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About Howard University

Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., which is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790, located on the north bank of the Potomac River, with a resident population of nearly 600 000 inhabitants. The Washington Metropolitan Area, which has a population of more than 5 million inhabitants, is the 9th metropolitan area in the country.

Howard University traces its roots back in November, 1866, when the members of The First Congregational Society of Washington considered necessary the establishment of a theological seminary for the education of African-American clergymen. Howard was officially founded on November 20, 1866, by Gen. Oliver O. Howard, as Howard Theological Seminary, being known under its current name of Howard University since March 2, 1867, change which was approved by President Andrew Johnson.

Today, Howard is one of the 48 US private, Doctoral/Research-Extensive universities, consisting of 12 colleges and schools, through which the university offers its nearly 10 500 students undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in 120 fields of study. Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC) is recognized as one of the largest and most comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the history and culture of African people in the world.

Howard’s athletic teams, which are known as the Howard Bison, compete in the NCAA, as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, in various sports (10 women’s and 7 men’s), including basketball, football, soccer, lacrosse, tennis and volleyball.

The list of notable Howard alumni contains resonant names such as choreographer/actress Debbie Allen, the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate - Edward Brooke, Adrian Fenty - Mayor of the District of Columbia, Kasim Reed - 59th Mayor of Atlanta, including several other people, who have made themselves notable in various fields, after graduation.