Ursinus College

"Ursinus is a remarkable college--student centered, academically rigorous, ambitious, achieving, serious about students in the community--focused, in other words, on the right things."

The mission of Ursinus College is to enable students to become independent, responsible, and thoughtful individuals through a program of liberal education. That education prepares them to live creatively and usefully, and to provide leadership for their society in an interdependent world.

A central principle of the Ursinus experience is that students and faculty are colleagues and partners in their educational endeavors. From the day you arrive and enroll in the first-year Common Intellectual Experience--the "great books" course that prompted the Newsweek/Kaplan Guide to cite Ursinus for the "Hottest Freshman Year"--until you complete your Independent Learning Experience as a senior, you will be working closely with the most dedicated and effective faculty I have ever known. Ursinus has been called electric, inviting, exciting; a college that changes lives.

The attractive campus provides an ideal setting for liberal education.Academic and social life at Ursinus College intersect on a graceful plaza and brick walkway linking academic buildings, residence halls and the student center. The plaza provides settings where students and faculty can pause for conversations with one another. Ursinus students have the educational and aesthetic advantages of the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, which offers exhibitions and events for the campus community and maintains an important outdoor sculpture collection. The campus setting is enhanced by the presence of a collection of outdoor sculpture by noted artists, provided through the generosity of Philip and Muriel Berman. A printed guide is available, complete with information about the sculptures and artists.

There's plenty going on around our 168-acre campus, but when you need a little more action the buzzing metropolis of Philadelphia is only 25 miles away. The Ursinus Philly Connection provides access to one of the nation's largest centers for the arts, biotechnology, information technology, college and professional sports, media, and sales and marketing.

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