Widener University

Chester

As a leading metropolitan university, we achieve our mission at Widener by creating a learning environment where curricula are connected to societal issues through civic engagement. We lead by providing a unique combination of liberal arts and professional education in a challenging, scholarly, and culturally diverse academic community. We engage our students through dynamic teaching, active scholarship, personal attention, and experiential learning. We inspire our students to be citizens of character who demonstrate professional and civic leadership. We contribute to the vitality and well-being of the communities we serve. As a multicampus, independent university, Widener offers programs of study at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The university embraces the sciences and liberal arts as the essential foundation for all baccalaureate education and is dedicated to the integration of liberal and professional studies. Graduate offerings are focused on applied, clinical and professional programs. As a metropolitan university, Widener is committed to serving the educational needs of its communities, and is known for academic innovation and program development.