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Innovative Scholarship

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Academics

CGU offers programs from 40 master’s and 19 doctoral degree fields, providing flexibly designed curricula to engage your interests and widen your base of expertise.

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Our schools promote research within and across disciplines, enabling students to work with world-renowned faculty to solve complex problems and build meaningful careers.

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Drucker School of Management

May 25, 2017

A Gift from the Drucker School: Free Classes
Drucker School of Management

May 18, 2017

Drucker School Ranks in Top 50, Top 100 Eduniversal Categories
School of Community & Global Health

May 15, 2017

Fourteen Inducted Into Delta Omega For Work in Public Health
May 12, 2017

CGU Announces Transdisciplinary Dissertation Award Winners

Events

May 30 › 8:00 am - 10:00 am

Dissertation Defense: Christine Weinkauff Duranso, PhD Psychology

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May 30 › 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Dissertation Defense: Silvana Bialosiewicz, PhD Psychology

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May 31 › Jun 2

RiFReM XX (Network of Religion Researchers in Mexico Conference)

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May 31 › 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Dissertation Defense: Mustafa Gunaydin, PhD Economics

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Jun 1 › 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

CGU in Shanghai

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Jun 2 › 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

CGU in Beijing

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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

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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.

Academics

Schools

News

A Gift from the Drucker School: Free Classes

Drucker School Ranks in Top 50, Top 100 Eduniversal Categories

Fourteen Inducted Into Delta Omega For Work in Public Health

CGU Announces Transdisciplinary Dissertation Award Winners

Events

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.