Create Your Future

CGU’s New President

Len Jessup named new president of Claremont Graduate University

Learn More
Create Your Future

Accepting applications for Fall 2018

Find Your Program
91^st Commencement

Congratulations to the Class of 2018!

Watch the Video
Why CGU

Discover 10 reasons why CGU is the place for you

Discover CGU
CGU Online

Enrollment for online master’s programs in Evaluation, Information Systems & Technology, and Marketing now open

Read More
Family Value

Drucker School to launch Global Family Business Institute

Read More
A Contemporary Conversation

Charles Gaines and Njideka Akunyili Crosby to speak at May 21 ‘Artists Talk’ at The Broad

Read More
Tufts Poetry Awards 2018

Giving voice to the voiceless

Read More

News

School of Arts & Humanities

May 23, 2018

CGU Board Votes to Close Philosophy Department; Current Students Will Receive Full Support to Complete Their Degrees
School of Educational Studies

May 23, 2018

CNA Fellowship Students Arrive for Orientation
Drucker School of Management

May 23, 2018

New Institute Seeks to Serve Needs of Global Family Businesses
Drucker School of Management

May 17, 2018

It’s All in the Name: The Enduring Popularity of Peter Drucker

Read more news ›

Events

May 30 › 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Dissertation Defense: Hind Bitar, PhD in Information Systems and Technology

May 31 › 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Dissertation Defense: Samantha Imada, PhD Psychology

Jun 5 › 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Dissertation Defense: Susan Garman, PhD English

Jun 5 › 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Dissertation Defense: Christopher Cappelli, PhD in Health Promotion Sciences

Jun 5 › 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

How To Be a Graduate Student – Webinar

Jun 5 › 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Dissertation Defense: Jacqueline Swaidan, PhD History

View Calendar ›

View Admissions Events Calendar ›

treelined Indian Hill Blvd

Current Weather

59°F | 15°C

Claremont, the City of Trees and PhDs

Claremont Graduate University is nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, about 35 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles, California. Claremont is known as a beautiful west coast college town with a sunny, Mediterranean climate year-round.

History of CGU

1925
1929
1951
1967
1971
1999
2000
2016
More ›

The founding of Claremont Graduate University

With an initial endowment of $1 million, Claremont Graduate University is incorporated as the second of the seven Claremont Colleges, a unique consortium of elite graduate and undergraduate institutions whose founders sought to “preserve the inestimable personal values of the small college while securing the facilities of a great university.”
Art at Claremont Graduate University

The first art seminar is offered during the summer session.
Politics & Policy

CGU launches its program in Politics & Public Policy, one of the oldest of its kind in the United States.
The Institute for Antiquity and Christianity

The Institute for Antiquity and Christianity is established as an interdisciplinary center for research into the ancient Near East, the classical cultures of Greece and Rome, and the emergence of Judaism, Christianity, and Islamic studies. The Institute attracts leading faculty-scholars who spearhead the university’s renowned programs in Religion.
Peter Drucker arrives in Claremont

Peter F. Drucker, considered the father of modern management theory, arrives in Claremont. His work is instrumental in establishing CGU’s management school, where he taught for more than 30 years.
Quality of Life Research Center at CGU

A founding scholar in the field of positive psychology, Professor Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, along with Professor Jeanne Nakamura, launches the Quality of Life Research Center at CGU, propelling the university to the forefront of an exciting new field.
Keeper of the Flame

For CGU’s 75th anniversary, the official seal of the university is revised, adapting motifs from the original design. The distinctive flame symbolizes the pursuit of knowledge, truth, and justice and reflects the words from CGU’s motto, Multa lumina, una lux (“Many lamps, one light”).
CGU in DTLA

Claremont Graduate University expands into Downtown Los Angeles, a hub for creative industry academic programs, special events, and entrepreneurial collaborations.