Drew University

Drew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey.

Originally established as the Drew Theological Seminary in 1867, the university later expanded to include an undergraduate liberal arts college in 1928 and commenced a program of graduate studies in 1955. Nicknamed the “University in the Forest” because of the serenity of its wooded 186 acres (753,000 m²) relative to the school’s suburban surroundings, Drew University maintains a combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 2,500 students, with the majority living on-campus.

While Drew is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it makes no religious demands of its students. Many of the Theological School’s students and faculty are United Methodist, and the General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church is housed on campus.

In 1867, Daniel Drew (1797–1879), a financier and railroad tycoon, endowed his antebellum estate in Madison for the purpose of establishing the Drew Theological Seminary. John McClintock was the first president of the Seminary. To this day, the Theological Seminary continues to graduate candidates for service in the ministry; however, the institution grew to include a liberal arts curriculum.

Dr. James Strong first published his seminal work, Strong’s Concordance, in 1890, during his tenure as Professor of exegetical theology at Drew Theological Seminary.

The College of Liberal Arts admitted its first class of 12 students in 1928, after the trustees of the Drew Theological Seminary voted to accept a gift of $1.5 million from brothers Arthur and Leonard Baldwin to build and endow such an institution, and to change the name of the institution to Drew University. In 1955, a Graduate School became the third of the university’s degree-granting entities.

Walk across the Drew campus and catch snippets of conversation: the chiral centers of an amino acid, the brush strokes of Van Gogh, the challenge to eradicate global hunger. What you hear are Drew minds at work.

Acadamics In the best liberal arts tradition, Drew fosters an academic community where learning is embedded in the rhythms of life. The heart of a Drew education is the free exchange of ideas that comes from close mentoring relationships with faculty and deep intellectual engagement with peers. So take risks, indulge creativity, be insatiably curious—a Drew education is an academic adventure.

Courses Offered
Undergraduate Programs

• Anthropology
• Art
• Art History
• Behavioral Science
• Biology
• Biological Anthropology
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Business
• Chemistry
• Chinese
• Classics
• Computer Science
• Economics
• Environmental Studies & Sustainability
• English
• French
• German
• History
• Mathematics
• Music
• Neurosciences (includes psychobiology)
• Pan-African Studies
• Philosophy
• Physics,
• Gender Studies

Graduate Programs

• Master of Arts in Teaching
• M.A/Ph.D. Programs in Religion
• M.A/Ph.D. Programs
• M.A./Ph.D. in History & Culture
• M.F.A. in Poetry
• Master of Arts in Teaching

Colleges & Schools

• College of Liberal Arts
• Caspersen School of Graduate Studies
• Drew Theological School

Contact Details
Drew University
36 Madison Avenue,
Madison, NJ 07940
973-408-3000
Official Website: http://www.drew.edu/