Northeastern University in Oakland
Earn a graduate degree that makes you stand out.
Northeastern University has led the way in experience-based education for more than 125 years. Every day, our students reinforce their knowledge and discover how they can make an impact in the world through a combination of industry-focused classroom instruction and real-world learning.
Our Oakland campus is a lush, sprawling space just minutes away from all the Bay Area has to offer. Offering a portfolio of graduate degrees, the campus is also home to residential undergraduate students and the Mills Institute. As an Oakland student, you can:
- Learn from faculty with extensive experience and deep ties to your chosen industry.
- Take advantage of the close-knit community of a small campus backed by all the resources of a large, global university.
- Participate in internships and in-class industry projects to boost your resumé and put your learning into action.
- Structure your studies according to your schedule with full- and part-time options for most programs.
Advance your career in Oakland
“I really like being at the Oakland campus because of the environment, all the trees, and there are so many facilities. There are always student activities, social and academic.” —Angel Lin, Master of Science in Information Systems
Our Oakland campus offers master’s degrees in rapidly growing fields:
About the Oakland Campus
- Study in the vibrant, culturally diverse city of Oakland.
- Attend classes, conduct research, and network in 47,600 square feet of academic and laboratory space on a 135-acre campus.
- Find inspiration at numerous nationally recognized arts and science institutions throughout Oakland.
- Take part in a lively campus atmosphere with concerts, events, and student interest groups.
About Northeastern University
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.