{
  "_description": "Canonical department taxonomy. Maps variant department names to standardized categories. Used to normalize department names across universities for consistent display and comparison.",
  "_version": "1.0",
  "_date": "2026-03-31",
  "STEM": {
    "Computer Science": {
      "canonical": "Computer Science",
      "variants": [
        "Computer Science",
        "Computer Science & Eng",
        "Computer Science & Engineering",
        "Computer Science - School of Engineering and Applied Science",
        "Computer & Systems Eng",
        "Computer Engineering",
        "Computer Engineering - School of Engineering and Applied Science",
        "Computing + Mathematical Sciences",
        "Human-Centered Computing",
        "Golisano College of Computing",
        "Computing & Software Systems (Bothell)",
        "Computer Science & Systems (Tacoma)",
        "Mathematical and Computer Sciences",
        "Computer and Information Sciences"
      ]
    },
    "Electrical & Computer Engineering": {
      "canonical": "Electrical & Computer Engineering",
      "variants": [
        "Electrical & Computer Eng",
        "Electrical & Computer Engineering",
        "Electrical Eng",
        "Electrical Engineering",
        "Electrical Engineering - School of Engineering and Applied Science",
        "Electrical Eng & Computer Science",
        "Electrical and Computer Engineering",
        "Electric power engineering",
        "Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering"
      ]
    },
    "Mechanical Engineering": {
      "canonical": "Mechanical Engineering",
      "variants": [
        "Mechanical Eng",
        "Mechanical Engineering",
        "Mechanical & Aerospace Eng",
        "Mechanical & Civil Engineering",
        "Mechanical/Materials Eng",
        "Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - School of Engineering and Applied Science",
        "Engineering Mechanics"
      ]
    },
    "Chemical Engineering": {
      "canonical": "Chemical Engineering",
      "variants": [
        "Chemical Eng",
        "Chemical Engineering",
        "Chemical & Biochemical Eng",
        "Chemical & Biological Eng",
        "Chemical & Biomolecular Eng",
        "Chemical Engineering - School of Engineering and Applied Science",
        "Chemical and Biological Engineering",
        "Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering",
        "Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Refining",
        "Chemical and Petroleum-Refining Engineering"
      ]
    },
    "Civil & Environmental Engineering": {
      "canonical": "Civil & Environmental Engineering",
      "variants": [
        "Civil & Environmental Eng",
        "Civil Eng",
        "Civil Engineering",
        "Civil Engineering - School of Engineering and Applied Science",
        "Civil and Environmental Engineering",
        "Civil, Arch & Environmental Eng",
        "Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering"
      ]
    },
    "Biomedical Engineering": {
      "canonical": "Biomedical Engineering",
      "variants": [
        "Biomedical Eng",
        "Biomedical Engineering",
        "Biomedical Engineering - School of Engineering and Applied Science",
        "Bioengineering"
      ]
    },
    "Aerospace Engineering": {
      "canonical": "Aerospace Engineering",
      "variants": [
        "Aerospace Eng",
        "Aerospace Engineering",
        "Aerospace & Ocean Eng",
        "Aeronautical engineering",
        "Aeronautics & Astronautics",
        "Aero & Astro",
        "Aerospace (GALCIT)"
      ]
    },
    "Materials Science & Engineering": {
      "canonical": "Materials Science & Engineering",
      "variants": [
        "Materials Science & Eng",
        "Materials Science & Engineering",
        "Materials Science - School of Engineering and Applied Science",
        "Materials Science and Engineering",
        "Material Science & Engineering",
        "Material Science and Engineering",
        "Materials Science and NanoEngineering",
        "Metallurgical Engineering",
        "Metallurgical and Materials Engineering",
        "Mining & Minerals Eng"
      ]
    },
    "Industrial Engineering": {
      "canonical": "Industrial Engineering",
      "variants": [
        "Industrial Eng",
        "Industrial Engineering",
        "Industrial & Systems Eng",
        "Industrial & Manufacturing Eng",
        "Industrial and Systems Engineering",
        "Industrial & Management Eng"
      ]
    },
    "Nuclear Engineering": {
      "canonical": "Nuclear Engineering",
      "variants": [
        "Nuclear Eng",
        "Nuclear Engineering",
        "Nuclear Engineering Sciences",
        "Mining & Nuclear Eng"
