Welcome to Wake Forest.
At Wake Forest University, academics will be at the heart of your whole-student education. Our faculty members are exceptional teacher-scholars dedicated to your intellectual and personal growth.
Class of 2029
Information on how to enroll, next steps, and important resources for our newest class of Demon Deacons.
This is a Remarkable Place.
Wake Forest University invites you to pursue the life of the mind with enthusiasm, put our cherished motto of Pro Humanitate (“for humanity”) into action, build lifelong friendships, and connect your academic learning to the world through service, clubs, student government, athletics, civic engagement, field trips, study abroad, internships, and so much more.
You will think better, analyze harder, integrate more, and communicate more effectively, which will separate you from your peers and propel you into leadership. And you will choose a major that thrills you while, at the same time, giving you expert knowledge and skills.
No other university better prepares you to live a life of such meaning and purpose. We are enthused by your being here to learn more about us.
Apply to Wake Forest
Learn about the steps you need to take to become part of our next class of incoming first-year and transfer students at Wake Forest.
Majors & Academics
There are 49 majors and 60+ minors for you to explore here. Following the engaged liberal-arts philosophy, your academic journey will allow you to learn alongside world-class faculty, researchers and innovators.
Explore & Visit
What better way to experience Wake Forest than by taking a tour of our beautiful campus and meeting the people who make up our dynamic community.
The Campus Experience
Why come to Wake Forest? Come here because you want to understand yourself and society in new ways and from many different perspectives, including research, discovery, performance, innovation, public engagement, creativity, and living in community.
Affordability
Wake Forest is committed to meeting 100% of demonstrated need with a combination of grants, scholarships, work study, and loans. We are dedicated to making a Wake Forest education accessible.
Let’s Have a Conversation
Our live online information sessions, offered throughout much of the year, will help you understand how you may actualize your potential at Wake Forest.
Leadership & Character
In the spirit of its motto, Pro Humanitate, Wake Forest is a national leader in the study of leadership and character and how those concepts impact the world. The commitment to leadership and character is evident throughout the academic and co-curricular experience.
From the Forest Blog
Our blog shares information about our application questions, optional interviews and video submissions, and admissions procedures. We then let you know all the ways you can share with us your talents and accomplishments, thoughts and ideas, and motivations.
- Waitlist Update (6/3/25)June 1 is the first of our reply dates, and it exists as the initial “threshold” in our waitlist process. Applicants who indicated June 1 as their response day – […]
- Waitlist UpdateThe May 1 deadline for admitted students to enroll has now passed, and, while we celebrate those who have accepted our offers of admission, we also have some open seats […]
Your Next Four Years
The Wake Forest campus has been called one of the nation’s most beautiful by several sources. But don’t let the fall foliage fool you. Beauty and bustle happily coexist in a place where challenge and opportunity are waiting for you in every corner of your experience here.
There’s almost always something going on, and you don’t have to work hard to find it.
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