Education
- At UW Tacoma, students learn in small classes, getting to know their faculty while participating in research and service projects.
- First-year students complete an innovative core curriculum, which blends different fields of study into interdisciplinary classes. Courses might mix art and ecology, or business and social science.
- The result is a rich learning environment where students are encouraged to challenge themselves.
Research
Within this framework, the Office of Research in collaboration with campus partners aims to:
- Work with faculty to identify funding opportunities for individual research interests as well as high priority areas as identified by our campus leadership and community partners.
- Support the full proposal development and submission process
- Support faculty scholarship and professional development
- Provide research administration support to Research Centers such as the Center for Urban Waters
- Provide guidance on the Research Lifecycle to all active faculty researchers and staff across the UW Tacoma campus
Housing services
- Offers students the opportunity to convenience to live on-campus in a safe and community-based living environment.
Library services
- The mission of the UW Tacoma Library is to help our students, faculty and staff achieve their goals.
- We accomplish this through exceptional services, resources, spaces, and technologies.
Medical services
- Provides free counseling and other psychological services to currently enrolled UW Tacoma students, including individual, couple, and group counseling, educational workshops and classroom presentations, support groups, consultation, and referrals.
- In partnership with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, provides compassionate, convenient, and affordable healthcare services.
Campus life
- The 46-acre campus footprint is located on a hillside overlooking the Port of Tacoma and Mount Rainier, on the southern edge of downtown Tacoma, next to museums and the beautifully reconstructed Union Station.
- Within walking distance are an array of restaurants, attractions, businesses, shops, parks, museums and historic architecture.
Sports facilities
- In partnership with YMCA of Pierce & Kitsap Counties, provides recreational and fitness services and equipment to the UW Tacoma and local community.
- Also serves as a student center with lounge space, a game room, event and meeting spaces, and the Center for Student Involvement.
- The University of Washington Tacoma is accredited as a unit of the University of Washington by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.