As of 2003, the university had approximately 3000 undergraduates, 1300 graduate students and 500 faculty members.

The schools of the University include:

• The College of Arts and Sciences
• The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
• Lown School of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
• Rabb School of Summer and Continuing Studies
• The Brandeis International Business School
• The Volen National Center for Complex Systems

Brandeis is also known as home to the Rose Art Museum, a museum of modern and contemporary art.

The university boasts a very active student government, the Brandeis Student Union which can be found at http://union.brandeis.edu , as well as more than 200 student organizations, which are listed at http://my.brandeis.edu .

The current Provost of the university, Marty Krauss  is an expert on disability policy and family-based caregiving.

The Brandeis University Press publishes books in a variety of scholarly and general interest fields.

The university's athletic teams ("The Judges") compete in the University Athletic Association (UAA) conference of the NCAA Division III.

The College of Arts and Sciences is comprised of 24 departments and 22 interdepartmental programs, which offer 38 majors and 42 minors.