On our beautiful campus, in close community, we grow into the connected, ethical leaders the world urgently needs. Sweet Briar offers hands-on academics, a focus on women’s leadership, an innovative academic calendar designed for experiential learning, and a deep connection to our land. Together, we learn by doing. In our labs, in our greenhouse, in our barns and on our teams, we shape our community and our future.
On our 2,840 acres, students can explore sustainability, agriculture and other environmental topics. In our vineyard, apiary and greenhouse, they get to practice what they learn.
Nationally, only 13% of U.S. engineers are female. Our engineering program is ABET accredited, which means it meets agreed-upon standards set by professional engineering organizations. We excel at preparing women for the field, through project-based, hands-on learning. This focus, shared by all our STEM majors, is exactly what employers and competitive graduate programs told us they are looking for.
Sweet Briar has thriving programs in the visual and performing arts, adding vitality to campus life. The College is also neighbor to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, one of the world’s leading residential artists communities that hosts as many 400 visual artists, writers, and composers a year from around the world.
AJ Jenkins
Class of 2023, Engineering and Math, with a minor in Theatre
Damarys Rodrigues
Class of 2024, Art History and English and Creative Writing
Engineering at Sweet Briar is based on a hands-on, lab-intensive curriculum.
Our 2,840-acre campus is a living laboratory and outdoor classroom.
We forge ethical leaders with the skill, compassion, and vision to create a more just and sustainable world.
Our tradition of riding excellence goes back more than 100 years.
A longstanding college tradition, Founders’ Day is held in September.
Fortunately for those in attendance, the rain never fell as Sweet Briar College held its 114th Commencement on May 13, 2023.
Sweet Briar College is pleased to announce that award-winning novelist and memoirist Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint will give the keynote speech at the 2023 Sweet Briar Summer: Arts and Writing Retreat being held on campus, June 22-25, 2023.
On March 22, 2023, Sweet Briar College held its annual Academic Recognition Dinner to celebrate students named to the Dean’s List and the First Year Honors List. We also recognized one member of the senior class as the 2023 Presidential Medalist.
