Recent News

Kutztown Folk Festival Announces New Director, Fall Schedule of Events

Berks County native Heather Zimmerman has been named director of the Kutztown Folk Festival. "We are thrilled that Heather accepted our offer to lead the Kutztown Folk Festival," said Alex Ogeka, executive director of the Kutztown University Foundatio...

Jul 6, 2021, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University Summer Chamber Music Festival Slated for July 3-10

Kutztown University is excited to reopen the KU Summer Chamber Music Festival July 3-10. Talented students from around the world join forces for one week for a fully-immersive musical experience, working with the festival's renowned roster of devoted m...

Jul 1, 2021, 2:00pm EDT

Kutztown University Launches Undergraduate Certificate in Cybersecurity

A new short-term certificate program in cybersecurity at Kutztown University prepares students to prevent and defend threats to cyberspace and information technology. With more than 34 billion connected devices expected by 2025, Kutztown University's n...

Jul 1, 2021, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University Earns Highest-Ever Ranking, Named Best for Vets by Military Times for Seventh-Straight Year

Kutztown University has been ranked in Military Times' 2021 Best for Vets: Colleges rankings for the seventh-straight year. KU was ranked 19th among four-year schools, the highest ranking in school history (75th, 2019). KU has been a mainstay on the s...

Jun 21, 2021, 9:00am EDT

KU Communication Design Ranks Among Top 10 Graphic Design Programs in Pennsylvania for 2021

Kutztown University's Department of Communication Design was ranked eighth in Animation Career Review's 2021 Top 10 Graphic Design School Programs in Pennsylvania. The 2021 list is Animation Career Review's seventh annual ranking compilation for graphi...

Jun 17, 2021, 9:16am EDT

KU Council of Trustees Approve 2021-22 Budget at June Meeting

The Kutztown University Council of Trustees approved the 2021-22 E&G budget to highlight the Council's June 2021 virtual board meeting Thursday afternoon. In other business, the KU Council of Trustees: * Approved minutes from April 29, 2021 meeting. ...

Jun 10, 2021, 4:09pm EDT

Kutztown University Kicks off 2021 Summer Camps and Conference Season

Kutztown University's 2021 summer camps and conference season is underway. Kutztown University provides housing, dining and event services to programs ranging from athletic, arts and leadership youth camps; to professional, industry-based and academic...

Jun 10, 2021, 10:22am EDT

Kutztown University Announces Summer Vaccine Clinics

Kutztown University will host four COVID-19 vaccination clinics this summer. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination clinics are open to students, employees, community members and children ages 12 and older. Vaccines are free of charge and no registra...

Jun 9, 2021, 9:00am EDT

State System Universities Collaborate to Create Systemwide Geoscience Learning Ecosystem

Kutztown University has partnered with universities across the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to create new ways of teaching geosciences, designed to improve field-based instruction and learning for Pennsylvania students with the goal of...

Jun 3, 2021, 2:00pm EDT

Kutztown University Announces Spring 2021 Dean's List

Nearly 2,300 students have been named to the Spring 2021 Dean's List at Kutztown University. To be eligible for the Dean's List, an undergraduate student must be registered for at least 12 credits and have a minimum grade point average of 3.60. Studen...

Jun 3, 2021, 9:00am 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.