The global leader in education for deaf & hard of hearing students, Gallaudet University is changing the world with a bilingual way of being.

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Gallaudet University is a bilingual, multicultural institution offering higher education for deaf and hard of hearing individuals through American Sign Language (ASL) and English.

Welcome to Gallaudet University, the world's only bilingual University for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled students.

Leah Katz-Hernandez (GU ’10) is currently serving on President Biden’s Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics. Across Capitol Hill, dozens of other Gallaudet alumni are impacting policy changes to advance our deaf community from Congressional offices and thinktanks throughout D.C.

Don’t let those old credits collect dust–put them to good use by earning a degree in one of our Online Degree Completion Programs (ODCP). Students interested in pursuing a degree in Business, Accounting, Communications, Deaf Studies, English or Psychology that have already accumulated 60 hours of college credits can finish their degree with flexible, accelerated, eight-week courses ...

As the first signing deaf woman to ever earn a PhD in philosophy, Dr. Teresa Blankmeyer Burke welcomes others to follow in her footsteps. “This field is not only about hearing dead white old men,” says Burke, who focuses on the ethics of sign language interpreting and how human genome editing approaches deafness — a topic she’s consulted on for the United Nations, the World Health ...

Hello! Welcome to Gallaudet University! My name is Tionna, from New York. I'm an undergraduate student majoring in Communications Studies. We're glad you can join us here on this virtual tour of our beautiful 99-acre campus. During …

Gallaudet University is your university. Our students' stories are a testament to how Gallaudet helps students grow and blossom.

The university’s executive leadership team is predominantly deaf. Besides President Cordano, the chief of staff and the chief academic, bilingual, communications and undergraduate admissions, financial, legal, and operating officers are deaf.