Harvey Mudd College was founded in 1955 with the aim of offering education in the areas of engineering, science, and mathematics. The college officially started functioning in 1957 with forty-eight students and a faculty of seven people. Harvey Mudd College offers major programmes in areas of biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, humanities, arts & social sciences, and other off-campus major and joint programmes in chemistry and biology, computer science and mathematics, mathematical and computational biology, and mathematics and physics.
Harvey Mudd College offers residential facilities to the students where students get to learn and live together in a friendly environment. There are nine residential halls categorized into inner dorm or outer dorm where most of them are offered with legacy suites. All the rooms of the inner dorm are organised into two rooms having a courtyard connected by a bathroom. The outer dorm has rooms having a common suite lounge and bathroom where four to nine students can live sharing single, double and triple occupancy rooms.
Harvey Mudd College offers residential facilities to the students where students get to learn and live together in a friendly environment. There are nine residential halls categorized into inner dorm or outer dorm where most of them are offered with legacy suites. All the rooms of the inner dorm are organised into two rooms having a courtyard connected by a bathroom. The outer dorm has rooms having a common suite lounge and bathroom where four to nine students can live sharing single, double and triple occupancy rooms.
Harvey Mudd College has a department that supports the health and wellness of students called The Office of Health and Wellness (OHW). The OHW takes care of the wellness of students dealing with emotional, career, social, intellectual, spiritual, physical, environmental, and financial issues. The Office of Health and Wellness also organises various events and services to spread awareness about mental health and other health issues. Students can consult the OHW staff in case of any mental health and wellness issues.