Johnson & Wales University - Overview
Johnson & Wales University Offers Career-focused Education in Business, Culinary, Hospitality, Technology and Counseling Psychology Industries
Johnson & Wales University (JWU), founded in 1914, is a nonprofit, private institution. A recognized leader in career education, it offers accredited degrees in business, hospitality, culinary arts, technology, counseling psychology and education to more than 17,000 graduate and undergraduate students, representing all 50 states and 93 countries. JWU has four campus locations in Providence, RI; North Miami, FL; Denver, CO; and Charlotte, NC. Most students are recent graduates of high school business, college-preparatory, and vocational/technical programs. The academic focus of the university is on degree programs in culinary arts, food service, hospitality, technology, business administration, fashion merchandising, criminal justice, advertising, counseling psychology and marketing. MBA and doctorate degrees are also offered at the Providence campus.
JWU offers programs within an academic structure of three 11-week terms. Students begin taking courses in their major during their first year. Learning by doing is an important part of career training at JWU, and many programs include laboratory studies as well as formal internships or community service work opportunities.
Popular majors offered at JWU's College of Business include: business administration, fashion merchandising and retail marketing, criminal justice, security management, advertising and marketing. At the College of Culinary Arts, students can major in culinary arts, baking and pastry arts and culinary nutrition. The Hospitality College offers majors in sports/entertainment/event management, hotel management and golf. Students interested in the technology industry, will find that at JWU's School of Technology they can major in electronic engineering and graphic design and digital media. At the university's School of Arts & Sciences, students can earn a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology.
Campuses are Located in Providence, Rhode Island; North Miami, Florida; Denver, Colorado; and Charlotte, North Carolina
The locations of Johnson & Wales University's four campuses in Providence, RI; North Miami, FL; Denver, CO; and Charlotte, NC, enable students to take advantage of internships, community service work and part-time work activities offered by many nearby businesses, community groups, and government agencies. All of Johnson & Wales University's city campuses retain a small-town feel and easy accessibility to students, and each is designed to meet the needs of its students and their areas of study, whether it's culinary arts, food service, hospitality, technology, business administration, counseling psychology, fashion merchandising, criminal justice, advertising or marketing.
The Providence Campus of JWU consists of two major campuses. The Downcity Campus is home to the university's College of Business, the Hospitality College, and the School of Technology; it has a number of academic and residential facilities and several training facilities. The Harborside Campus houses the university's College of Culinary Arts; it has five student residence halls as well as specialized classrooms and laboratories, production kitchens, bakeshops, dining rooms, a storeroom, and meat-cutting facilities.
JWU's North Miami Campus is located in the heart of North Miami, between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Facilities include academic classrooms, production/ demonstration kitchens, a bakeshop, residence halls, and a specially designed conference center.
The Denver Campus, which is located in the Park Hill neighborhood, combines old-world charm with the latest technological resources, including stately turn-of-the-century buildings and newer student centers in a quiet park landscape.
The Charlotte Campus is located in the heart of Gateway Village in Uptown Charlotte. The academic center is home to a 200-seat auditorium, a production kitchen, state-of-the-art culinary laboratories, classrooms, seminar rooms, and computer labs.
Johnson & Wales University Encourages Community Service and Internships
Johnson & Wales University prepares students for success, both personal and professional. Its unique approach of combining academics and practical skills with relevant directed work experiences and community service work has made JWU a recognized leader in career education.
A major component of the student's education at JWU occurs through directed work experiences such as internships at all of its campuses in Providence, RI; North Miami, FL; Denver, CO; and Charlotte, NC. These experiences are especially important in fields such as food service, hospitality, technology, advertising or business administration, and at JWU they can take the shape of formal internships, education programs for credit, community service learning and more. Work experience programs around the country and the world provide students with practical work experience for academic credit. Every year nearly 2,500 students participate in these programs, giving them valuable exposure to the world of marketing, advertising, criminal justice, hospitality, culinary arts and more, at more than 1,200 employer sites.
Each year, the JWU community performs more than 100,000 hours of community service work. Community Service-Learning (CSL) is an educational program that integrates community service work and academics. The service that students perform is tied to a particular course or internship, which furthers their learning by applying these skills in the real world and helps nonprofit agencies by providing targeted assistance.
JWU has long been recognized for its long-standing commitment to community service work at its campuses in Providence, RI; North Miami, FL; Denver, CO; and Charlotte, NC. Additionally, for the past five years, all four JWU campuses have been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll -- the highest federal recognition colleges and universities can receive for their community service and service-learning programs.