Boilerplate
Use the following boilerplate for institutional marketing and communication assets—particularly for external audiences—that require a high-level description of Northeastern. Examples include white papers and overview brochures.
Boilerplate copy should not be edited.
About Northeastern University
Elevator pitch
Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a global research university and recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our global network connects communities with academic, government, and industry partners, serving as a dynamic platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
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Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our 14 campuses worldwide. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.
Medium
Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 14 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 350,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,900 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.
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Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 14 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 350,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,900 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
The university’s residential campuses for undergraduate and graduate degrees are located in Boston, London, and Oakland, California. Our research and graduate campuses are in the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant; Arlington, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; New York City; Portland, Maine; Seattle; Silicon Valley, California; Toronto; and Vancouver.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.
Campus Boilerplate
Use the elevator pitch Northeastern overview boilerplate above with the relevant campus-specific copy for the second paragraph. Don’t use campus-specific boilerplate on its own.
Arlington
Launched in 2023, our Arlington campus serves as a nexus for graduate education and research in technology, policy, and national security. Located in the heart of the National Capital Region, next door to the Pentagon across the Potomac River from Washington D.C. and Capitol Hill, it brings together students, faculty, and partners to address complex challenges with solutions that have both regional and national impact.
Boston
The Boston campus is the university’s founding home and largest academic community. Situated in the heart of one of the world’s most concentrated research and innovation ecosystems—with direct access to Boston’s world-leading hospitals and universities, biotech and life sciences corridor, financial services sector, and technology industry—it offers undergraduate and graduate programs across 10 colleges and schools, connecting students, faculty, and partners to the depth and breadth of talent and innovation opportunities sought after worldwide.
Burlington
The Burlington campus, established in 1964, serves as a hub for innovation and collaboration that advances critical national security and defense research. Featuring interdisciplinary research institutes, specialized labs, and secure facilities, the campus drives solutions in areas like defense, cybersecurity, energy, and infrastructure.
Charlotte
The Charlotte campus, established in 2011, focuses specifically on health sciences education and research. As the only R1 research university in Charlotte, it serves as a hub for advancing healthcare innovation and workforce development across the U.S. Southeast region.
London
Established in 2019, Northeastern University London extends the university’s mission into one of the world’s most connected capitals. The campus offers undergraduate and graduate programs shaped by employer and societal needs; enriched by access to London’s global networks in business, policy, and culture; and linked to Northeastern’s worldwide opportunities.
Miami
The Miami campus, launched in 2023, was established to support South Florida’s rapidly growing technology and finance sectors. Located in the heart of Wynwood’s creative district, it serves as a bridge between traditional industries and emerging technologies.
Nahant
The Nahant campus, established in 1966, serves as a hub for marine science and coastal sustainability research. World-class faculty and students undergraduate through PhD at the campus’s Coastal Sustainability Institute develop interdisciplinary, real-world solutions to pressing challenges facing coastal communities worldwide.
New York City
Established in 2026, Northeastern’s New York City campus connects students to global business, finance, media, and performing arts. Programs blend creativity with technology through experiential learning, preparing graduates to lead from Wall Street to Broadway and beyond.
Oakland
Established in 2022, Northeastern’s Oakland campus connects students and partners to the Bay Area’s innovation economy. The campus offers undergraduate and graduate programs that combine rigorous academics with experiential learning, preparing graduates to contribute to emerging industries, entrepreneurial ventures, and community-driven solutions.
Portland
Launched in 2020 through a transformative gift from technology entrepreneur David Roux, the Portland campus, anchored by the Roux Institute, was built to strengthen Maine’s innovation economy. The institute’s applied research, graduate programs, and industry partnerships in AI, biotechnology, and data science accelerate growth for both the state and the wider region.
Seattle
The Seattle campus, established in 2013, serves the Pacific Northwest’s dynamic technology economy. Located in the heart of Seattle’s tech corridor, it provides flexible graduate education and professional development programs tailored to the region’s innovation-driven workforce.
Silicon Valley
The Silicon Valley campus, established in 2014, focuses exclusively on career transformation and advanced technology education. Located in the heart of the world’s premier technology and startup ecosystem, it serves professionals seeking to enter or advance in high-demand technology careers.
Toronto
Established in 2016, Northeastern’s Toronto campus delivers graduate programs that reflect the needs of Canada’s innovation economy. A new six-story campus at 375 Queen Street West expands space for learning, research, and collaboration, strengthening connections among students, faculty, and the city’s growing technology, life sciences, and business sectors.
Vancouver
The Vancouver campus, established in 2019, was created to serve the growing demand for technology education in Canada’s Pacific region. Located in downtown Vancouver’s business district, it offers graduate programs that connect students with the city’s dynamic technology sector and international business community.