      ]
    },
    "Environmental Engineering": {
      "canonical": "Environmental Engineering",
      "variants": [
        "Environmental Eng",
        "Environmental Engineering",
        "Environmental Engineering Sciences",
        "Environmental Science and Engineering"
      ]
    },
    "Mining & Petroleum Engineering": {
      "canonical": "Mining & Petroleum Engineering",
      "variants": [
        "Mining/Petroleum Eng",
        "Mining Engineering",
        "Petroleum Eng",
        "Petroleum Engineering",
        "Geological & Mining Eng",
        "Geosciences & Geo/Petroleum Eng"
      ]
    },
    "Engineering (General)": {
      "canonical": "Engineering (General)",
      "variants": [
        "Engineering",
        "Kate Gleason College of Eng",
        "Engineering Science & Mechanics",
        "Engineering physics",
        "Engineering science",
        "Systems Engineering",
        "Systems engineering",
        "Systems Engineering - School of Engineering and Applied Science",
        "Management Science & Eng",
        "Decision Sciences & Eng Systems",
        "Reliability Engineering",
        "Computational and Mathematical Engineering",
        "Fire Protection Engineering",
        "Textile Engineering",
        "Construction Management",
        "Engineering Mgmt & Systems Eng",
        "Engineering Management",
        "College of Applied Science & Tech",
        "College of Science",
        "Energy Resources Eng",
        "Architectural Sciences",
        "Medical Engineering"
      ]
    },
    "Physics": {
      "canonical": "Physics",
      "variants": [
        "Physics",
        "Physics & Astronomy",
        "Physiology & Biophysics",
        "Applied Physics"
      ]
    },
    "Chemistry": {
      "canonical": "Chemistry",
      "variants": [
        "Chemistry",
        "Chemistry - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences",
        "Medicinal Chemistry"
      ]
    },
    "Biochemistry": {
      "canonical": "Biochemistry",
      "variants": [
        "Biochemistry",
        "Biological Chemistry"
      ]
    },
    "Mathematics & Statistics": {
      "canonical": "Mathematics & Statistics",
      "variants": [
        "Mathematics/Statistics",
        "Mathematics",
        "Applied Mathematics",
        "Statistics",
        "Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation",
        "Computational and Applied Mathematics",
        "Biostatistics"
      ]
    },
    "Biology": {
      "canonical": "Biology",
      "variants": [
        "Biology",
        "Biological Sciences",
        "Molecular/Cell Biology",
        "Molecular & Cellular Biology",
        "Molecular Biotechnology",
        "Molecular Engineering",
        "Molecular Medicine"
      ]
    },
    "Neuroscience": {
      "canonical": "Neuroscience",
      "variants": [
        "Neuroscience"
      ]
    },
    "Genetics & Genomics": {
      "canonical": "Genetics & Genomics",
      "variants": [
        "Genetics",
        "Bioinformatics"
      ]
    },
    "Ecology & Evolution": {
      "canonical": "Ecology & Evolution",
      "variants": [
        "Ecology/Evolution",
        "Quantitative Ecology & Resource Management"
      ]
    },
    "Microbiology": {
      "canonical": "Microbiology",
      "variants": [
        "Microbiology"
      ]
    },
    "Earth & Atmospheric Sciences": {
      "canonical": "Earth & Atmospheric Sciences",
      "variants": [
        "Geosciences",
        "Atmospheric/Ocean Sciences",
        "Earth & Space Sciences",
        "Geology",
        "Geophysics",
        "Oceanography",
        "Atmospheric Sciences",
        "Earth Science",
        "Geological Sciences",
        "Geological and Environmental Sciences",
        "Geology and Geological Engineering"
      ]
    },
    "Agriculture & Life Sciences": {
      "canonical": "Agriculture & Life Sciences",
      "variants": [
        "Agriculture & Life Sciences",
        "Fisheries",
        "Forestry",
        "Nutritional Sciences",
        "Pathobiology",
        "Pathology",
        "Animal Sciences",
        "Animal Science",
        "Entomology",
        "Entomology and Nematology",
        "Horticultural Sciences",
        "Plant Pathology",
        "Plant Science",
        "Fiber & Polymer Science",
        "Food Science",
        "Food Science & Technology",
        "Agronomy",
        "Crop Science",
        "Forest Resources and Conservation",
        "Agricultural Education and Communication",
        "Interdisciplinary Ecology",
        "Marine, Earth & Atmos Sciences",
        "Food Science & Human Nutrition",
        "Soil & Water Sciences",
        "Soil and Water Science",
        "Wildlife Ecology and Conservation",
