The University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) is one of three campuses of the University of Washington (UW) and is an urban-serving institution committed to providing a community-engaged education. The UWT campus is located on the ancestral lands of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians within the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. Established in 1990, our thriving downtown campus serves a diverse student body of a wide range of ages and backgrounds, including an overall undergraduate population consisting over more than 50% first-generation college students. Our approximately 5,000 students, across seven schools, are offered a variety of professional and academic degrees and certifications.

The UWT is a Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) and federally funded Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). In particular, the Tacoma campus is renowned for its community-engaged activities, wherein many of its faculty, students, and staff are taking an active role in transforming the city and region into a thriving and just collective of communities. The UW is among the 119 institutions of higher education in the U.S. to receive the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation denoting institutional commitment to community engagement.

The UWT faculty has access to the resources of the UW, a major state-flagship research university, while working and teaching within a small campus setting. Consistent with the UWT urban-serving mission, our campus provides a unique environment for faculty to creatively develop their teaching, scholarship, and service portfolios, and to engage with the Tacoma community. UWT’s commitment to diversity and belonging is central to this mission, and to creating an atmosphere where students, staff, faculty, and community members find abundant opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth.