University of the Incarnate Word

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With nearly 6,000 students and 55 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, the University of Washington Bothell has a reputation for access to excellence and a leading-edge educational experience. Our graduates are ready to change Washington and the World.

For more than 25 years, UW Bothell has fulfilled its mandate to provide access and opportunity to students from north King and Snohomish counties and across Washington.

UW Bothell holds the student-faculty relationship to be paramount. We provide access to excellence in higher education through innovative and creative curricula, interdisciplinary teaching and research, and a dynamic community of multicultural learning.

• Serve college-age and established adult students and the community by providing access to a premier institution of higher education.
• Emphasize and develop critical thinking, writing, and information literacy to graduate students with life-long learning skills.
• Actively recruit and support outstanding faculty scholars with a passion for communication.
• Build an inclusive and supportive community of learning and incorporate multicultural content and diverse perspectives on ethnic and racial groups, gender, sexual orientation, social class, and special needs.
• Encourage and support collaborative, interdisciplinary, and cross-program initiatives.
• Provide quality curricula by making use of the best of educational technology in support of teaching and learning.
• Attract and support an internationally diverse student body and a nationally recognized faculty and staff.
• Create and support excellence in student services, academic services such as a library, writing center, computing services, and physical facilities.
• Foster productive relationships with the employment community and promote a robust public service commitment.

The University of Washington Bothell is committed to achieving this mission. It promotes the on-going review of our outcomes, organizational structures, and processes that support this mission and these goals.

The University of Washington Bothell will be a transformational learning community. We will catalyze to enhance the quality of life throughout our region. Our culture of learning, committed to disciplined inquiry and responsible service, will be woven into our organizational and operational life. We will be noted for a discipline-bridging scholarship, valued in the community, and respected in the academy. Our success will attract a highly motivated and diverse student population and a faculty and staff of exceptional ability and dedication.

Meeting the costs of an undergraduate and graduate education is a significant investment for many families. It requires planning, careful decision making, and a commitment from both you and your family. We believe students from all economic backgrounds should have the opportunity to attend the University of Washington Bothell and that finances should not be a barrier.

Whether you are setting out on a course of academic study that will define your professional life or seeking to build skills to help you pursue your passion, the University of Washington Bothell's graduate programs offer a range of options to match your needs. UW Bothell offers graduate degrees in business, education, nursing, policy, and engineering in collaboration with the nationally recognized University of Washington Graduate School. Many of our graduate students work while pursuing their degrees, so we offer part- and full-time programs and certificate, license, and non-degree options.

UW Bothell classes are small, so that you will work closely with professors. Our faculty will connect you to cutting-edge research opportunities and help you navigate Puget Sound's local and global networks of professionals, many of whom want to hire from our pool of experienced graduates.

Spending a part of your university experience abroad will expand your understanding of the world and help you develop global skills – adaptability, intercultural communication, learning on the fly, etc. – that are in high demand by employers and graduate programs. For many students, studying abroad is a transformational experience.

Studying abroad does not have to break your budget. With planning, financial aid, and scholarships, most students can afford to incorporate an international experience into their university education. As you begin your search for funding to pay for your education, keep in mind that many resources provide information about scholarships and other academic awards. Each student must research the scholarships available and find those that best match their skills, experience, interests, and goals.

Work-Study is a need-based financial aid program that allows students to work part-time while going to school. Work-Study students can, therefore, find jobs and may be able to keep their loan debt down by earning part of their aid eligibility rather thOne of the leading comprehensive universities in Texas, the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, strives to educate men and women who will become concerned and enlightened citizens with values developed in a Judeo-Christian tradition. In 1881 the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word founded Incarnate Word College as a higher education center for young women. The college was admitted to membership in the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1919 and joined the Texas Association of Colleges as a senior college in 1920. The Graduate Studies division was established in 1950. Male students were first admitted into the college's undergraduate programs in 1970. Incarnate Word College became the University of the Incarnate Word in 1996. Today, UIW is a Hispanic-Serving Institution under federal guidelines.

