Value proposition

We develop free-enterprise leaders who drive global economic and social progress.

Northwood University is committed to the most personal attention to prepare students for success in their careers and in their communities; it promotes critical thinking skills, personal effectiveness, and the importance of ethics, individual freedom and responsibility.

Private, nonprofit, and accredited, Northwood University specializes in managerial and entrepreneurial education at a full-service, residential campus located in mid-Michigan. Adult Degree Programs are available in multiple states and online. The DeVos Graduate School offers day, evening, weekend programming in Michigan and Texas, and online. The Michigan-based Alden B. Dow Center for Creativity and Enterprise provides system-wide expertise in family enterprise, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and new business development. International education is offered through study abroad and in Program Centers in Switzerland, China (Changchun and Wuxi), Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Our Mission: To develop the future leaders of a global, free-enterprise society.

We believe in:

The advantages of an entrepreneurial, free-enterprise society,
Individual freedom and individual responsibility,
Functioning from a foundation of ethics and integrity, and
Promoting and leveraging the global, diverse and multi-cultural nature of enterprise.