Important Dates
This is the date on which Amherst College was inaugurated.
What is September 18, 1821?
This building, constructed in 1821, is the oldest on the Amherst College campus.
What is South Hall?
This is the current number of students enrolled at Amherst College
What is 1,914?
This is the total number of majors offered by Amherst College
What is 43?
These five institutions together make up the Five College Consortium.
What are Amherst College, UMass Amherst, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College?
This date marks one of President John F. Kennedy’s last public speeches before his assassination.
What is October 26, 1963?
This is the total number of residence halls on the Amherst College campus, including seven designated for first-year students.
What is 34?
This is the number of registered student organizations on the Amherst College campus.
What is 150?
This major is the most popular at Amherst College.
What is Mathematics?
This institution was the last to join the Five College Consortium.
What is Hampshire College?
This is the date when Amherst College became a coeducational institution
What is November 2, 1974?
Before becoming a dormitory, this Amherst College building was originally designed as a state-of-the-art gymnasium donated by Charles M. Pratt to honor Edward “Doc” Hitchcock.
What is Charles Pratt Hall?
This is the total number of students housed across all four Greenways Residence Halls.
What is 296?
This is the highest number of majors completed by a single student in Amherst College history.
What is four?
This is the maximum number of academic courses a student from another Five College campus may take at Amherst College in a single semester.
What is two?
On this date, Amherst College played in the first-ever intercollegiate baseball game against Williams College.
What is July 1, 1859?
This sustainable design feature of the New Student Center reflects Amherst College’s commitment to low-carbon construction and renewable energy.
What is repurposing the old Merrill Science Center’s concrete structure and using mass-timber construction with an all-renewable-energy kitchen?
This Amherst varsity team has earned three NCAA Division III team championships.
What is Women’s Basketball?
This is the number of courses required by the Amherst major with the most course requirements.
What is 14?
This downtown Amherst location, two blocks east of the Amherst Common, is home to the Five Colleges office.
What is 97 Spring Street?
This is the date when Amherst College adopted its motto, Terras Irradient (“Let them enlighten the lands”).
What is August 22, 1825?
This design feature of the Amherst College campus reflects a philosophy of openness rather than enclosure.
What are “ventilated” quads?
This SHEP-approved space on campus cannot currently host SHEP events.
What is Charles Drew House?
This is the major studied by Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus, Class of 1961, during his time at Amherst College.
What is English?
This shared academic resource allows students across the Five College Consortium to access millions of books and materials.
What is the Five College Library Depository?