Gallaudet University is the premier institution of learning, teaching and research for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. For more than 150 years, Gallaudet has produced leaders and innovators who have influenced history. There is no other place like this in the world.
In 1856, Amos Kendall, a postmaster general during two presidential administrations, donated two acres of his estate in northeast Washington, D.C. to establish a school and housing for 12 deaf and six blind students. The following year, Kendall persuaded Congress to incorporate the new school, which was called the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind.
Education
Undergraduate
Graduate
International
Online Degree
Certification & Non-degree Programs
Research
The Research Services unit of the Office of Sponsored Programs strives to fulfill Gallaudet University's mission to encourage, promote, and facilitate scholarly research. This enhances Gallaudet's intellectual climate by facilitating scholarly opportunities on campus.
services include:
A database and report of the University's achievements in research and scholarship.
Access to the archived Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Youth.
Research at Gallaudet newsletter.
REDCap a robust scientific data collection tool that is available free of charge for anyone on campus.
Career
The Career Center staff empowers students and alumni to develop appropriate skills and an understanding of career resources necessary to identify, pursue, and achieve their career goals. We also work with employers, faculty, and staff to ensure successful collaboration with students in finding meaningful and rewarding internship and employment opportunities!
Gallaudet UniversityKey Statistics & Highlights
11 Courses
271Academic Staff
1,795Students
Student services
The Student Body Government (SBG) is the major organization through which Gallaudet students govern themselves, plan activities for the campus, and work with faculty and administration on matters of general interest to the student body.
Housing services
The Housing component covers anything related to the daily living in the residence hall rooms and on-campus apartments, Room Lottery, roommate changes, and most importantly, housing assignments. We believe that a housing assignment entitles the resident the opportunity to be a part of a living and learning community.
We have six University residence halls and three Faculty Row houses totaling approximately 1,000 beds. In addition to the aforementioned residential facilities, we have housing at the Kendall Apartments where apartment units are available for use by families with children.
Library services
Deaf Collections & Archives
Gallaudet Video Catalog
Articles & Databases
E-journals
WRLC Digital & Special Collections
ICT services
Gallaudet Technology Services (GTS) provides essential resources, end-user training and support for academic and administrative uses of technology at Gallaudet University and the Clerc Center. Units that provide direct support to students include the IT Service Desk, media and classroom support, and eLearning.
Information about Teaching and Working Remotely (GTS Intranet-public)
IT Service Desk
Medical services
Student Health Service
Allergy Injections (must provide orders from physician and allergy serum)
Birth control counseling
Ear wax removal
EKG/ECG
Gynecology exams
Pap tests
Physicals
Prescriptions
Referrals to specialists
Respiratory assessment and treatment
STI testing and treatment
Strep throat
TB Test
Campus life
The Gallaudet University Campus is a beautiful and historic place.
The ninety-nine acre campus consists of over 2.5 million square feet of academic, residential and support buildings, and includes the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. In support of Gallaudet University's mission to "ensure the intellectual and professional advancement of deaf and hard of hearing individuals," long-term stewardship of the campus will ensure the campus setting is responsive and expressive of the rich relationship between deaf and hard of hearing experiences and the built environment—an emerging approach to architecture and planning developed at Gallaudet known as DeafSpace.
Sports facilities
Field House
Hotchkiss Field
Hoy Field
Softball Complex
Pool
Thomas Berg Track
Athletics Hall of Fame
Locker Rooms
Fitness Complex
Arthur "Art" Kruger Conference Room
Athletic Training Room
Team Meeting Room
Student clubs
Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity (ASP)
African Student Union
Asian Pacific Islander Association (APIA)
Bison Games Organization
Black Student Union (BSU)
CodaDet Organization
Delta Epsilon Sorority (DE)
Delta Zeta Sorority (DZ)
English Language Institute Student Organization (ELISO)
Graduate Student Association (GSA)
Greek President Council (GPC)
Green Grow (GG)
Kappa Gamma Fraternity (KG)
Kappa Sigma Fraternity (KS)
Kappa Theta Phi Fraternity
Kappa Theta Phi Sorority
Latinx Student Union (LSU)
Phi Kappa Zeta Sorority (PKZ)
Rainbow Society (RS)
Saudi Student Organization (SSO)
Student Body Government (SBG)
The Buff and Blue (BnB)
Tower Clock
Accreditation
Gallaudet University is an institution accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. The MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
this experience as a student was very satisfying, I learned to know myself better
Posted byProvided by ESN
Studied fromSep 2021 - Apr 2024
Posted onApr 2025
4/5
Culture shock turned home
As a hearing person entering a Deaf and hard-of-hearing institution for the first time, it can be pretty jarring and an adjustment. I eventually found the environment to become my second home.
Posted byAnonymous
Studied fromJan 2021 - May 2023
Posted onMar 2026
4/5
It was good learning experience
it was great as we were provided all the materials resources and the university was well updated with the course. It is a government university so to in order to take admission, we have to clear an exam and if we get a good track, only then will be admitted into the university otherwise note..
