The president of Tufts University is the chief administrator of the university and is appointed by the chair of the Board of Trustees of Tufts College.^[1] The president is appointed by the board who leads and directs the university. The current incumbent is Sunil Kumar.

#	Image	President	Tufts class	Life	Tenure	Notes
1		Hosea Ballou II	–	1796–1861	1853–1860	Tufts College is established in Medford, MA (1852) on Walnut Hill.
–		Oliver Dean[2]	–	1783–1871	1860–1862	(acting president); founded Dean Academy in 1865
2		Alonzo Ames Miner	–	1814–1895	1862–1875	Expansion and Civil War
3		Elmer Hewitt Capen	1860	1838–1905	1875–1905	First alum to be president
4		Frederick W. Hamilton	1860	1860–1940	1905–1912	Jackson College founded
–		William Leslie Hooper	1877	1855–1918	1912–1914	(acting president)
5		Hermon Carey Bumpus	1905	1862–1943	1915–1919
6		John Albert Cousens	1898	1874–1937	1919–1937	Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy founded
–		George Stewart Miller	1906	1884–1971	1937–1938	(acting president)
7		Leonard Carmichael	1920	1898–1973	1938–1952
8		Nils Yngve Wessell	–	1914–2007	1953–1966
–		Leonard Chapin Mead	–	1913–2002	1966–1967	(acting president)
9		Burton Crosby Hallowell	–	1915–2006	1967–1976
10		Jean Mayer	–	1920–1993	1976–1992
11		John A. DiBiaggio	–	1932–2020	1992–2001
12		Lawrence S. Bacow[3]	–	1951–	September 1, 2001–July 31, 2011	[4][5][6]
13		Anthony Monaco[7]	–	1959–	August 1, 2011 – June 30, 2023	[8][9] Tufts acquires the School of the Museum of Fine Arts
14		Sunil Kumar	–		July 1, 2023–present	[10]

source^[11]

• Official Website