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Are you ready to join 16,000 students who call NKU their home away from home? Want to learn from professors who will know you by name? Want to be connected to over 78,000 graduates who are now proud NKU alumni? Take the next step and explore NKU as we move Onward Together.

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NKU's First-Year Robotics Team Places Fourth in World Championship

NKU's student robotics team — NUKE Robotics — returns from the 2022 VEX Robotics World Championship ranked fourth overall in head-to-head competition within the technology division in the team's first full year of competition. Read the full article on NKU Magazine.

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80+ Majors // 22 Master's Programs // 1 Law School

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School of the Arts
30+ areas of study in Art & Design, Music and Theatre & Dance.

College of Arts and Sciences
100+ programs including english, sciences, language, medical and pre-professional programs.

Haile College of Business
One of the Best Undergraduate Business Programs Rankings by U.S. News & World Report for 2021.

College of Education
Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle Grades, Secondary and Special Education programs.

College of Health and Human Services
Allied Health, Nursing, Kinesiology, Counseling & Rehab Science, and Social Work programs.

Honors College
A unique transformative undergraduate experience with a bold interdisciplinary curriculum and a wide range of co-curricular activities.

College of Informatics
Business Informatics, Communication, and Computer Science programs.

Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Juris Doctor, Master of Legal Studies, Digital Law & Technology, and LLM in U.S. Law programs.

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University Center

The University Center is a hub for many student services including academic advising, Norse TechBar, student health services, career services, the bookstore, our Veteran’s Resource Station and much more!

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W. Frank Steely Library

The Steely Library gives students access to information in both print and non-print formats, as well as more than 200 databases and indexes to support any research project or class assignment.

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Fine Arts Center

NKU features the largest and number-one ranked theatre program in the state of Kentucky. The Fine Arts Center is home to the School of the Arts which includes majors in not only theatre, but dance, music, music and visual arts.

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Griffin Hall

Home to the College of Informatics, Griffin Hall is a unique and inviting state-of-the-art facility where a new generation of professionals are building our region's information economy. Griffin Hall boasts a 120-seat reconfigurable auditorium with a floor-to-ceiling digital media wall, a large performance studio, an advanced audio and video control room, cybersecurity lab, a 3D Digital Design & VFX lab and much more.

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Health Innovation Center

Students studying nursing, occupational and physical therapies, as well as other health sciences, will develop their professional skills in a progressive environment. The center houses simulation spaces, clinical and nursing skill suites and imaging suites in addition to classrooms for student use from all seven colleges.

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Landrum Academic Center

Programs such as English, History & Geography, Sociology, Anthropology & Philosophy occur in Landrum. The Anthropology Museum, located on the second floor, features displays on local and regional history, as well as diverse areas of interest, including Tibet and Africa.

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What can you do here?

Double major. Choose one major and three minors. Choose two majors and one minor.

Your time at NKU doesn’t have to – and shouldn’t – be one-dimensional.

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Access the latest NKU Magazine stories featuring the accomplishments of our students, faculty, staff and alumni. View the latest magazine issue.

NKU's First-Year Robotics Team Places Fourth in World Championship
NKU's student robotics team — NUKE Robotics — returns from the 2022 VEX Robotics World Championship ranked fourth overall in head-to-head competition within the technology division in the team's first full year of competition.

Commencement: Celebrating Our May 2022 Grads
There are a handful of outstanding graduating seniors who Northern Kentucky University would like to recognize for their personal commitments to their classwork, the university and the surrounding communities.

Afternoon Commencement Speaker: Lily Gamel
"I came to NKU to just get a degree, and I am coming out with so much more. I feel that I am not the same person I was when I first started at NKU because it has been such a transformative journey.”

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