University of the West
Rosemead, California, US
1409 Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead
Last updated: 17/03/2025
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About University of the West
University of the West is a private, nonprofit university located in Los Angeles County, near the San Gabriel Mountains. A beautiful green campus, modern classrooms, full-service library, on-site residence halls, and recreational facilities make UWest an educational oasis within the bustling Los Angeles metropolis.
UWest brings high-quality instruction and inclusive student services to its diverse local and global communities. In all of its programs—from the bachelor’s through the doctoral level—UWest blends Buddhist wisdom with Western academic traditions and new technology.
Students from around the world thrive in a caring, supportive, peaceful, and multicultural campus community. UWest’s small class sizes and attentive educators provide a personalized college experience focused on individual student success.
Why University of the West
- Diversity: With over 44 countries represented in the student body, UWest is like “the entire globe on 11 acres.” UWest graduates are ready to meet the challenges of a complex and globally interdependent world with creativity and compassion.
- Facilities: UWest offers a Fitness Center equipped with a gym that features standard machines such as treadmills, ellipticals and a full range of exercise equipment curated for full-body workouts, including state-of-the-art resistance equipment, with a complement of standard free weights, jump ropes, etc. The Fitness Centre also has a dance room, with fitted with wall-to-wall mirrors which also serves as a yoga and martial arts training room equipped with a Wing Chun dummy and wrestling/grappling mats.
- International Student Support: The ISS is here to help international students make a smooth transition, both personally and academically, to attending university in the United States. The ISS's goal is to make sure that students have the information and resources that they need to maintain their F-1 status and make the most out of their opportunities as an international student.
- Research Centers: Students will have great opportunity to participate in research at UWest. The Institute for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism (ISHB) at University of the West is devoted to the promotion of the interdisciplinary study of Humanistic Buddhism. The Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon is a ground-breaking project to gather, digitize and distribute the original Sanskrit scriptures of the Buddhist faith.
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