Overview
Seeing the dearth of high quality engineering schools in the Bay area, Dr. Ramsey Carter and Dr. Barbara Brown started Northwestern Polytechnic University (NPU) on January 2, 1984 and soon thereafter incorporated as a California nonprofit public benefit institution.
The mission of Northwestern Polytechnic University is to provide advanced education for adult learners in order to cultivate growth and development in their professional and personal lives. NPU aims to bring qualified faculty who have active careers in high tech industries into contact with highly motivated students in a stimulating learning environment. NPU continually adapts its curricula to reflect the fast-paced, high tech environment. Currently NPU's programs focus on computer and business disciplines, leading both to undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Northwestern Polytechnic University is an academic institution accredited by the Accrediting Council for independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) to award bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctorate degrees. ACICS is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education and is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Top reasons to pursue your studies at NPU:
- Object & Career Goal Oriented Academic Programs
- Top Ranking among the >750 accredited independent professional colleges anduniversities in the US
- Quality Learning & Faculty
- One of the best of its kind (OCGO)
- Great Affordability & Economics
- Top 20 % most affordable fee structure among all US private institutions
- Comparable with nearly 50% of all the public institution fee structures
- Individually Tailored Study Plan
- Excellent Placement Rate
- 90% + for 10 consecutive years
- Superior Location & Modern Facilities
- Attractive & First Class Silicon Valley R&D Park settings
- Convenient Class Schedule
- More than 120 evening and weekend classes to choose from
- Personal Care & Attention
- Top institutional practices on and off campus
- Rich & Diverse Student Life
- Diverse student body from over 30 different countries
- Culture immersion and community integration
Location & Facilities
Northwestern Polytechnic University is ideally located in Fremont, California, the 4th largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Within easy reach of San Jose, the high-tech capital of the world, Fremont is also not far from the cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, and Palo Alto (Stanford University). The NPU campus is situated in a high-technology park in Fremont and is surrounded by international corporations and leaders in the information technology industry.
The campus buildings house the administrative offices, campus library and reading rooms, several electronics, communications, database, and simulation laboratories, assembly rooms, classrooms, computer workstation rooms, a student assembly hall, game room, and lunchroom, and several other functional facilities such as faculty offices and workrooms. The NPU dormitories are located just off campus in the neighboring residential community.
The City of Fremont, California, is truly one of the best-kept secrets of the Bay Area. It is safe, clean, a modern and relatively new community, well funded and well planned, and has one of the highest quality of life ratings of any city in the U.S. According to the Fremont Office of Economic Development, Fremont has a population of 208,000 people and over 1,200 high-tech firms. It has a convenient BART system (local train) and an extensive network of bus services. Residents can enjoy over 50 community parks within the city including beautiful Lake Elizabeth and scenic Central Park. Fremont is also very proud of the quality of its citizenry and has the lowest crime rate in the U.S. for cities with more than 200,000 people. Fremont's citizens are a diverse mix from all corners of the world: African Americans 3%, American Indians 0.3%, Asian 36.8%, Hispanic 13.5%, Pacific Islander 0.4%, White 41.4%, and Other 4.7%.