about longwood
Longwood University combines a private university experience with the affordability of a state university.
A state-assisted, co-educational university, Longwood offers students a choice of more than 100 undergraduate majors, minors and concentrations.
Graduate programs include business, education, English, sociology and communication sciences & disorders.
Longwood has one of the highest job placement rates among public institutions in Virginia.
It also is one of only a few in the nation to require internships or research projects for every student in every major.
Honors & Awards
Longwood University is among America’s best
U.S. News & World Report ranks Longwood University one of the “Top Public Universities-Master’s” in the South at the #9 position, and the 2011 Princeton Reviewagain bestowed regional honors on Longwood, naming it a “Best Southeastern College.”
And, for the first time, Longwood University is included as one of the best colleges in the United States in the Forbes 2010 list of America's Best Colleges.
Computer Resources
Longwood is a fully networked campus, with full Internet access available everywhere on campus, including all campus buildings and residence hall rooms.
Other Facilities and Resources
Longwood offers a wide variety of facilities in its extensive health and physical education complex, which includes a pool, dance studio, human performance lab, 3,000-seat gymnasium, eight tennis courts and a nine-hole golf course.
In addition, the new Health & Fitness Center offers a 30-foot rock climbing wall, indoor track, basketball and racquetball courts and the newest in weight training equipment.