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Chester, PA 19013-5792

Widener University, founded in 1891, is a metropolitan university that offers numerous undergraduate, graduate degree programs in a wide-variety of programs. The university offers eight colleges and four campuses in Delaware and Pennsylvania. The main campus is located in the city of Chester, not far from Philadelphia. Widener University was ranked among the top 50 national universities in the third annual "Washington Monthly" college rankings.

At Widener, students can choose from more than 150 programs of study and numerous degrees including doctoral degrees, master's degrees, Associate Degrees and more. Some of the university undergraduate programs include philosophy, fine arts, biochemistry, environmental science and more.

Widener University's colleges include the college of arts and sciences, the university college, the school of nursing , the school of engineering and more. Despite Widener's vast campuses and broad array of programs, students can still take advantage of small class sizes with a 12 to one student to faculty ratio.

As one can imagine, Widener University offers a plethora of state of the art facilities accessible to students. Some include the Widener University Art Gallery & Collection. This facility at WU features a collection of 19th century European paintings, 18th century and 19th century Asian Art and much more. Another notable facility is the Wolfgram Memorial Library located on the main campus which contains a numerous volumes for students. On the Delaware Campus students can have access to one of the major law libraries in the region at the Widener School of Law Library Legal Information Center.

On campus students at WU can participate in many extra curricular activities, students organizational clubs and athletics. The athletics teams at Widener complete at the NCAA Division III intercollegiate level. There are numerous varsity sports available to men and women such as basketball, baseball, lacrosse, soccer and more. Most of the sports find their home in the Schwartz Athletic Center a state of the art facility which features a gymnasium, weight room, a championship size eight-Lane swimming pool and more.

Quick Facts:

Widener University Faculty represents 309 full-time members with 90% holding doctorate or highest degree in their field

The WU academic calendar consists of two semesters and summer sessions.

There are reportedly upwards of 53,000 total alumni.

The fall 2007 freshman class at Widener University included 782 students, the largest freshman class in the history of the university.

In 2007 total enrollment was 6,571 of which 2,789 were undergraduates, 1,700 were graduate students, 1589 were enrolled at the school of law, and 493 at the university college.


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