Accelerated Growth

We are excited to announce that UoPeople has reached over 6,000 enrolled students from nearly 200 countries worldwide. This is truly an incredible accomplishment, considering the size of our student body when we were accredited in 2014 was 500 students! UoPeople is grateful to all its supporters who contributed to the university’s mission, enabling this outstanding growth.

Syrian Refugee Initiatives

In the wake of the on-going conflict that has displaced over 11 million Syrians, UoPeople launched a special scholarship program to assist 500 refugee students from around the world (primarily Syrian).

Through this program, we offer 500 refugee students the opportunity to pursue an associate or bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science or Health Science at the university, on a full scholarship. UoPeople is the first university to admit and offer scholarships to 500 refugees; all of this was made possible by contributors to this project, including Fondation Hoffmann.

Populations in Crisis

UoPeople welcomes students from all walks of life. The university offers a learning experience that is, like our students, geographically and culturally diverse. We are honored to serve as an opportunity for all qualified students, especially those with no other alternative for higher education. These students include refugees, survivors of natural disasters, women from areas of low gender equality, undocumented immigrants and more.

UoPeople just announced two new scholarship funds, one initiative to benefit 50 students born in Myanmar and another program for 20 Vietnamese students.

Below is a short video about Ernest, a UoPeople student from Malawi who applied to the university for financial aid. Thanks to generous contributions from kind supporters like you, he was given the opportunity to pursue his studies at UoPeople!

Academic Partnerships

UoPeople recently announced its third academic partnership with University of California, Berkeley. This follows the university’s two longtime partnerships with NYU, in which top-performing UoPeople students are considered for admission to NYU with a generous scholarship after their first year of studies, and with Yale Law School for research. UoPeople’s agreement with UC Berkeley enables qualified UoPeople associate degree-holders to apply to complete a bachelor's degree on campus at Berkeley.

MBA & Health Science Programs

This Fall, UoPeople successfully launched its first master’s degree program (MBA) and its third undergraduate degree program: Health Science, including associate and bachelor’s degree tracks. We believe that these new offerings help address global needs, like the critical shortage of skilled health-care workers worldwide and the need of many deserving students to get an MBA, in order to accomplish their career goals. Our ability to introduce these two in-demand programs was made possible by all our supporters who contribute to UoPeople’s mission everyday.

How You Can Support UoPeople

Contributing to UoPeople online is quick and simple!

Using our donation page, you can make your gift online using PayPal or a credit card.

Please contact donations@uopeople.edu for alternative methods to donate and/or additional information on how to sponsor a student, start a scholarship fund, support the university’s operations, or fund a new program.

Also, if you shop online with Amazon this holiday season (and all year-round), you can use Amazon Smile instead, which donates a percentage of your purchase to UoPeople!