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JBU is preparing for face-to-face education in fall 2020
Learn about JBU's responses to the outbreak of COVID-19 and how they might affect you as a prospective student.
View Updates for JBU's Return to Campus
New livestream campus visits
In response to COVID-19, we're offering a new way to visit – and it's much more than a virtual tour.
Test Optional Admission
COVID-19 has disrupted standardized testing. Learn more about our test optional admission path.
Our offices are open
If you have any questions, concerns or fears, we want to know. We will do whatever we can to support you.
Please feel free to text or call us at 479-320-2672, email us at admissions@jbu.edu and finaid@jbu.edu or contact your admissions counselor directly.
Connect with others and enjoy life
Engage in authentic faith and community
Hard work is important, but so is your mental and spiritual health. At JBU, you'll be welcomed into a community of good friends and caring mentors that will help you thrive and enjoy life.
Connect with others
Be known and build authentic, lasting friendships with students from across the country and around the world.
Get involved
Plug in to campus events, small groups, chapel band, student leadership, service opportunities and more.
Have fun and enjoy life
Develop socially, spiritually and emotionally over 4 great years.
Discover how JBU will help you connect
Connect with others
Get involved
Have fun and enjoy life
Explore #jbulife on Instagram
Get an authentic glimpse into life at JBU. #jbulife is reserved for real students to post candidly about life as a JBU student.
My friend from a state school said, ‘You know everyone! When I walk across my campus, I don't see recognizable faces.’
At JBU I've been able to form deeper, more intimate relationships. I know so many people.”
Isabelle Martinez
Psychology student
Live on campus for the full experience
No matter what, you'll be an engaged member of the JBU community, but it's even better when you live on campus with the majority of students.
Engage in authentic faith and serve others
"Christ Over All" is the heart of JBU. During your time here, you'll be encouraged to worship God fully and embrace a broken world redemptively.
Diversity at JBU
JBU students come from all over – 38 U.S. states and 53 foreign countries. We are devoted to cultivating a culturally inclusive environment where diversity of thought, experience and expression are valued, respected, welcomed and celebrated.
Learn more about diversity at JBU
Multicultural Organization of Students Active in Christ
MOSAIC is a student-lead organization intended to create unity among the minority Americans on the JBU campus.
Student Development
At JBU, we're about educating the "Head, Heart and Hand." Student Development is where your heart and hands can get involved — through chapel, volunteering, Bible studies, and so much more.
Recreation & Fitness
Whether you're looking for competitive varsity athletic opportunities, more casual intramural opportunities or just a good place work out, you'll find it at JBU.
Explore Northwest Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas is the #4 Best Place to Live in the U.S. according to U.S. News & World Report (2019). It offers a unique combination of job opportunities, outdoor activities and world-class culture.
Student Services
These are services that enhance student growth and provide various kinds of support. They include Campus Safety, Career Development, Academic Assistance, the Student Counseling Center, the Writing Center and more.
Virtual Campus Tour
We know it's not always possible to visit campus, so we've created a 360° virtual tour of campus.
