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• Location: Rhode Island

Roger Williams University (RWU) is a leading independent, coeducational liberal arts university ranked among the top 10 comprehensive colleges in the northern United States by U.S. News and World Report. Located on 140 acres on the northeast coast of the U.S. in the New England seacoast town of Bristol, Rhode Island, Roger Williams University is named after the state's founder, also credited as the originator of the belief of separation of church and state, and an advocate of cultural and religious tolerance.

A set of core values guides the University community in fulfilling the Roger Williams University mission to educate all students to become productive citizens of the social and professional communities in which they will live and build their careers:

• love of learning as an intrinsic value
• preparation for careers and future study
• collaboration of students and faculty in research
• commitment to community service
• appreciation of global perspectives
• promotion of civil discourse

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A young institution (currently in its 52nd year), Roger Williams University has quickly established itself as a leader in global education. With 40 academic programs and a robust array of athletic and co-curricular opportunities available on campus, the University is committed to its vision of learning to bridge the world, offering study abroad programs in more than 30 countries. In 2002, RWU became the first U.S. institution to offer scholarships to Afghan women through the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women, and over the last several years has welcomed an increasingly international student population to its campus.

A dynamic educational environment in which students live and learn to be citizens of the world, RWU 2020 —- the University's current strategic plan, named for the year in which today's kindergartners will enter college -— will position Roger Williams University as a leader in preparing students for life as citizen-scholars in the 21st century.

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Accreditations and Affiliations

• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
• American Bar Association
• American Chemical Society
• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
• American Council for Construction Education
• Association of American Law Schools
• National Architectural Accreditation Board
• National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification
• New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Faculty: 207 full-time faculty, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 12:1

Class Size: Average is 20 students

Enrollment: 3,800 full-time undergraduates from across the nation and 42 countries; and 813 graduate, law and professional students.

Student Population: 50 percent male, 50 percent female

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Academic Programs

Academic Opportunities: RWU offers 40 majors, and 10 percent of students study two majors simultaneously (double major). The University recognizes the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program as a program that is academically and intellectually rigorous. Students accepted to Roger Williams University who have received an IB Diploma from a regionally accredited secondary school are eligible to receive a maximum of 30 credits, the equivalent of one year of studies, in transfer credit on a course-by-course basis.

Top Academic Majors Offered: Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Architecture and Pre-Medicine / Pre-Law

Scholarships: International students are also eligible to receive any of a number of merit-based scholarships offered by the University. RWU offers several Presidential Excellence Scholarships (US $16,000 per year) as well as a number of Achievement Scholarships (from US $10,000 to $13,000 per year) annually. These scholarships are based on superior academic performance and are renewable for the length of the student's studies.

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Living on Campus: Our residence halls offer a variety of living arrangements from singles and traditional residence hall rooms to suites and apartments. Your freshman year, you will probably find yourself in Cedar, Maple or Willow Hall -– our traditional residences comprised primarily of freshmen (first-year students) with a few sophomores (second-year students) in the mix. Residence halls for upperclassmen consist mostly of suites and apartment-style options, many of which are complete with kitchen facilities, a lounge area with pool tables, a coffeehouse, convenience store and seminar rooms.

Type of University: Small-sized, Private, Comprehensive, Coeducational

Location

• North East United States / New England Region
• Safe, sub-urban setting
• 30 minutes from Providence, Rhode Island
• One hour from Boston, Massachusetts
• Three hours from New York City

We look forward to welcoming you to Roger Williams University! To learn more:

• Review our academic programs, and select the ones that interest you
• Contact Mr. Wesley Roy, Associate Director of International Admission: wroy@rwu.edu or intadmit@rwu.edu
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