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Why CGU

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The Pursuit of Happiness

Bestselling author Gretchen Rubin points out how to play to your personality

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Allies of Dreamers

New program addresses the challenges and needs of undocumented students

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Power to the People

Engaging Citizens to Ease the Burden of New Energy Projects

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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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Schools

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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News

School of Educational Studies

October 9, 2017

TEA Program Gives Foreign Teachers a Chance to Go Back to School
October 6, 2017

Alumni Passings: ‘Primal Scream’ Therapist Arthur Janov, Historian Seymour Scheinberg
School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation

October 6, 2017

Easing the Burden of Constructing New Energy Infrastructure Projects
Institute of Mathematical Sciences

October 6, 2017

IMS Awards Fellowship, Showcases Cross-Campus Collaborations

Events

Oct 19 › 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Art Exhibition: MFA First Year Exhibition

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Oct 19 › 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

WE THRIVE Lecture Series: “The Salt in the Sugar: Humanizing Research, Toward a Social Movement Scholarship”

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Oct 19 › 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

WE THRIVE Lecture Series: “Cranes in the Sky: On Potentialities, (Border) Crossings, and Wake Work”

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Oct 19 › 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Panel Discussion: Mormonism and Violence in 19th-Century America

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Oct 20 › 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Art Exhibition: MFA First Year Exhibition

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Oct 20 › 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Cognitive Brown Bag Lunch

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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

TEA Program Gives Foreign Teachers a Chance to Go Back to School

Alumni Passings: ‘Primal Scream’ Therapist Arthur Janov, Historian Seymour Scheinberg

Easing the Burden of Constructing New Energy Infrastructure Projects

IMS Awards Fellowship, Showcases Cross-Campus Collaborations

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.