Academic Partnerships

Our unique four-college exchange program with Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania enables students to enhance their academic and social experiences in unprecedented ways. Haverford’s prime location on the “Main Line” provides easy access to these outstanding institutions.

Haverford students are not limited to Haverford’s course options alone—among Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, and Penn, there are more choices than one could imagine. More than 2,000 students are cross-registered between Haverford and Bryn Mawr, which is just one mile away.  Haverford also offers a 3-2 engineering program in which students spend three years at Haverford and two at Caltech, emerging with degrees from both institutions.

The close Haverford-Bryn Mawr relationship—referred to as “Bi-Co,” for Bi-College—allows students to enroll in classes or pursue a major at either school, as well as live and eat on either campus.  Many extracurricular activities such as the student newspaper (The Bi-College News), drama club, radio station (WHRC), social action groups, and intramural sports, operate jointly.