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University Practicum

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Advancing the University Priority of delivering an outstanding educational experience.

Each year, the University Practicum hosts a practical, flexible, and supportive online practicum on a timely topic of learning and teaching selected by the campus community. Designed to complement participants' busy schedules, the University Practicum offers a flexible choice of synchronous online sessions, learning labs, individual consultations from an interdisciplinary team of Northwestern educational developers and faculty experts.

The 2025–26 topic will be announced January 2026!

Want to learn more about the University Practicum's impact on participants? Please read this infographic.

The practicum gives me a space to collaborate with other instructors and discuss how we implement teaching strategies and techniques in our own classrooms—what we’ve tried, and what has worked. I find that to be very, very useful.”

Arend Kuyper, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Data Science, Department of Statistics and Data Science
1,275+
instructors
5
years of success

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please email practicum@northwestern.edu.