The Oscar winner’s publicist confirmed to NBC News that Chastain, 48, has enrolled in a two-year Master in Public Administration program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Variety first reported the news that the actor and producer is currently a student at the prestigious Cambridge, Massachusetts, university.

Jessica Chastain has enrolled in Harvard University's Masters in Public Administration program at the school's John F. Kennedy School of Government, PEOPLE has learned.