Facts & Figures
Total Postdocs at Harvard
Harvard University provides advanced training for more postdoctoral scholars than any other institution of higher learning in the United States. In addition to the Schools listed below, postdoctoral fellows in the affiliated teaching hospitals are also given university postdoctoral appointments, bringing the total number of postdoctoral fellows associated with Harvard to more than 3,000.
The following table is a snapshot of the distribution of postdoctoral fellows among the Schools and research institutions across Harvard University:
| Harvard Business School (HBS) | 12 | ||
| Graduate School of Design (GSD) | 9 | ||
| Harvard Divinity School (HDS) | 1 | ||
| Graduate School of Education (GSE) | 27 | ||
| Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) | 835 | ||
| Kennedy School of Government (KSG) | 91 | ||
| Harvard Law School (HLS) | 18 | ||
| Harvard Medical School (HMS) | 826 | ||
| Harvard School of Public Health | 221 | ||
| School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) | 150 | ||
| Other Institutional Units | 18 | ||
| Total | 2208 | ||
Harvard University Postdoctoral Fellows Count by Job Code, Pay Group, Gender, and Ethnicity, Harvard University Office of Human Resources Information Management Services, June 2009
National Reports on Postdoctoral Scholarship
- Association of American Medical Colleges: Compact Between Postdoctoral Appointees and their Mentors
- Association of American Universities: Postdoctoral Education Survey Summary of Results
- National Academy of Science: Bridges to Independence: Fostering the Independence of New Investigators in Biomedical Research
- National Academy of Science: Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers: A Guide for Postdoctoral Scholars, Advisers, Institutions, Funding Organizations, and Disciplinary Societies
- National Science Foundation: Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2004
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society: Doctors without Orders: highlights of the Sigma Xi Postdoc Survey