        "Natural Resources",
        "Agricultural & Biological Eng",
        "Biological & Agri Engineering",
        "Biological Systems Eng"
      ]
    },
    "Astronomy": {
      "canonical": "Astronomy",
      "variants": [
        "Astronomy"
      ]
    },
    "Data Science": {
      "canonical": "Data Science",
      "variants": [
        "Data Science",
        "Information Systems",
        "Information Science"
      ]
    },
    "Health Sciences": {
      "canonical": "Health Sciences",
      "variants": [
        "Health Sciences",
        "Epidemiology",
        "Global Health",
        "Public Health",
        "Public Health Genetics",
        "Health Services",
        "Environmental Health",
        "Pharmaceutical Sciences",
        "Pharmaceutics",
        "Pharmacology",
        "Immunology",
        "Laboratory Medicine",
        "Comparative Medicine",
        "Rehabilitation Medicine",
        "Dentistry",
        "Nursing",
        "Medical Sciences",
        "Biomedical Informatics",
        "Developmental Biology"
      ]
    },
    "Nanoscience": {
      "canonical": "Nanoscience",
      "variants": [
        "Nanoscience"
      ]
    },
    "Operations Research": {
      "canonical": "Operations Research",
      "variants": [
        "Operations Research",
        "Transportation Eng",
        "Transportation engineering"
      ]
    }
  },
  "Non-STEM": {
    "Education": {
      "canonical": "Education",
      "variants": [
        "Education",
        "Education (Bothell)",
        "Education (Seattle)",
        "Education (Tacoma)"
      ]
    },
    "Psychology": {
      "canonical": "Psychology",
      "variants": [
        "Psychology"
      ]
    },
    "Economics": {
      "canonical": "Economics",
      "variants": [
        "Economics"
      ]
    },
    "Political Science": {
      "canonical": "Political Science",
      "variants": [
        "Political Science",
        "Public Administration",
        "Public Affairs"
      ]
    },
    "Sociology": {
      "canonical": "Sociology",
      "variants": [
        "Sociology",
        "Social Work",
        "Social Welfare"
      ]
    },
    "History": {
      "canonical": "History",
      "variants": [
        "History",
        "Medical History & Ethics"
      ]
    },
    "English & Literature": {
      "canonical": "English & Literature",
      "variants": [
        "English/Literature",
        "English",
        "Comparative Literature",
        "Classical Languages & Literature"
      ]
    },
    "Business": {
      "canonical": "Business",
      "variants": [
        "Business",
        "Business Administration"
      ]
    },
    "Communication": {
      "canonical": "Communication",
      "variants": [
        "Communication",
        "Communications",
        "Scientific & Technical Communication",
        "Mass Communication"
      ]
    },
    "Philosophy": {
      "canonical": "Philosophy",
      "variants": [
        "Philosophy"
      ]
    },
    "Music & Arts": {
      "canonical": "Music & Arts",
      "variants": [
        "Music",
        "Art",
        "Art History",
        "Fine Arts",
        "Digital Arts & Experimental Media",
        "Theater",
        "Drama",
        "Design",
        "Ethnomusicology"
      ]
    },
    "Foreign Languages": {
      "canonical": "Foreign Languages",
      "variants": [
        "Foreign Languages",
        "Asian Languages & Literature",
        "French & Italian",
        "German",
        "Hispanic Studies",
        "Linguistics",
        "Near Eastern Languages & Literature",
        "Romance Languages & Literature",
        "Russian & East European Studies",
        "Scandinavian Languages & Literature",
        "Slavic Languages & Literature"
      ]
    },
    "Law": {
      "canonical": "Law",
      "variants": [
        "Law"
      ]
    },
    "Area Studies": {
      "canonical": "Area Studies",
      "variants": [
        "International Studies",
        "East Asian Studies",
        "Near & Middle Eastern Studies",
        "Cinema & Media Studies",
        "Museology",
        "Geography"
      ]
    },
    "Other Non-STEM": {
      "canonical": "Other Non-STEM",
      "variants": [
        "Architecture",
        "Built Environment",
        "Landscape Architecture",
        "Urban Planning",
        "Women's Studies",
        "Gender, Women & Sexuality",
        "Religious Studies",
        "Anthropology",
        "Criminal Justice",
        "Journalism",
        "Library Science",
        "Kinesiology",
        "Speech & Hearing Sciences",
        "Individual Program",
        "Urban and Regional Planning",
        "City & Regional Planning",
        "Theology"
      ]
    }
  }
}