Niagara University is where tomorrow’s leaders gain the confidence to reach for their goals, clarity of thought and direction, and a heightened sense of purpose. You won’t just gain an education – you’ll realize your full potential to make an impact on the world around you.
Welcome to Niagara – you’ll love it here.
If you’re interested in enrolling at Niagara University, start your journey by exploring some of these topics:
We invite you to find your wings and explore Niagara University during our Fall Open House! Between campus tours, academic and financial aid presentations, and conversations with current faculty and students, you’ll experience an introduction to NU like no other.
This is the best opportunity to find out how our excellent academic, research, and leadership opportunities will empower you with the confidence to excel in your field of interest. We’ll also share how Niagara offers robust student life, service-learning, and study abroad opportunities.
Hello, Purple Eagles!
Whether you want to find out when the next hockey game is happening at Dwyer Arena or see what’s on exhibit at Castellani Art Museum, let us help you find your way:
What makes Niagara University so special? In addition to our strong Vincentian culture and close-knit student body, the education you receive here will you allow you to hit the ground running after you graduate!
The power of Niagara is the embodiment of our strong values, exceptional student body, and world-class faculty. It’s driven by our mission, and carried out every day by the passionate people who walk our campus.
Niagara empowers students with the confidence and skills to excel as professionals and as people, both on and off campus.
We live our mission of developing the whole person – mind, body, heart, and soul. It’s the river that runs through everything we do.
Our Catholic and Vincentian heritage has carried us for over 160 years, inspiring us to offer each student individualized guidance and support.
Whether you’re looking to join a team or cheer on a game, NU Athletics is the place to be! We offer 19 Division I teams, as well as competitive Club teams. Let your purple pride soar!
Whether you’re an incoming undergrad or graduate student, we offer a number of events
designed to answer your questions and inspire you to get excited about your future as a Purple Eagle!
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Nov. 6, 2024 | 6 p.m.
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Nov. 7, 2024 | 6 p.m.
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Nov. 11, 2024 | 10 a.m.
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Nov. 11, 2024 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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Nov. 16, 2024 | 10 a.m.
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Dec. 5, 2024 | 4 – 6 p.m.
The trillion-dollar sport, tourism, and hospitality industries have Americans spending an average of 22% of their disposable income in the experience economy. Niagara University’s College of Hospitality, Sport, and Tourism Management teaches students how to excel in this lucrative and fast-moving economy by learning how to deliver service, excellence, and create memorable experiences.
Located near one of the world’s major tourism and hospitality centers, the CoHST offers bachelor’s degrees in hotel and restaurant management, tourism and recreation management, and both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in sport management. The curriculum provides a comprehensive body of knowledge about the hotel, restaurant, sport, recreation, and tourism industries, preparing students for the rich variety of management opportunities through their desired career path.
Scholarship opportunities abound, and we invite you to explore our featured financial aid awards.
Niagara’s ISDF program equips students to manage and react to cybersecurity threats that have presented challenges across all industries. Students will be trained in brand new, state-of-the-art computer labs, allowing them to gain skills that can be used in professional areas such as computer and mobile forensics, network security, defensive security, and data privacy. The program is appropriate for students of many backgrounds, including computer and information sciences, business, criminal justice, accounting, and healthcare. For those who are interested, this program will provide the knowledge necessary to obtain the Certified Information Systems Security Management Professionals (CISSP) certification.
The Information Security and Digital Forensics Program (ISDF) at Niagara University is a designated National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD)
Niagara University powered up a 17-acre state-of-the-art solar array on its Lewiston, N.Y., campus Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. The $6.2 million, four-megawatt project, completed in partnership with Montante Solar and Pivot Energy, features 7,500 bifacial solar panels, mounted on a smart “tracker” racking that follows the sun throughout the day to maximize energy production.
Niagara University honored seven individuals for their outstanding leadership and dedication to improving the lives of others at its 2024 President’s Dinner, Oct. 29, 2024, at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino. Proceeds from the President’s Dinner benefit Niagara University’s scholarship programs. This year’s event raised nearly $235,000 toward student scholarship assistance.
The event was hosted by the Rev. James J. Maher, C.M., president of Niagara University, and co-chaired by NU Trustee Nicholas Cecere Sr. and his wife, Barbara.
For the next two years, Dr. Cassandra Marnocha, associate professor of biology and director of environmental sciences at Niagara University, will be working as part of a collaborative team with colleagues from Johns Hopkins, Purdue, and the SETI Institute, as well as student researchers from her lab, to evaluate if motion by life can be distinguished from non-living motion to determine whether motility can be considered an agnostic biosignature.
The work is supported by a $338,420 grant from NASA, awarded to Dr. Marnocha and her research team following a NASA Ideas Lab on biosignatures in February. During the six-day workshop, which was held both in-person and virtually, participants from a diverse range of disciplines gathered to produce radically innovative research proposals to address the challenges presented by the use of biosignatures to determine life. Dr. Marnocha’s was one of only six selected from more than 20 projects proposed.
We are thrilled to announced the successful completion of the largest and most impactful philanthropic campaign in our 166-year history. “Powering Transformation: The Campaign for Niagara University,” has raised more than $130 million dollars, exceeding its goal of $125 million.
Find out what people are saying about Niagara University, on our campus, and beyond.
Niagara University demonstrates its strength in U.S. News College Rankings.
17 acre solar array helps Niagara University become carbon neutral.
Niagara University Sabres Scholars begin one-of-a-kind educational experience.
I decided to enroll at Niagara University because it gave me a sense of community when I stepped foot onto campus. I knew I would thrive with the small class sizes and endless opportunities that would be provided to me. What I didn’t know is how much of an impact these opportunities would have on me, as well as my future.
Sarah Bauch, ’21
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