About Us

In the spring of 2007, TWU extended its award-winning academic programs into the United States for the first time, focusing on accelerated adult education. The first degrees offered were a Bachelor of Psychology and a Bachelor of Social Sciences. Alternatively, a 30 credit hour certificate of human services is incorporated into either degree.

TWU expanded these offerings in the fall of 2008, and a New Degree program in Leadership was opened to students.

The TWU-Bellingham extension site is a branch of Global Learning Connections (twu.ca/extension/), the nontraditional programming division of TWU.

Accreditation  & Authorization

Trinity Western University is chartered by the government of the Province of British Columbia to grant degrees.  Graduates are accepted at virtually all colleges, universities, and professional schools around the world.  TWU is full-member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the national congress of degree-granting institutions.  In addition, TWU is authorized by the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board and meets the educational standards established for degree-granting institutions under the Degree Authorization Act.

Trinity Western University received A+ top ranking among Canadian universities in the Globe and Mail prestigious annual University Report Card.

Trinity Western University is authorized by the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) and meets the requirements and minimum educational standards established for degree-granting institutions under the Degree Authorization Act. This authorization is valid until September 11, 2010, and authorizes Trinity Western University to offer the following degree programs: Bachelor of Arts in Leadership; Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Human Services Certificate and Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences with Human Services Certificate. Any person desiring information about the requirements of the Act or the applicability of those requirements to the institution may contact the HECB office at P.O. Box 43430, Olympia, WA 98504-3430.