UIW is the largest Catholic university in Texas and the fourth-largest private university in the state. The enrollment reflects South Texas's diversity, as more than 60 percent of the students are from racial or ethnic minority groups. UIW is ranked No. 1 among faith-based universities in the conferring of bachelor's degrees to Hispanics by the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine and No. 6 nationally among all private, not-for-profit universities. International students comprise 14% of the student body, and they represent over 70 countries. Seventy-five percent of the students depend upon financial aid. A majority of the students are first-generation college attendees.

UIW offers 80 undergraduate and graduate fields of study, including the Ph.D. in Education and doctoral degrees in pharmacy (Pharm.D.), optometry (O.D.), nursing practice (DNP), physical therapy (DPT), and business administration (DBA).

UIW is one of twenty universities in the U.S. with an optometry program, while the pharmacy school is the only one in Texas at a private university. In fall 2017, the School of Osteopathic Medicine will welcome its first class of students to a new facility at Brooks City Base. In athletics, UIW is a member of the Division 1 Southland Conference. UIW fielded its first football team in 2009, which plays in Benson Stadium, named after New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson.

With a student-to-faculty classroom ratio of 14:1, UIW is a wireless campus that provides students with an environment that encourages academics excellence. As part of its international efforts, UIW has agreements for reciprocal education with 123 universities in 40 countries. It also operates academic sites in Mexico City and Irapuato, Mexico, and Heidelberg, Germany.

The University of the Incarnate Word is accredited to award baccalaureate and graduate degrees by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It also is accredited by the Texas Education Agency, the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, the Council of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs of the National League for Nursing, the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology, the American Music Therapy Association, the Council of Education of the Deaf, the American Dietetic Association, and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

The first Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, three young French women motivated by the love of God and their recognition of God's presence in each person, came to San Antonio in 1869 to minister to the sick and the poor. Their spirit of Christian service is perpetuated in the University of the Incarnate Word primarily through teaching and scholarship, encompassing research and artistic expression. Inspired by Judeo-Christian values, the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and Catholic Social Teaching,¹ the University of the Incarnate Word aims to educate men and women who will become concerned and enlightened citizens of the global community.

The University of the Incarnate Word is committed to educational excellence in a context of faith in Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word of God. Thus, through a liberal education², the university cultivates the development of the whole person and life-long learning values. To that end, faculty and students support each other in searching for and communicating truth, thoughtful innovation, care of the environment, community service, and social justice.³

The University of the Incarnate Word is a Catholic institution that welcomes its community persons of diverse backgrounds in the belief that their respectful interaction advances the discovery of truth, mutual understanding, self-realization, and the common good.

At UIW, you will have an opportunity to develop and grow in the excitement of a traditional student life experience, in the coziness of campus living, and your spiritual formation. UIW's well-tended grounds, trees, blooming flowers, and classic architecture provide a comfortable environment to relax with friends, study and reflect.

Campus Engagement provides educational, cultural, social, and recreational programs for all UIW students. Campus Engagement provides students with leadership opportunities and direction to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to be leaders.

Through participation in the various student organizations, leadership workshops, and seminars, students develop and practice leadership, team building, and group problem-solving while developing relationships that increase the university experience's meaning. And borrowing more loans.

Founded in 1990, the University of Washington Bothell was created to bring the world-renowned University of Washington traditions of academic excellence to the growing Puget Sound region residents. While we primarily serve citizens in North King and Snohomish counties, our student body is composed of a dynamic and diverse group of students from around the state, the nation, and the world.

The campus shared with Cascadia College -- sits atop a 128-acre plot of picturesque land overlooking protected wetlands and the Cascades beyond. Once home to the 500-acre, purebred cattle Boone-Truly Ranch, the property was sold in 1995 to Washington.

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