, 2020: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 response, many resources, offices, and businesses have paused or shifted their service delivery. Please check each area of support below for any changes as well as the HDS Coronavirus Update page for the latest news and information.
There is much more to the graduate experience at HDS than time spent in the classroom and in academic study. The richness of activity at HDS, and in the wider Harvard, Cambridge, Boston, and Somerville communities, provides boundless opportunities for engagement and learning.
Community Life
HDS holistically supports students both in and outside the classroom. Students have access to many personal and academic resources as well as to diverse opportunities for community involvement.
Spiritual Life
The world's many religions and spiritual traditions are practiced as much as they are studied at HDS, with astonishing variety, texture, criticism, love, and devotion. Learn more.
Career Services
Start planning for life after HDS right away with lifetime career resources for students and alumni.
Employers: connect with HDS grads here.
Student Voices
“As someone who is both a spiritual leader and an activism organizer, my activism is an extension of my practice.”
—Rod Owens
The Student Experience at HDS
Current students talk about what it's like to be part of the HDS community (2019 Open House for Prospective Students)