39 North Bennet St.
Boston, MA 02113

For more than 100 years, the North Bennet Street School has served as one of the nation's premier vocational schools in the nation. Students choose the North Bennet Street School for its commitment to academic and educational excellence and for its highly regarded reputation in the industry.

An education from the North Bennet Street School means more than just an academic certificate. The school aims to train students in their craft while maintaining the fundamentals of the trade, and remaining true to the traditional skills the trade requires. As technological advances have changed the shape of craftsmanship, the North Bennet Street School has adapted the advances to their training programs without compromising the fundamentals from which each trade profession was built.

Training programs offered at this post-secondary vocational school in Massachusetts are offered in a number of vocational areas including book binding, cabinet and furniture making, carpentry, jewelry, violin making, locksmithing, piano repairing, and carpentry. All the programs are a mixture of theoretical and technical courses in the classroom, and application of theory and development of skills in a practical real life environment. Students matriculate through the program with many of the same instructors and peers, enabling them to truly hone their skills and gain valuable feedback, mentorship, and individualized attention. The learning environment at this craftsmanship Training School is less authoritative and more pedagogical, which stimulates a new level of skill development.

In addition to traditional craft training programs, the North Bennet Street School offers a short-term workshop program designed to provide advanced training for both new students and working professionals. The program has grown so popular over the past few years that the number of workshops offered since its inception has increase by nearly 70 percent.

The North Bennet Street School remains committed to serving as a challenging academic center of excellence for the training of traditional craftsmanship trades.

Quick Facts:

The North Bennet Street School is fully accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of technology.

Classes at this post-secondary school in Massachusetts are small, enabling students to receive one on one individualized attention.

The North Bennet Street School boasts its own gallery, where students showcase their crafts.

The North Bennet Street School is the only school in the nation offering a full-time training program in book binding.

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