About Wright State University

In the tradition of the nation's best universities, Wright State University is dedicated to teaching, research, and community service. In addition, Wright State has the distinct mission of providing leadership to improve the quality of life for the people of the Miami Valley. Wright State's links to area business, community, education, and research organizations offer unique educational opportunities to a diverse student body.

Named for Dayton's aviation pioneers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, the university serves more than 16,000 students with programs leading to more than 100 undergraduate and nearly 50 Ph.D., graduate and professional degrees offered through six colleges and three schools.

Wright State's faculty are dedicated to advancing the frontiers of knowledge as well as applying this knowledge to real problems. In addition, many of the faculty are very active in political, financial and medical fields in the community. Many classes are small and taught by fully affiliated faculty, 80 percent of whom hold terminal degrees in their fields.

More than half of WSU students live within a half-mile of the 557-acre main campus, including more than 2,800 in university-affiliated residencies. An extensive underground tunnel system links most campus buildings. Much of the modern architecture is nationally recognized for being completely accessible for individuals with disabilities.

Wright State is a member of the NCAA Division I Horizon League, sponsoring 16 intercollegiate sports, including seven for men and nine for women. The Ervin J. Nutter Center is a state-of-the-art sports and entertainment center seating up to 13,000 for concerts, intercollegiate athletic contests, and other arts and entertainment events.

The university libraries, consisting of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library and the Fordham Health Sciences Library, are an integral part of the OhioLink system, with Internet connections to major academic and health sciences libraries throughout Ohio. WSU’s Special Collections and Archives administers collections in both libraries. Dunbar Library's emphasis on aviation history and Fordham Library's emphasis on aerospace medicine and human factors engineering combine to make WSU a nationally known repository for the documentation of some of the 20th century's most dramatic technologies.