All students must maintain health insurance that meets the University’s standards. You will have the opportunity to waive the Northwestern University Student Health Insurance Plan (NU-SHIP) if you ...

The Books for 'Cats program offers eligible students the ability to borrow course materials (including textbooks, clickers, access codes, and lab equipment) in over 100 selected introductory courses.

We welcome your interest in PhD studies in Life and Biomedical Sciences at Northwestern University (NU LaBS). Our goal is to train scientists in an innovative, interdisciplinary environment while ...

Health Professions Advising (HPA) and Northwestern Medicine (NM) are excited to promote our Northwestern University Clinical Apprentice Program (NU-CAP). NU-CAP aims to provide Northwestern ...

Charles Whitaker is Dean and professor at Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, where he previously served as the Helen Gurley Brown ...

We look forward to inviting you back to Evanston for Family Weekend which will take place Friday, November 8 – Sunday, November 10, 2024! Registration for Family Weekend is now open and the deadline ...

Although Northwestern University does not as an institution observe religious holidays, the academic calendar is designed to avoid conflicts with observed holidays, such as Independence Day, Memorial ...

As a Northwestern undergrad, you have access to experts in all of the subjects you are studying: your professors. Approaching faculty can be intimidating, though, and many students are unsure of what ...

College can be stressful. Don’t let academic pressures get the better of you. There’s probably never been an undergrad at Northwestern who hasn’t felt some degree of academic stress. Pressure to make ...

Most college students know from experience that not all notes are equally effective. Research has shown that the quality of notes can make a difference in learning. Some suggestions: Material written ...

The following material is adapted from Brown, P., Roediger, P., & McDaniel, M. (2014). Make it stick: the science of successful learning. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

It's inevitable: Sometimes you just aren't going to feel like doing your work. It may be that a break will do the trick, but if that's not enough, there are steps you can take to help recover your ...