Recent News

KU Promotes Diversity Through All-Inclusive Establishment Initiative

A new diversity-focused campaign is in the works on campus. The "Kutztown All-Inclusive Establishment" initiative is a window sticker campaign founded by the Kutztown University LGBTQ+ Resource Center and Women's Center to promote visible acceptance of...

Mar 9, 2022, 9:00am EST

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Award-Winning Faculty Member to Present Chambliss Lecture March 31

Dr. Valerie Trollinger, professor of music, will present the Chambliss Faculty Award lecture at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 31, McFarland Student Union Alumni Auditorium. Trollinger's lecture is titled, "Diagnosing and correcting voice problems in profe...

Mar 8, 2022, 9:00am EST

Kutztown University to Host 2022 Regional Science Olympiad March 17

Kutztown University will host the 2022 Central Eastern Regional Science Olympiad Thursday, March 17 (snow date March 18). Approximately 400 students from 18 high schools from Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Northumberland and Schuylkill counties will be co...

Mar 7, 2022, 9:00am EST

KU Professor Receives Patent for New Design for Precision Sensors

Kutztown University's Dr. Kunal Das, professor of physics, has received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for his invention of a new method for precision detection and sensing of rotation and magnetic fields. Das began the pa...

Mar 3, 2022, 9:03am EST

KU Announces Project to Bring Rare Keith Haring Fitness Park to Campus

Kutztown University is partnering with Kutztown Community Partnership (KCP) to bring a world-class, one-of-a-kind Keith Haring Fitness Park to campus to help promote health and wellness in the Kutztown community. The interactive fitness park will be lo...

Mar 2, 2022, 9:00am EST

Kutztown University Celebrates Women's History Month in March 2022

March is Women's History Month and the Kutztown University campus has many events planned to raise awareness on issues, educate and empower young women at the university. Kutztown University's Women's Center has lined up a series of events that allow ...

Mar 1, 2022, 10:58am EST

Ellis Named 2022 Winner of Award for Achievement in Data Analytics

Connor Ellis '21, Maple Glen, Pa., was named the 2021-2022 winner of the $1,000 Liquid Interactive Award for Achievement in Data Analytics at Kutztown University. Ellis graduated from KU's Master of Science in computer science program, as well as the ...

Feb 28, 2022, 10:55am EST

Kutztown Folk Festival Announces 2022 Dates, Unveils New Website

The Kutztown Folk Festival will return in-person this summer, July 2-10, at the Kutztown Fairgrounds. "We are thrilled to welcome people back to the Fairgrounds for the 2022 Kutztown Folk Festival," said Heather Zimmerman, Festival Director. "We are c...

Feb 21, 2022, 9:22am EST

Daughter of Malcolm X Featured Guest Speaker at KU's 2022 Ujima Conference Feb. 22-24

Kutztown University's Multicultural Center is hosting its annual Ujima Conference Feb. 22-24. Ujima means "collective works." This year's conference will center around the celebration of Black history. A major highlight of the 2022 conference will be a...

Feb 18, 2022, 12:46pm EST

Kutztown University Announces Fall 2021, Winter 2022 Degree Recipients

Kutztown University has conferred degrees for more than 450 students for the 2021 fall semester and 2022 winter session. Kutztown University announces degree conferment twice a year, once in the winter and once in the summer. Commencement exercises ar...

Feb 17, 2022, 9:00am EST

About Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Comprising four colleges - Business, Education, Liberal Arts and Sciences and Visual and Performing Arts - Kutztown University of Pennsylvania offers a wide range of outstanding academic programs to prepare individuals for successful careers.

Located on 289 acres, the campus is adjacent to the Borough of Kutztown in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Enrollment at the university includes 8,500 students from more than 20 states and nations. There are 362 tenured/tenure-track instructional faculty and boast a favorable 20:1 student-faculty ratio. Eighty-eight percent of KU faculty have doctorates or terminal degrees.

Kutztown University was founded in 1866 as Keystone Normal School.  The school became Kutztown State Teachers College in 1928, Kutztown State College in 1960 and achieved university status in 1983.

Kutztown University is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.