An extraordinary academic experience

There are many things you will come to appreciate as a learner and scholar at HBU.

A university founded upon the truths of Jesus Christ and God's Word.  This foundation recognizes all truth as God's truth, which is discoverable to the hearts and minds of human beings by study, dialogue and reflection.

A curriculum designed to help students answer the most important questions in life--Who am I, why am I here, what is my purpose in life, what is my proper relationship to God, others, and to creation?

Small, interactive, and discussion-based classes that ensure your learning may accurately reflect all of the complexities and differences of opinion that exist in the real world.

An accomplished, experienced faculty dedicated to your individual success and to the idea that faith and reason are partners in the search for truth and knowledge.

The quality and depth of programs we offer in a variety of fields including the liberal arts, music, education, nursing, business, and the sciences.

The numerous hands-on experiences that enhance your classroom learning and allow you to test your newly acquired skills and knowledge.

An experience larger than academics

But perhaps what you will come to appreciate most is the fact that all of these benefits add up to an HBU experience that is much greater than merely the sum of the parts. An experience that transforms you through your encounters with new ideas and new perspectives on old ideas, helps you gain a clear vision of your future, and allows you to harness your potential to do more, to serve, to lead, to be more than you ever thought you were capable of.

Why does HBU build on a liberal arts foundation?

The study of the liberal arts is the age-old foundation of university education that has its roots in the ancient worlds of Greece and Rome, and was accelerated and codified by the church fathers who made universities the great generators, accelerators and protectors of our civilization's intellectual heritage.  In calling it "liberal" we are, like our forefathers, pointing to the fact that it is an education for free people to equip them for self-government and to help them make the most of all the gifts and talents that Providence has bestowed on human beings for the glory of God and the betterment of our own societies, near and far. The only true mitigation for the effects of the Fall is an educated populace whose hearts and minds are attuned to all the knowledge and wisdom God is willing to bestow on us.

We believe that the most effective way to unlock the potential of every human being to strive for justice, live at peace with our neighbors, and to be good stewards of nature is to be grounded in the humanities. Any major you choose in pursuit of a profession is enhanced for you by the liberal arts as you learn to think and communicate more deeply and broadly.

The original idea of a university, articulated so well by people like John Henry Newman, is one where scholars gather to create an environment where the truth is sought in every discipline by means of study and dialogue and critique. It is a place where every question can be asked with the confidence that God has given us minds, made in his image, that can gather facts and sort them and use them to answer questions, big and small, for the benefit of the individual as well as the larger society.

Fulfillment of the vision articulated in HBU’s Ten Pillars is our overall goal.  One can take each pillar and see that by carrying out its mandate, we will advance the cause of Christian higher education—not in a way that isolates us from the world, or takes us out the larger debates in our culture, or bifurcates faith and reason; rather, we will be fully engaged so that we can offer the truth and wisdom of the ages available to Gods' highest creature, mankind, for the betterment of our world, starting with our own friends and families and neighborhoods. We can say, like Cardinal Newman, that we "rejoice in the widest and most philosophical systems of intellectual education, from an intimate conviction that Truth is our real ally, as it is our profession; and that Knowledge and Reason are sure ministers of Faith."

We desire to embody what the university’s founders envisioned, and what Sir Winston Churchill so eloquently described, as the real purpose of a university:

The first duty of a university is to teach Wisdom, not a trade; Character, not technicalities. We must learn to support ourselves, but we must also learn how to live.

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