Drew University was established in 1867 as a seminary with a gift of $250,000 from Daniel Drew, Wall Street financier and steamboat tycoon. The gift included the Madison, New Jersey, property known as The Forest, which has served as the school’s campus ever since. Drew Theological Seminary, as it was then known, was the antecedent of today’s Drew Theological School. Which empowers creative thought and courageous action through programs. Such as its Doctor of Ministry in Public Theology, Master of Divinity, and Social Justice Leadership Project.
Drew University, a Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts university, includes the College of Liberal Arts, the Drew Theological School and the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies. It has a total enrolment of more than 2,000 students and has 148 full-time faculty members, 99% of whom hold the terminal degree in their field. The Theological and Caspersen schools offer MA and PhD degrees and the College confers BA and BS degrees in 39 disciplines.
Drew’s new, one-of-a-kind, leading edge path to an undergraduate degree, Launch, ensures that every student graduate with a purpose, sought-after transferable skills, a network of mentors, and an experience-based résumé—guaranteed. Particularly noteworthy opportunities for undergraduates include the Charles A. Dana Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti (RISE), home of 2015 Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine and Drew Fellow William Campbell, the Drew Summer Science Institute (DSSI), the Center for Civic Engagement, as well as New York City semesters focusing on Wall Street, the United Nations, Contemporary Art, Theatre, Social Entrepreneurship and Communications and Media in New York City and several international semester programs.
Drew also houses the Center on Religion, Culture & Conflict, the Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, an independent professional theater, as well as the United Methodist Archives and History Center and one of the country’s leading concentrations of materials on Willa Cather.
Location
Madison, New Jersey (USA)
Drew is located on a beautiful, wooded, 186-acre campus in Madison, New Jersey. A thriving small town close to New York City, called The Forest, is a 10-minute walk from the Madison train station, which takes you directly to Midtown Manhattan in under an hour. It’s the perfect home base: You experience all the excitement and opportunity of New York City without living in the middle of it 24/7 (yet).
Our hometown, Madison, and our next-door, small-city neighbor, Morristown, are fun and funky, with cute shops, a music scene, and Food Network–famous eateries. Both are a walk or shuttle ride away. Within a one-hour radius are the Jersey Shore, the Meadowlands pro sports arena, and, of course, New York, with its world-class museums, clubs, concert venues, galleries, shopping districts, restaurants, theatres, street markets and more.
School & Faculty
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Art
- Art History
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biology
- Business
- Chemistry
- Chinese Studies
- Classics
- Computer Science
- Digital Humanities
- Economics & Business
- English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish
- Environmental Studies and Sustainability
- Governor’s School
- History
- Mathematics
- Media & Communications
- Music
- Neuroscience
- Pan-African Studies
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science & International Relations
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Sociology
- Theatre and Dance
- Tutoring
- Women’s and Gender Studies
- Writing Studies
