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Our community of learning has everything you need to thrive. From accounting to physics, explore PNW's 70+ areas of study.
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Areas of Study
Wherever your future takes you, PNW’s reputation for academic excellence and supportive faculty will push you to succeed.
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A Student-Centric Approach
PNW has everything you need to succeed, balancing a small-school feel with the resources of a premier metropolitan university.
“I love my major because it offered a true connection with my professors.”
All the professors I’ve made connections with have truly been there for me throughout my college career. They’re always willing to help and encourage me to succeed.
As a minority and first-generation student there were so many support services to take advantage of and so many people I could connect with and relate to.
The majority of classes in physics deal with very complex, mathematically and conceptually heavy topics and the smaller class sizes allow students the opportunity to communicate with the professors.
There's a close relationship between the faculty and the students. If you need help, you can just reach out, and they’ll respond.
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Colleges and Schools
From technology to tourism management, PNW’s colleges and schools will offer the hands-on knowledge you need to grow.
PNW Research
With 20 research centers, PNW lets you build your skills, connecting with experts in fields ranging from sales to cybersecurity.
Fun and Flexible
Explore new cultures, develop real-world skills and build unforgettable memories with PNW study-away programs!
Find Your Fit
Our blend of small classes and real-world learning helps you connect with professors who care and build skills to launch your career.
Learning doesn't just take place in the classroom—programs like PNW's award-winning student-produced television program builds the hands-on knowledge you need to succeed.
PNW is committed to real-world experience, and nowhere is that more evident than our newest building, the Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building. Located at the heart of our Hammond campus, this $41 million state-of-the-art facility has teaching classrooms for our nursing and biology students, including entire sections designed to look just like physicians’ offices or acute-care facilities.
PNW’s state-of-the-art Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) combines advanced simulation techniques and 3-D visualization to solve real-world engineering problems.
PNW’s high-tech White Lodging Professional Selling Lab lets students role-play sales scenarios to develop confidence and skills in the Sales minor program. The sales lab includes a flexible central classroom and six practice suites equipped with video-recording technology for use in practice job interviews and classroom instruction.
With nearly two dozen research and specialty centers, PNW lets you build your skills and connect with experts in fields ranging from sales to cybersecurity. State-of-the-art lab space gives students the opportunities to build abilities they will carry into their careers.
You'll roar with pride at commencement, knowing that your PNW experience has started you on the path to your dreams.
Part of the White Lodging School for Hospitality and Tourism Management, The Restaurant at Purdue Northwest allows students interested in hospitality and tourism the opportunity to gain experience in an elegant setting. This building features a state-of-the-art beverage lab and kitchen spaces as well as a professionally-equipped restaurant offering both front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house experiences.