University of Washington Tacoma

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Prospective Students

Explore degree options in fields ranging from environmental science to computer science; from history to healthcare; and from business to psychology. All taught in small classes by faculty who know you personally.

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Freshman and transfer applications being accepted for autumn quarter 2012

Our Community

UW Tacoma enjoys a close relationship with the South Puget Sound community. From its very beginning, civic-minded leaders have supported the university and helped bring it to fruition. Today this symbiotic partnership results in many connections between UW Tacoma faculty, staff and students working together with government agencies, business groups and non-profit organizations.

For more information on UW Tacoma’s community engagement, contact Mike Wark, director of external relations, at 253-692-5771 or mwark@uw.edu.

Community news
Dec 6, 2011Campus community supports new scholarship in memory of Gig Harbor teen Soup and the generosity of the UW Tacoma community added to the coffers for the Amanda Dauron Memorial Scholarship.
Nov 17, 2011The business of beer Daniel Heath jokes that he gets tripped up pouring Cheerios, and can barely make Cup Noodles, let alone brew a keg of craft beer.

Faculty & Staff

Information and resources for current faculty and staff. Some links will require a NetID login. View a directory of UW Tacoma faculty and staff.

Faculty & Staff news
Dec 28 2011Patterson named vice chancellor for Administrative Services Patterson is currently the executive director of the Washington Vaccine Alliance. He will start in at UW Tacoma on January 17.
Dec 1 2011University Place schools chief and UW Tacoma lecturer receives statewide honor Patti Banks has been named the 2012 Washington State Superintendent of the Year.

Current Students

UW Tacoma is committed to helping students succeed. There are many resources outside the classroom that can help you with everything from study skills and writing papers to creating your own student group and finding a job after graduation.

Freshmen

Freshmen take courses as part of a close-knit community of students — a cohort — who take their first-year Core courses together. In the Core curriculum's small learning community, students truly get to know their professors and classmates.

The Core is an interdisciplinary approach to learning that deepens student understanding of the world and how it works. The series of courses is designed to help students develop critical thinking and writing skills as well as understanding of a wide variety of subjects. Students may earn credit in art and economics one quarter, history and sociology the next.

Support UW Tacoma

Because of our state’s economic crisis, students are being asked to shoulder much more of the cost of getting a university degree. And we are asking our community to step up to support them.

With our Step Up Scholarship initiative, if you make a scholarship gift of any amount before April 13, 2012, we will match it at 50 percent.

News & events
Dec 6, 2011Campus community supports new scholarship in memory of Gig Harbor teen Soup and the generosity of the UW Tacoma community added to the coffers for the Amanda Dauron Memorial Scholarship.
Nov 8, 2011 UW Tacoma Dawgs mugged for the camera, wolfed down purple and gold cupcakes and even played Pin the Tail on Hendrix to celebrate UW’s 150th birthday.

Contribute to UW Tacoma
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Get involved

Got a question? Want to get involved? Contact Scott Pinkston, Alumni Relations Manager at 253-692-5641 or uwtalum@uw.edu.

News

Cuts to police could compromise future safety, budgets

Two criminal justice faculty members and their students have written a position paper regarding proposed cuts to the Tacoma Police Department. Their advice: think twice.

Homeless heavy drinkers imbibe less when housing allows alcohol

A study of a controversial housing project that allows chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to drink in their apartments found that during their first two years in the building residents cut their heavy drinking by 35 percent.