About the University

Western New England University (WNE) is a private, nationally-ranked, comprehensive institution with a focus on preparing work-ready and world-ready graduates. Founded in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts as a division Northeastern College, WNE’s 215-acre suburban campus serves more than 4,000 students each year, including over 2,500 full-time undergraduates. More than 47,000 alumni have earned degrees through its 100+ undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and School of Law. Students come from 42 U.S. states and territories and 22 countries. Of over 45,000 living alumni, about 30% remain within the region, residing in the four western Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut.

WNE is classified among nationally-ranked universities in U.S. News & World Report, and among its Top Undergraduate Engineering programs, and in the Doctoral/Professional Universities category in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Programs, Colleges, Faculty and Students

Western New England University offers a wide range of undergraduate degree programs as well as graduate and doctoral programs in Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Law, Occupational Therapy, and Pharmacy. There are 213 full-time faculty members in the University’s four Colleges and School of Law.

The University serves 4,018 students: 2,578 full-time undergraduates; 175 part-time undergraduates; 539 graduate students; and 413 doctoral-level professional practice students in law, 208 in pharmacy, and 105 in occupational therapy.

Our Mission

The hallmark of the Western New England experience is an unwavering focus on and attention to each student’s academic and personal development, including learning outside the classroom. Faculty, dedicated to excellence in teaching and research, and often nationally recognized in their fields, teach in an environment of warmth and personal concern where small classes predominate. Administrative and support staff work collaboratively with faculty in attending to student development so that each student’s academic and personal potential can be realized and appreciated. Western New England develops leaders and problem-solvers from among our students, whether in academics, intercollegiate athletics, extracurricular and cocurricular programs, collaborative research projects with faculty, or in partnership with the local community.

At Western New England, excellence in student learning goes hand in hand with the development of personal values such as integrity, accountability, and citizenship. Students acquire the tools to support lifelong learning and the skills to succeed in the global workforce. Equally important, all members of our community are committed to guiding students in their development to become informed and responsible leaders in their local and global communities by promoting a campus culture of respect, civility, tolerance, environmental awareness, and social responsibility. We are positioned well to accomplish these goals as a truly comprehensive institution whose faculty and staff have historically collaborated in offering an integrated program of liberal and professional learning in the diverse fields of arts and sciences, business, engineering, law, pharmacy, and occupational therapy.

Our Core Values

• Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Scholarship

• Student-centered Learning

• A Sense of Community

• Cultivation of a Pluralistic Society

• Innovative Integrated Liberal and Professional Education

• Commitment to Academic, Professional, and Community Service

• Stewardship of our Campus