1Our Award-Winning Nexus Learning Approach

Nexus Learning puts you at the center of an active, collaborative and transdisciplinary education infused with the liberal arts—giving you the experience you need for a unique, competitive advantage and the professional skills employers are looking for. We immerse future designers, engineers, architects, health professionals, lawyers and marketing and media professionals in their fields early—completing research projects and internships in their own majors, blending peers with industry partners to work on real-world challenges.

2Unparalleled Internship Opportunities

Learning by doing is part of the Jefferson DNA, and it isn’t happening on this scale anywhere else. Our students intern at top companies across the country, including Bloomingdale’s, Elle Magazine, JPMorgan Chase & Co., PA Office of Attorney General, Philadelphia Flyers and QVC.

3That Lead To Jobs And Graduate Degrees

Our graduates get jobs—it’s that simple. Be armed with a diploma sought after by leading national and international businesses, design and engineering firms, research facilities, medical centers and nonprofit organizations. And, more than 90 percent of graduates in Jefferson’s sciences and social sciences have gone on to doctoral programs.

Graduate Schools Include:

  • Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University)
  • Columbia University
  • Drexel University
    Thomas R. Kline School of Law
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • New York University
  • Temple University
  • University of Copenhagen
  • University of Massachusetts
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of the Sciences

Where (some) Of Our Grads Work:

  • Air Force Uniform Office
  • Anthropologie
  • Comcast
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Kate Spade New York
  • NASA
  • Phillips & Associates Architects
  • SEI Investments
  • Under Armour Inc.
  • Verizon
  • Walt Disney Company

Jefferson's career services center received the Innovation Excellence Award for Student Engagement at a Small College.

4Jefferson And Philly: A Perfect Match

Our close proximity to, and connection with, the great city of Philadelphia gives our students the best of both worlds—a traditional undergraduate experience with exposure to the arts, culture, nightlife, history and recreation—not to mention easy access to New York City, Washington D.C. and the rest of the Eastern Seaboard.

VotedBest City for Live Music

by Vivid Seats for the thriving and diverse live music scene, beating hubs like Nashville, Atlanta and New York.

NO.3

Selected as the third must-see destination in the world by The New York Times.

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TOP 20

Philadelphia was featured on Fast Company's list of the top 20 most livable cities in the world for work and play balance.

5At Jefferson, we are Redefining Humanly Possible.

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So, what can you do with this innovative, collaborative, professional, real-world education? JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.

Architecture | Business | Design | Engineering | Fashion & Textiles | Health | Humanities | Medicine | Science

JEFFERSON (PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY + THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY) | EAST FALLS CAMPUS | 4201 HENRY AVENUE | PHILADELPHIA, PA 19144