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Johnson & Wales University (JWU), a private, nonprofit NEASC-accredited institution, our unique education model is designed to inspire your professional success and lifelong intellectual growth. More than 17,000 students from nearly 100 countries are making their careers happen in our 40+ undergraduate, graduate, online, continuing education and accelerated programs in arts & sciences, business, culinary arts, hospitality, technology and education.
JWU students are ready to do what it takes to be the best in their career field, and they’re ready to start now. Are you one of them?
Making JWU Better for You
You learn by doing, applying skills in real-world settings — we’ve known this since 1914, when we first pioneered our hands-on education.
And we stay ahead of the rest, constantly improving our university, refining our programs, anticipating industry changes and making JWU a learning laboratory for students and faculty who are passionate about their careers and industry.
Unique Educational Model
Our educational approach is designed to help you identify your career field. You can develop a structured plan, starting your first term, to build industry knowledge, professional skills and practical work experience to excel.
Build a toolkit that serves you for life. Our unique education model integrates academics and professional skills, including real-world projects in our hands-on labs, taught by our industry-expert faculty.
Round out your education with related work experiences and structured internships around the globe, along with career services, community service and leadership opportunities.
It’s why our nearly 90,000 alumni from 140 countries chose JWU, and why so many of our graduates are defining career success today.
Choose Your JWU
Our 4 campuses offer the same JWU education, along with their own unique energy, weather, and a city that feels right to you — close to the industries and work experience opportunities that best fit your goals.
Get started at our Providence, North Miami, Denver & Charlotte campuses.
Mission & Guiding Principles
Johnson & Wales University … an exceptional education that inspires professional success and lifelong personal and intellectual growth.
In support of our mission and recognizing the importance of preserving our unique student- centered culture we will be guided by the following principles:
Undertake continuous improvement and planning for a sustainable future
Foster a teaching-focused university that encourages appropriate scholarship and offers relevant programs that maximize student potential
Enrich our academic programs with experiential and work-integrated learning
Be cost-conscious in our endeavor to provide an affordable private university education and be a good steward of our resources
Embrace diversity for a richly inclusive community
Model ethical behavior and local, national and global citizenship
Value our faculty and staff by investing in their quality of life and professional development
Provide facilities, technology and other resources to meet the needs of students, faculty and staff
University Essential Learning Outcomes
Professional Competence Graduates will demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to succeed in their chosen profession.
Foundation for Lifelong Learning Graduates will demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary for lifelong learning, including competence in communication, critical and creative thinking, quantitative and scientific reasoning, and the ability to evaluate, integrate, and apply knowledge from multiple perspectives when making decisions and solving problems.
Global and Community Citizenship Graduates will demonstrate the necessary skills, including an awareness of ethical responsibility and cultural/ global diversity, to live and work collaboratively as contributing members of society.
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