Northwestern Health Sciences University

Northwestern Health Sciences University is a private university focused on alternative health care and located in Bloomington, Minnesota. The university has educational programs in chiropractic, Oriental medicine, acupuncture, therapeutic massage, and human biology. The university was founded in 1941 by John B. Wolfe, DC.

Previously Northwestern College of Chiropractic, Northwestern Health Sciences University has focused on alternative health care education, patient care, and research for over 70 years.Since 1991, Northwestern’s Wolfe-Harris Center for Clinical Studies has become one of the largest natural health care research institutions in the United States.

Northwestern Health Sciences University is a private institution, receiving most of its funding through tuition, research grants, and alumni contributions. It comprises three colleges and schools: College of Chiropractic, the College of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, and the School of Massage Therapy. Northwestern is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Northwestern Health Sciences University is located on a 25-acre (0.10 km2) campus in suburban Bloomington. The 230,000-square-foot (21,000 m2) main building was formerly a junior high school, but has since been renovated to accommodate the university containing laboratories, lecture halls, classrooms, a library, a bookstore, three public clinics, an auditorium, a cafeteria, a gymnasium, a research center, and a swimming pool.Construction projects include the addition of the Wolfe-Harris Center for Clinical Studies and the Greenawalt Library. The university is currently constructing a 48,000-square-foot (4,500 m2) new academic facility called the Wolfe-Harris Center for Excellence.