For more than a century, Western Kentucky University has provided quality education and public service to the south-central Kentucky region and beyond. The University’s vision is to be a leading American university with international reach, a vision evidenced by the increasing numbers of students and faculty who garner state, national and international honors.
For more than a century, Western Kentucky University has provided quality education and public service to the south-central Kentucky region and beyond. The University’s vision is to be a leading American university with international reach, a vision evidenced by the increasing numbers of students and faculty who garner state, national and international honors.
Founded in 1906, WKU’s main campus in Bowling Green, Ky., is located approximately 110 miles south of Louisville and 65 miles north of Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. Highway 31-W and Interstate 65 intersect with U.S. Highways 68 and 231 at Bowling Green, and the Cumberland and William H. Natcher parkways provide additional easy highway access to Bowling Green. In addition, WKU has extended campuses in Glasgow, Owensboro and Elizabethtown/Ft. Knox/Radcliff.
WKU provides students with rigorous academic programs in education, the liberal arts and sciences, business, and traditional and emerging professional programs, with emphasis at the baccalaureate level, complemented by relevant associate and graduate-level programs.
WKU’s undergraduate division provides four-year programs leading to the bachelor of arts, the bachelor of fine arts, the bachelor of general studies, the bachelor of science, the bachelor of science in nursing and the bachelor of music degrees. Students can choose from nearly 90 academic majors and 60 academic minors.
Graduate Studies offers the master of arts, master of arts in education, master of business administration, master of science, master of music, master of public service, and the master of public administration degrees as well as specialist degrees and rank I and II programs. WKU offers a doctorate in Educational Leadership and a joint doctoral degree program in education with the University of Louisville.
WKU's commitment is to ensure value in a holistic learning experience through high standards for student achievement and conduct, a strong faculty, technological innovation, personalized attention, broad access, and public accountability for actions and outcomes.
The university takes pride in a lovely campus, the friendly spirit that pervades it, and the fierce loyalty of its alumni. Among the numerous things that make WKU unique are its many varied and rich traditions. From the Red Towel to the Hall of Distinguished Alumni to the Western Spirit, all have helped contribute to that special feeling that one gets from being a part of the Hilltopper experience.