About Bakke Graduate University

This college is currently inactiveBakke Graduate University (BGU) is the perfect place to engage in new realities of our global, urban world.

Bakke Graduate University is the cutting-edge leader in developing a new model for theological education that combines the best of traditional seminary training with inventive methods of delivery and relevant content. While many mid-career educational programs are targeted to increase a participant's specialization in their chosen field, Bakke Graduate University is designed to expand the participant's perspective to encompass new global and multicultural realities.

An Experiential Education: Nothing speaks louder than the real thing. Cities are often Bakke Graduate University's classrooms and labs. Bakke Graduate University’s city immersion experiences are designed to expand your worldview with rich spiritual, biblical, historical and community reflection.

A Practical Education: Bakke Graduate University’s faculty has the highest academic credentials but they share their teaching load with street practitioners and front-line innovators. Assignments are rigorous with an immediate application to real life and ministry.

Bakke Graduate University is connected to and building upon an international, urban, theological system of connections established and cultivated over the past 30 years by Ray Bakke and others. This extensive arrangement of alliances gives our students unprecedented access to thinkers, leaders and practitioners in the global, Christian church.

Bakke Graduate University's graduate programs employ the following niche areas of expertise within our extensive network of students, alumni and faculty:

1. Worldwide Global Connections
2. Bible-Based Curriculum
3. Global Urban Studies
4. Theology of Work
5. Academic Quality and Breadth
6. Practical Skills
7. Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Accreditation
Bakke Graduate University is a member of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS). TRACS is recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE), the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE).