SCHEV Approves New W&M School

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) approved William & Mary’s School of Computing, Data Sciences & Physics on July 23.

The school brings together four of the university’s high-performing units: applied science, computer science, data science and physics. William & Mary’s Board of Visitors unanimously approved the new administrative structure in November 2023.

To be housed in the heart of campus with the completion of phase four of the Integrated Science Center in fall 2025, the school will be a space where graduate and undergraduate students excel in a combination of disciplines and where research opportunities will be expanded, continuing to attract world-class faculty and external investments.

“I appreciate SCHEV’s shared commitment to preparing broadly educated, forward-thinking citizens and professionals,” says W&M President Katherine A. Rowe. “The jobs of tomorrow belong to those prepared to solve tomorrow’s problems. Machine learning, artificial intelligence, computational modeling — these are essential modes of critical thinking and core to a liberal arts education in the 21st century.”