OpenFieldTransylvania University · Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Transylvania University is a historic private liberal arts university located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. Established in 1780 during the American Revolution, Transylvania is the oldest university in Kentucky and the 16th oldest in the nation, renowned for exceptional medical and law school placement rates, the Brown Science Center, and rigorous undergraduate research.
Transylvania offers over 45 majors and pre-professional programs across the Divisions of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Its distinctive academic calendar features a dedicated May term for immersive field research and travel courses, paired with high-performance instrumentation in chemistry and biology.
Admissions are selective and holistic, evaluating high school academic rigor, GPA, personal essays, and extracurricular commitment (test-optional available). All admitted students are automatically evaluated for merit scholarships up to full tuition.
High-placement biomedical program with a 90%+ medical school acceptance rate, featuring vertebrate dissection, molecular genetics research, and clinical internships at UK Chandler Hospital.
ACS-certified undergraduate chemistry curriculum in the Brown Science Center, featuring hands-on NMR spectroscopy, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and organic synthesis.
Comprehensive liberal arts computer science degree covering algorithm design, relational databases, web development frameworks, and machine learning models.
Interdisciplinary honors curriculum fostering rigorous constitutional analysis, public economic policy debate, and political philosophy, with nearly 100% law school placement.
Field-intensive program utilizing central Kentucky's karst geography and nature preserves for watershed hydrology, ecological restoration, and environmental sustainability policy.
Intensive 10-week faculty-mentored summer research fellowship in cellular biology, molecular biochemistry, or computational physics culminating in national conference presentations.
President & Professor of Business and Law
Office of the President
Dr. Brien Lewis serves as the 28th president of Transylvania University, an attorney and higher education executive who previously served as president of Catawb...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Biology & Chair of Division of Natural Sciences
Department of Biology
Dr. Belinda Sly is a developmental geneticist researching evolutionary changes in gene expression and morphological evolution, directing undergraduate laborator...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Chemistry & Kenan Endowed Professor
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Eva Csuhai is an organic and analytical chemist investigating synthesized heterocyclic compounds, green chemical oxidation reactions, and mentoring undergra...
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