The J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences is the University of Arkansas'

University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...

 college

College

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 for students with interest in the liberal arts

Liberal arts

The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...

. It is named for former University President and United States Senator

United States Senate

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 J. William Fulbright

J. William Fulbright

James William Fulbright was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975.Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist who supported the creation of the United Nations and the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...

. The College has 19 different academic departments. Fulbright College's Creative Writing and Translation programs rank among the top in the Nation.

In 2005, Fulbright College held the majority of majors at the University of Arkansas.