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'''Bates College''' ({{IPAc-en|b|eɪ|t|s|
}})<ref>{{Citation|last=Spencer|first=Clayton|title=Bates College Commencement 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaeZOHppMrQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/UaeZOHppMrQ| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=April 20, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> is a [[Private college|private]] [[liberal arts college]] in [[Lewiston, Maine]]. Anchored by the [[Historic Quad]], the campus of Bates totals {{convert|813|acres|ha|abbr=on}}. It maintains {{convert|600|acres|ha|abbr=on}} of nature preserve known as the "[[Bates-Morse Mountain]]" near [[Campbell Island (Maine)|Campbell Island]] and a coastal center on [[Atkins Bay]]. With an annual enrollment of approximately 1,800 students, it is the smallest college in its athletic conference.
 
Bates provides undergraduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering and offers joint undergraduate programs. A baccalaureate college, the undergraduate program requires all students to complete a thesis before graduation, and has a privately funded research enterprise. In addition to being a part of the "[[Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium|Maine Big Three]]", Bates competes in the [[New England Small College Athletic Conference]] (NESCAC) with 31 varsity teams, and 13 club teams.