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About Georgian Court University

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 Annual Report: 2007-08(PDF)

ounded and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of New Jersey, Georgian Court University is located in residential Lakewood, New Jersey, on a magnificent 155-acre estate formerly belonging to Railroad Baron George Jay Gould. The campus is conveniently situated 60 miles from New York and Philadelphia and only 10 miles from the beautiful Jersey Shore. Bordering Lake Carasaljo, the site is a National Historic Landmark with magnificent statuary, beautiful architecture and lush gardens, making it a truly breathtaking and inspiring place to learn, study and live.

Open to students of all faiths, Georgian Court University provides comprehensive liberal arts education in the Roman Catholic tradition with a special concern for women. The university offers a curriculum that is broad enough to be truly liberal, yet specialized enough to provide in-depth preparation for careers or further study.

The unique Georgian Court University atmosphere is one of a small college ambiance in a technologically advanced, highly esteemed university setting. Centered around the core values of the Sisters of Mercy, the university offers an extremely safe and nurturing campus environment with individualized attention and guidance.

The Georgian Court faculty is committed to teaching and individual mentoring, with an outstanding 80% holding doctorates or terminal degrees in their field. They are dedicated and caring educators and experts in their respective industries, while demonstrating public service and a personal affinity to our core values–respect, integrity, justice, compassion, and service.

Georgian Court University offers degrees and certificates in a wide range of areas in our two colleges:

The Women’s College
The University College: Coeducational Evening Program
The University College: Coeducational Graduate Program

Fully integrated into each college is:

The School of Arts and Humanities
The School of Sciences and Mathematics
The School of Business
The School of Education

The Women’s College allows women to develop leadership qualities not often found on coeducational campuses, as evidenced by the overwhelming number of leading American women who have graduated from a women's college or university.

Other benefits of a Georgian Court University education include

• Small classes - a faculty-to-student ratio of 14:1
• Personalized education - faculty members readily available for mentoring
• All classes taught by faculty members, not graduate assistants
• Inclusive core values of respect, integrity, justice, compassion and service

Future Plans

Though our campus is among the most beautiful in the nation, the future of Georgian Court will be even brighter, thanks to our Ten-Year Campus Facilities Master Plan, which is now underway.

The master plan, which is the culmination of months of research, aims to preserve a century of our rich history and elegant architecture while dutifully envisioning what is yet to come. When completed, it will include a beautiful Roman piazza la Michelangelo; marble and bronze sculpture reminiscent of the Renaissance; lush flowering gardens; many new academic and administrative buildings; a residential village and "community house"; a new Field House recreational facility and 25-meter pool; complete facility upgrade of the Casino, complete fitness center, plush spa environment for physical therapy, new mezzanine level for second floor Student Life Offices, an interior "marketplace" similar to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, Italy, and other new student life upgrades, such as the Campus Store, a TV Lounge, game area, gallery area and student lounge.

Georgian Court University
Office of Admissions
900 Lakewood Ave.
Lakewood, NJ 08701-2697
Tel: 732.987.2760
Toll-free 1.800.458.8422
Fax: 732.987.2000
admissions@georgian.edu