Fairleigh Dickinson University - Overview

The largest private university in New Jersey, FDU is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducatio, multicampus institution. Founded in 1942, FDU achieved four-year status in 1948 and approval as a university in 1956.

The University offers over 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including doctoral in nursing practice, clinical psychology and school psychology; and an AACSB-accredited business school. Degree programs are offered on two New Jersey campuses and at two FDU locations outside the U.S.: Wroxton College, in Oxfordshire in England, and FDU-Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada.

FDU's 12,000 full- and part-time students pursue quality career-oriented programs on schedules tailored to their needs -- days, evenings and weekends.

The curriculum reflects a mission of global education and a foundation of a world-renowned .University Core.

Fairleigh Dickinson University is accredited by the and licensed by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education

Location & Facilities

Today, more than 12,000 students from 32 stateand 72countries are enrolled on the University's two campuses in northern New Jersey and its international campuses in Wroxton, England and Vancouver, Canada . FDU's current campuses are inTeaneck, Madison, Vancouver, and Wroxton.

Metropolitian Campus,Teaneck

With its strong career focus, this campus is home to many of FDU's business, professional, science and health care programs. It's a celebration of diversity, too, attracting students from 63 countries.Running through the heart of campus is the Hackensack River. Quaint homes, shops, ethnic restaurants and parks are near by, as well as shopping malls, community groups, and office and professional buildings, where many of our resident and commuter students alike find part-time jobs.There are 4,114 undergraduates and 2,350 graduate students attending the Metropolitan Campus. Minority and international students comprise 21% of the student population.

North pointe, a 300-bed residence hall, opened in 2003, facing the new Fitness Center.

College of florham, Madison

FDU's College at Florham is in Morris County, New Jersey, bridging the towns of Florham Park and Madison. The campus consists of 178 acres, part of Florham, a former country estate of early 20th-century socialites Florence Vanderbilt and Hamilton Twombly. Florham is a contraction of the first names of the couple. FDU has owned the campus since 1958.

There are over 2,200 undergraduates and 1,500 graduate students attending the College at Florham campus of FDU. Minority students comprise about 10% of the student population.

Sports include Men's Division III programs in baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and tennis; Women's Division III programs in basketball, cross-country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball; and Intramural Sports in aerobics, basketball, bowling, flag football, golf, karate, raquetball, softball, street hockey, tennis, Timex fitness week and volleyball.

Three out of every four freshmen live in campus housing. First-year students generally are assigned housing in the Twomblies, two traditional-style residence halls with double rooms and a common bath. Upper-division students live in The Village, featuring apartment-style suites, or the new Park Avenue Residence Halls.

The Academic Support Center is housed in the residence hall complex, offering easy access to free tutoring, word processing support and special seminars.

Campus activities include an active Greek community with national social fraternities and sororities, as well as a national service fraternity. The campus theatre produces student-written and -directed plays as well as student productions of major plays.

Vancouver

As a leading innovator in global education, Fairleigh Dickinson University seeks new ways to offer its unique learning opportunities to students worldwide. The University's newest campus opened in 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Located in western Canada near the U.S. border, Vancouver is one of the world's most scenic, cosmopolitan and multicultural cities.

FDU-Vancouver offers undergraduate students one of the few opportunities to earn an American college degree while studying in Canada. FDU-Vancouver welcomes students from around the world to create a culturally diverse learning environment. FDU-Vancouver campus offers accredited professional degree programs to international students with majors in business administration and information technology.

FDU-Vancouver campus is located within the vibrant district of Yaletown, close to the Vancouver Public Library and surrounded by the hustle and bustle of downtown life, wonderful restaurants, incredible sporting venues, superb shops, and numerous coffee houses.Vancouver is indeed a very exciting place to live and learn, and the FDU-Vancouver campus is now part of that excitement.

Wroxton College

Set in the rural heart of England, Wroxton offers a peaceful environment for learning amid a beautiful countryside of lawns, lakes, gardens and woodland. The College itself is a small college that continues to meet its founding vision of an intellectual community, cloistered in an idyllic setting. Housed in a remarkably beautiful, modernized 17th-century manor house, to Henry James, Wroxton was part of the essence of England: With Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, London and Birmingham all close by and easily accessible, an outstanding selection of theaters, concert halls, museums, galleries, restaurants and major shopping areas are at hand. In addition, the mainland continent of Europe is but a short distance away, with group excursions arranged and individual visits possible. Wroxton's rich tapestry of diverse cultural, intellectual, recreational and social activities are all intermeshed with its own unique challenges.Rooms at Wroxton are singles and doubles overlooking the beautiful grounds of the estate, and each room with its own bathroom.