About Douglass Residential College

Douglass Residential College at Rutgers University prepares undergraduate women for success in an increasingly diverse, competitive, and global public arena.

Get the Best of Both Worlds
Women students who choose Douglass experience the best of both worlds. You have all of the advantages of Rutgers, a large co-educational research university with distinguished faculty and programs, yet also participate in an innovative women's community at Douglass, designed to support your growth in whatever field you choose.

Douglass Community
Open to residential, commuting and non-traditional aged women students at Rutgers-New Brunswick, Douglass is located on the beautiful Douglass Campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Douglass provides a close-knit community to approximately 1800 women who call it home.

The Douglass Campus location provides convenient access to the rest of the University campuses, downtown New Brunswick, New York City and Philadelphia, offering you countless academic, cultural, entertainment, and professional possibilities.

Learning at Douglass
At Douglass, your education goes beyond the classroom to become a more involved and complete experience that integrates your academics with your career aspirations, student life and community connections, better preparing you for the challenges of life after college.

Among the many advantages that make up the Douglass Difference are:

A practical Women’s Leadership course that counts towards your academic unit's requirements
A guaranteed Externship, where you’ll shadow a Douglass graduate who is working in a field that is of special interest to you
Personal, one-to-one advising by a professional Douglass staff member who wants to get to know you
Peer mentoring by Douglass students or Peer Academic Leaders, who will be a major academic resource to you
Opportunities for student leadership through Douglass clubs and organizations
Programming that encourages women’s success through a variety of renowned centers and institutes
A guaranteed spot in Douglass first-year housing on the scenic Douglass Campus for residential students
A fun, engaging Douglass Summer Orientation, designed to give you a head-start on your first year at Rutgers.

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