Academics
Serious Learning. Real Outcomes.
At Johnson & Wales, academics are powered by experience. Our students don’t just learn about a subject — they engage with it through hands-on projects, real-world problem solving and classroom experiences that mirror the professional world. From the start, you'll build the skills and confidence to lead in your field.
Undergraduate Programs
In our undergraduate program, you’ll take classes in your major during your first year, immersing yourself in relevant courses and gaining experiences to build your résumé. Explore more than 55 majors. JWU also offers three-year bachelor’s degrees, designed to be completed in less time — saving you money on tuition — than a traditional degree.
Graduate Programs
Our master’s and doctoral programs are professionally focused and taught by faculty with years of industry experience. Discover the flexibility of our online, on-campus or hybrid programs, tailor-made to suit the busy schedules of working professionals. Choose from a range of areas from cybersecurity and mental health counseling to a specialized MBA.
Accelerated Graduate Programs
Transform your path to graduate studies with one of our four flexible and affordable options like J2, where you can explore graduate-level coursework in your senior year at JWU. Or if you’re certain of your career path, apply for a Combined Undergrad/Grad program and enter the graduate program after completing your undergraduate degree.
Professional & Personal Education
We believe in lifelong learning. Advance your career with a certificate or corporate training. Launch your food product with the help of the Ecolab Center for Culinary Science. Take a wine & spirits class or get WSET certified. Level up your cooking skills in recreational cooking classes or kids summer camps through Kitchen Academy.
Built for the Real World
Every course, project and experience is designed to build the skills, confidence and connections that set you apart so you can excel in the workplace.
- Learning by Doing: Apply what you learn through hands-on projects, labs and real-world challenges.
- Industry-Connected Classrooms: Courses are shaped by what employers need now — and in the future.
- Faculty with Field Experience: Learn from pros who’ve worked in the industries they teach.
- Career-Ready from Day One: Gain practical skills that prepare you to lead, not just follow.
- Experience in Every Major: From your first year forward, every major includes built-in applied learning.
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Faculty Who Open Doors
Not only do our professors bring their lived, industry-relevant experiences to the classroom so students can learn from real-world examples, they also leverage their networks, bringing experts to campus, arranging site visits and making introductions to facilitate internship and job opportunities. Professors often enlist students in research projects, leading to published studies in journals and invitations to present at national conferences.
Tools of the Trade, At Your Fingertips
From high-fidelity nursing mannequins to chocolate and sugar labs, JWU’s hands-on spaces are designed to mirror the real world. Hospitality students train in restaurants and commercial kitchens. The Exercise Science Lab is equipped with state-of-the-art tools like the BOD POD® for body composition analysis. Media and design students have access to professional studios, editing suites and industry software. Whatever your major, you’ll learn by doing — with the same tools the pros use.
Provides educational support services, including peer and professional tutoring, online tutoring, writing labs and study skills workshops for topics such as time management, memory and test-taking tips, and stress management.
Students who choose to self-disclose learning disabilities, physical challenges and chronic medical conditions may receive accommodations to ensure equal access, empowering students to achieve academic success.
This center fosters a collaborative environment for students of all majors to participate in undergraduate research, from study development to data analysis and manuscript writing. Many faculty and students co-publish research in peer-reviewed journals, helping set students apart in graduate school and job applications.
Dedicated to helping students launch careers, services include career advising, internships, résumé writing, mock interviews, alumni mentoring programs, career fairs and recruitment events.
With locations on each campus, the JWU Library offers individual and group study spaces, access to over 100,000 items in the book, video and journal collections, plus 80+ research databases. Librarians can also advise and support student research.
Each student is assigned an academic advisor who helps students manage academic needs and provides advice related to course registration, degree requirements, enrollment options, GPA and grades, graduation, program of study changes, placement testing, transcripts, transfer credits and university resources.