A Christian University of the Liberal & Applied Arts & Sciences

A Message from the President

Welcome to Messiah University — a Christ centered educational community committed to the intellectual, personal, and spiritual development of our students. Messiah seeks to prepare women and men to effectively lead and serve a global society. Our educational program is designed to challenge and motivate students to develop and use their individual gifts and abilities in service to God and others.
Messiah offers a program of 82 academic majors in the liberal and applied arts and sciences. All students are required to complete a core general education program and an academic major. In addition, we enable our students to participate in an array of experiential learning opportunities which include off-campus study at over 40 sites, internships and career-related experiences, service learning, leadership development and guided undergraduate research. Messiah’s educators possess a serious commitment to teaching and scholarship. Accomplished Christian scholars and experts in their disciplines, our educators are student-centered—serving as mentors to help students engage in deep learning and the pursuit of meaningful vocations.
If you are interested in pursuing an educational experience that will challenge and transform, I invite you to consider Messiah University.
Kim S. Phipps
President

Identity and Mission

Three statements best describe the identity and mission of Messiah University:

• Messiah University is a Christian university of the liberal and applied arts and sciences.
• The University is committed to an embracing evangelical spirit rooted in the Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan traditions of the Christian Church.
• Our mission is to educate men and women toward maturity of intellect, character, and Christian faith in preparation for lives of service, leadership, and reconciliation in church and society.

Statement on Liberal Learning and Christian Scholarship

Messiah University educates for mature Christian citizenship. This means that:

• we expect our faculty to teach as Christian scholars in pursuit of faithfulness to both God and academic disciplines;
• we embrace liberal learning, believing that all truth is God’s truth—revealed by God to be understood and applied by each of us;
• we expose our students to multiple views and perspectives to enable them to respond with maturity to the complexities of the contemporary world;
• we approach intellectual questions in a spirit of humility recognizing that each individual’s knowledge, understanding, and wisdom are finite; and
• we seek to learn in order to better serve God and others.

Statement on Nondiscrimination

Messiah University does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, age, disability, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other university-administered programs.

Statement on Change

The provisions and requirements stated in the Messiah University Catalog are not to be considered as an irrevocable contract between the student and Messiah University. The University reserves the right to change any of the provisions or requirements at any time within the student’s term of residence. No such change, however, will be applied retroactively so as to extend the time normally required for completion of the student’s program. The University reserves the right to cancel any announced program, major, or course, as well as change the course instructor or change the time it will be offered. The University’s obligation to continue to offer any programs or majors in conjunction with another institution is expressly contingent on the institution’s continued participation.