About the University

An international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs. At the University of Bridgeport, students can earn degrees in a variety of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

We are among America's strong international universities with 25 percent of our students coming from overseas. The University's commitment to educate students from throughout the world is recognized in the US News and World Report issue on colleges. With students from more than 80 countries who are active in student government, publications and clubs, the University of Bridgeport prides itself in being a real world "experience in globalization." Through its International Programs, the University provides academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities which support the University's commitment to promote global citizenship and a commitment to public service.

There are 400 full- and part-time faculty, including Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation Fellows, Ford Fellows, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, American Council for Learned Societies Scholars and Phi Beta Kappa Scholars.

Known for its competent, committed, caring faculty, the University prides itself on its student-faculty ratio of 12:1. It also takes pride in its commitment to diversity. Some 32 percent of its students are members of minorities.

Committed to creating new learning venues, the University of Bridgeport's School of Continuing and Professional Studies and its Office of Distance Learning pioneered the first online graduate degree program in the State of Connecticut. A variety of online courses and certificate programs are also available.