Northwest University is located near Seattle, Washington, and offers over 70 majors and academic programs. Established in 1934, we are a non-profit private Christian university offering associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees at our Kirkland campus or online.
- 16 Masters
- Private Institution Type
Master's Programmes
Business & Management (5)
- M.B.A. Business Administration
- M.A. Leadership Studies
- M.A. Ministry Leadership
Social Sciences (5)
Humanities (4)
- M.A. Bible and Theology
- Master Ministry (Online)
- M.A. Ministry Leadership
Applied Sciences & Professions (1)
Computer Science & IT (1)
Environmental Studies & Earth Sciences (1)
Medicine & Health (1)
- M.Sc. Nursing (Online)
Natural Sciences & Mathematics (1)
About
History
Northwest University was founded by the Northwest Ministry Network of the Assemblies of God and opened to students on October 1, 1934. The District Presbytery appointed Dr. Henry H. Ness to be the first president. The University was housed in the facilities of Hollywood Temple, Seattle, Washington, for the first twenty-five years of its existence.
Education
The people of Northwest University carry the call of God by continually building a learning community dedicated to spiritual vitality, academic excellence, and empowered engagement with human need.
Career
The Northwest University Career Development Center serves students in the life calling discernment process by means of assessment, skill development, and life coaching.
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GSSA 2021
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Services
Library services
Scholarly or academic journals are used to share the research with other scholars or researchers in the same field. Not every scholarly journal uses the peer-review process, but many research databases use “peer-reviewed” and “scholarly” (or “academic”) as synonyms.
Student Life
Campus life
The Office of Community Life facilitates opportunities for leadership development, campus engagement, and co-curricular partnerships to help students foster discernment and meaning-making in their vocational calling.
Overseeing leadership development at Northwest, Community Life provides broad-based training to all student leaders.
Accreditation
Northwest University is a regionally-accredited, Christian coeducational undergraduate institution offering baccalaureate college education under the control of the Alaska, Montana, Oregon, Northwest, Southern Idaho, and Wyoming districts of the Assemblies of God. All these districts are represented on the University's Board of Directors. The University is endorsed by the Commission on Christian Higher Education of the Assemblies of God and the Association of Christian Schools International.
Student Reviews
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Inge Roeloffze rated 5 out of 5 stars
The North-West University gives each student the freedom to become the professional they want to be. The university provides opportunities for growth by challenging students to think outside the box with their academics, be involved with student activities and find themselves. Well organised with the best supervision towards pertaining to the degree in Urban and Regional...
North West University, South Africa Review
Anonymous rated 5 out of 5 stars
North West University Puk campus is situated in the town of Potchefstroom. What makes the NWU so special is that it has 3 campuses in 3 different towns. The admission process takes a at least half a day if you are a first year student because you have to go to your campus in person to register for the year but if you are second year or above you can register for the year...
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Anonymous rated 5 out of 5 stars
The North-West University gives each student the freedom to become the professional they want to be. The university provides opportunities for growth by challenging students to think outside the box with their academics, be involved with student activities and find themselves.
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