You’ll experience faculty mentors who are extraordinary teachers, hands-on learning, innovative programs and exceptional opportunities for research.
Recognized for Excellence
Adelphi is consistently celebrated as a leader in higher education.
Find Your Passion
Whether online or on campus, the learning experience at Adelphi is powerful, personal and life changing. Professors know your name and your goals—and are dedicated to your academic success.
Academics at Adelphi are known for rigorous standards, small classes, exceptional faculty, and a personalized approach that leads to strong student success and career outcomes.
Expand Your Perspectives
At Adelphi, learning goes beyond the classroom. Collaborate with expert faculty and gain the skills to lead.
Build a Strong Foundation
As you pursue your chosen academic path, Adelphi ensures that you develop a comprehensive educational background that will prepare you to be an informed citizen of the world—and gives you access to critical resources that will support your learning across disciplines.
Accelerate Your Future
Have goals that require a higher degree? Consider taking the fast track with one of Adelphi’s 4+1 programs where you can earn two degrees in five years. You can also take advantage of specialized advising and accelerated pathways to support entrance to top professional and graduate programs.
Learn By Doing
Get hands-on experience in the workplace and the lab, while gaining valuable resume-building and application-enhancing material. Adelphi has dedicated resources to help you connect with internships and careers, plus opportunities to conduct research from day one.
Relentless Innovation
Let your imagination run wild. Adelphi’s Innovation Center is an interdisciplinary incubator for ideas and collaboration, open to all students. Bring your ideas, then show them off at our annual Scholarship and Creative Works Conference, which celebrates academic and creative work of students across the entire University.
Global Education
We’re preparing the next generation of global thinkers and leaders.
Study Abroad Opportunities
So much is gained from studying abroad—cross-cultural skills, expand your global perspective, enhance your language proficiency, and develop your independence and confidence. From faculty-led and alternate break programs to full-semester experiences, the right opportunity awaits you.
Global Insight Meets Impact
Adelphi students can seize opportunities to become global thinkers and leaders, enhancing their understanding of issues such as climate change, sustainability, world health, poverty, peacebuilding and human rights.
Frequently Asked Questions About Academics at Adelphi
Adelphi University’s Executive Leadership team includes the provost, who is the chief academic officer of the University and oversees all academic programming. Adelphi is organized into eight distinct colleges and schools that are each overseen by a dean who reports directly to the provost.
- The College of Arts and Sciences offers undergraduate and graduate liberal arts and sciences degrees.
- The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business provides business‐related undergraduate and graduate degrees.
- The Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences focuses on undergraduate and graduate education and teacher‐preparation programs and health science disciplines.
- The College of Nursing and Public Health covers nursing, public health and related fields at the undergraduate through the doctoral level.
- The School of Social Work offers social work degrees at undergraduate through doctoral levels.
- The Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology provides training from undergraduate to postdoctoral degree levels in psychoanalytic thought and integrative psychotherapy.
- The College of Professional and Continuing Studies offers undergraduate and graduate programs oriented toward adult learners and mid-career professionals, with many classes offered in online formats.
The Honors College is a learning community for undergraduate students in all disciplines who seek an enriched and integrated academic path.
Adelphi offers more than 200 academic degrees and professional certificates. For information on all of them, visit the Academic Programs page.
Yes, and we’re always adding more!
Students in online and hybrid courses get the same attention from their professors—all experts in their fields and dedicated to student success. In-person courses are offered at our Garden City, Hudson Valley and Hauppauge campuses as well as at our new Manhattan Center, opening in 2026.
Find out more about virtual classes on the Adelphi Online page.
Adelphi is dedicated to student success.
Our holistic advising offers individual academic and personal support to any student who feels they need it. Specialized offices provide assistance with academic performance through free tutoring and one-to-one counseling, including tailored help for transfer students or those looking to change majors.
Trained advisers meet with students who are neurodivergent or have learning disabilities or other challenges to help them stay on track and find success. See all the ways we can help on the Academic Services and Support page.
The Center for Career and Professional Development is there for all Adelphi students, from their first day on campus until long after graduation. The center offers information on internships, many of them paid, and other ways to gain real-world, relevant experience. Job interview workshops and résumé counseling help you stand out from the crowd. And our online Handshake platform and alumni database help students and graduates find one another and help one another out.
Visit the Career and Professional Development page to see all the ways we’re there for you.
Our Academic Distinction
