This is Merrimack

Merrimack has come a long way in building a remarkable institution of the liberal arts and professional education. For more than 60 years Merrimack has been a leader in a new model of practice-oriented Catholic higher education that systematically integrates liberal arts education, professional education, active learning, Augustinian values and principles, and off-campus experiences, to offer a dynamic and comprehensive education equal to the challenges and demands of the 21st century.

Over the years Merrimack has been transformed into a college of remarkable academic vitality and educational purpose,characterized by high academic standards taught by a dedicated faculty, and directed by an allegiance to the profound benefits and inspiration of the Catholic intellectual tradition.

For several years Merrimack College has taken bold, innovative steps to reconfigure the ways in which it defines and delivers a Merrimack College education in the 21st century. Building on our history and renewing our commitment to leadership in higher education, Merrimack is transforming what higher education must be to be effective and valuable in a complex world. This transforming vision presents Merrimack College as a liberal arts, business, and science and engineering college comprised of students equally engaged in classroom learning and the real world, acquiring knowledge and skills, and rooted and sustained by the Catholic tradition and the teachings of Saint Augustine.

This commitment to excellence in higher education informs every academic program and facet of campus life, and finds expression in all dimensions of Merrimack’s traditional and performing arts, and across the remarkable variety of residential activities and events at the college. Moreover, Merrimack has always been a pioneer in connecting the classroom and the real world. Merrimack’s active learning programs provide students with hands-on experience through internships, co-ops, service learning, and collaborative student-faculty research.

Merrimack helps young adults try on their lives by providing real-world opportunities – and endless possibilities. Immersive, rigorous, built on the core values of Augustinian tradition and a primary philosophy of Engagement in the world – Merrimack provides an educational experience fusing exceptional academics, innovative curricula, hands-on career experiences and one-on-one mentorship.

As Merrimack College reshapes and transforms its curriculum and community of scholars to meet the demands of a complex world, Merrimack is keenly aware that our vision of a liberal arts, business, and sciences and engineering education must reach out and embrace the world beyond our transformed campus. On an important level this outreach finds expression in the articulation of Merrimack’s brand.