Recent News

Kutztown University Welcomes Rafi as Director of Institutional Research

Dr. Fawad S. Rafi has been hired to serve as Kutztown University's new director of Institutional Research. Rafi will begin his appointment Monday, April 25. Rafi has an extensive career history and comes to KU from Lehigh Carbon Community College, whe...

Apr 20, 2022, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University Honors Student Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Kutztown University Honors student Vanessa Maybruck, Allentown, Pa., has been selected as an award recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) in recognition of her high levels of success in her future acade...

Apr 19, 2022, 10:14am EDT

Invitation to Cover: Kutztown University to Announce Grant from Senator Schwank for Keith Haring Fitness Park Thursday, April 21

Kutztown University will announce a grant from State Senator Judith L. Schwank to support the anticipated Keith Haring Fitness Park at a press conference 2 p.m., Thursday, April 21, KU Student Recreation Center Room 200. Media interested in attending ...

Apr 19, 2022, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University Students Win Business Plan Competition at State System Startup Challenge

Kutztown University students Shantal Ewell and Kevin Smyth won the $10,000 first place prize in the annual State System Startup Challenge, sponsored by Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education. Ewell, an MBA student, and Smyth, a Master's in Stu...

Apr 14, 2022, 2:53pm EDT

KU Association for Women in Mathematics Receives Community Outreach Award

Kutztown University's chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) was awarded the Community Outreach Award by the National AWM organization this past fall. This award is given to a student chapter in recognition of its outstanding engagem...

Apr 13, 2022, 9:04am EDT

KU Department of Cinema, Television and Media Production to Host 'Tower Talks' April 13

Kutztown University's Department of Cinema, Television and Media Production will host Tower Talks, a new speaker event on campus, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 13, Rickenbach Auditorium. The event features KU alumni, faculty, staff and students and is a ...

Apr 12, 2022, 9:00am EDT

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KU Student Entrepreneurs to Compete in State System Startup Challenge Finals Wednesday, April 13

Three student entrepreneurial teams will compete in the annual State System Startup Challenge, including Kutztown University graduate students Shantal Ewell and Kevin Smith. Students will pitch their original business plans to a panel of judges for a c...

Apr 11, 2022, 1:00pm EDT

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Kutztown University and RACC Sign B.S. Physics: Engineering Technology Dual Admissions Transfer Agreement

Kutztown University president Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson signed an agreement Monday, April 4, with Reading Area Community College president Dr. Susan Looney to provide a seamless transfer for RACC students to enter the KU Bachelor of Science in Physics: ...

Apr 11, 2022, 8:58am EDT

KU Presents 2022 Chambliss Student Academic Achievements Awards

Kutztown University presented the Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Awards to six accomplished students Friday, April 8, in the Georgian Room at Old Main. Students who received awards were nominated by staff and faculty members for meeting one or ...

Apr 8, 2022, 2:42pm EDT

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KU Named 2022 Transfer Honor Roll Recipient for Fifth-Consecutive Year

Kutztown University was named to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society's 2022 Transfer Honor Roll for the fifth-consecutive year. KU was among 171 colleges and universities in the nation to be named in recognition of the dynamic pathways the universities creat...

Apr 7, 2022, 10:40am EDT

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.