Hofstra University

Hofstra University can help you get where you want to go, with small classes, dedicated faculty and a beautiful, energized campus, plus all the opportunities of New York City within easy reach.

Find your future by choosing from about 140 undergraduate programs and about 150 graduate programs, in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Business, Communication, Education, Health Sciences and Human Services, Engineering and Applied Scienceand Honors studies, as well as a School of Law and School of Medicine. The student-faculty ratio of 14 to 1 and a priority on teaching excellence ensures you're part of creating your own success.

At Hofstra, you'll have all the resources you need - excellent library resources with extensive online and print collections, state-of-the-art classrooms, learning and laboratory facilities, and extensive wired and wireless Internet access, including the only Internet2 connection among private colleges on Long Island.

A diverse mix of cultural, social, athletic and recreational activities delivers the full college experience. Hofstra offers students the opportunity to live and learn on our beautiful, 240-acre campus on Long Island and have easy access to the academic, cultural and career opportunities in the New York City metropolitan area.Hofstra University, including the entire campus and its buildings and grounds, is private property.As a result, Hofstra may exercise its right to grant, restrict or deny access to its campus and/or buildings and grounds.

Hofstra University is a private institution whose primary mission is to provide a quality education to its students in an environment that encourages, nurtures, and supports learning through the free and open exchange of ideas, for the betterment of humankind. Hofstra University is fully committed to academic freedom and to the transmission, advancement, and preservation of knowledge for its own academic community and for the community at large. Hofstra University offers undergraduate and graduate programs taught by a research-active and professionally engaged faculty. Academic excellence guides everything the University undertakes.

As an institution, Hofstra University acts as a responsible member of the regional, national and global communities to which it belongs. The University's mission statement, recently rewritten to reflect this idea, speaks directly to the role we play within these communities.Through academic, operational and community-based initiatives, Hofstra makes a difference at the local, national and international levels. Our academic centers, institutes, and programs focus research attention on issues that affect the broader community and provide a forum in which the community can address those issues.Operational initiatives, such as our sustainable ecological practices, ensure that we remain good stewards of our environment. And through a broad array of community service and other programs designed to benefit the community, we reach out to those beyond the boundaries of our campus.

A diverse and free community is critical to the success of a great university, and Hofstra University has long had a sustained commitment to fostering an atmosphere of tolerance, understanding and interconnection with each other and with the world around us - local, national and international.

Hofstra University continues its commitment to extending equal opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, marital or veteran status in the conduct and operation of its educational programs and activities, including admission and employment.Hofstra University has a longstanding commitment to sustainable practices and the study, care and preservation of the environment. Through it’s Office of Sustainability, degree programs, and research efforts Hofstra continues to play an important role as a steward of the environment.

At Hofstra, we're going to challenge you. And help you rise to the challenge.Work with one of our 1,181 faculty members - from Pulitzer Prize and Fulbright winners to elite scientists to recipients of Guggenheim Fellowships. With 489 full-time faculty members, 93% of whom hold the highest degrees in their respective fields, you will be well prepared for life-long success. Get your hands on advanced tools and equipment. Apply what you learn in classes that emphasize real-world application - business, broadcasting, engineering, education and way beyond. There are 160 undergraduate and 165 graduate program options, waiting for you.

The Division of Student Affairs is comprised of offices that work together to promote student learning, growth, and success, in and out of the classroom. When you meet someone who works in university advising, student leadership and engagement, the residence halls, the fitness center, student counseling, the career center, or any other office in Student Affairs, you will find a professional staff member whose primary aim is to help you develop, refine and meet your goals at Hofstra.

We have assembled many resources to create an active and engaging campus and a safe living and learning environment. The members of Student Affairs will be your guides as you explore your opportunities at Hofstra and prepare for your future. We are excited to help you with that journey.

The university is a place of both teaching and research. Research by faculty informs and enriches the classroom experience and allows students to progress from the fundamentals in a field to its advanced and more nuanced branches of inquiry, and on toward the production of new knowledge. Faculty instruct students not only in the content of an area but also its methods of independent inquiry that will lead to new insights and discoveries. Undergraduates engage in research themselves to increasing degrees as they move from foundational courses to more advanced courses and more closely defined topics. Advanced students in a major can engage in independent, supervised research sometimes as juniors, usually as seniors, possibly for departmental honors, as a way of demonstrating their mastery of both content and methods in the field and their ability to formulate and pursue a line of inquiry, which may lead to new knowledge.