Bowdoin College (/ˈboʊdɪn/ (listen) BOH-din) is a private liberal arts college located in Brunswick, Maine. At the time Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint engineering programs with Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Caltech and The University of Maine.[5]