Chicago Graduate Programs
Programmed for the real world
Located in the heart of the city, the Chicago Campus was designed to provide and inspire the learning and living experience. To that end, we have created an environment that caters to your mental, emotional, and intellectual growth. Our classrooms are bright and spacious with windows to the outside world and the latest technology. In our library, you will find every resource you need to research, form, and shape your journey. At Adler University, we have more than enough room to share your thoughts and flex your intellect.
Every Adler program is created not only with specific milestones, relevant coursework, and expected outcomes, but also with the flexibility and creativity to help you think outside of the box to help solve today’s major challenges faced by individuals and communities. With that in mind, you will graduate with real-world knowledge and experience to pursue your goal of creating a more just society and drive change.
Adler University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).
View our full list of Adler Program Accreditations.
Explore our program offerings by degree type:
Master’s Programs
Doctorate Programs
Certificates Programs
Adler’s Chicago Campus
No matter which Adler experience suits you, where you
attend will be equally dynamic, immersive and fulfilling.
Be it on campus in Chicago or Vancouver, or virtually through our Online Campus, we are dedicated and driven to replicate the Adler inclusive and shared way of learning and growing together.
We are a community that lives, learns, and works as one.
The Harold and Birdie Mosak Library
Our librarians are available to provide personalized guidance with research and utilizing resources, and our facilities offer lounge areas suitable for individual or collaborative group work.
The Adler University library has supported the learning and research experiences of students since its creation in 1952 by Harold Mosak, one of our founders and original faculty members. The library also offers one of the world’s finest archives of Adlerian psychology materials.
Our library collection is vast – comprising more than 370,000 e-books, articles, journals, videos, and databases. Each year, we add to our library based on what our faculty teach and what our students need for their research. And if we don’t have a resource, we can help students get it via our interlibrary loan system that spans university and library systems around the world.
The Harold and Birdie Mosak Library, located on our Chicago Campus, offers an extensive range of print and digital resources to help students in their scholarly pursuits. Our dedicated staff of faculty librarians are experts in their field and assist students with finding resources and conducting research.
Adler University Center for Learning and Teaching
All students have access to the Adler University Center for Learning and Teaching, which offers a variety of resources to assist in writing and research. Students can get individual assistance and tutoring on writing, theses, and dissertations, as well as personalized consultation for statistics and research design.
Adler University’s Center for Learning and Teaching meets the co-curricular instruction needs of Adler University students on all campuses by providing support in:
- Academic writing
- Statistics and research design
- APA citation
- Dissertation and thesis format
- Resume, CV, and cover letter preparation
Services are provided in person and online by Adler University writing professionals, faculty members, and Brainfuse tutors.
Faculty Spotlight
Mary Drout, Ph.D.
Director of the Master of Arts in Counseling: Rehabilitation Counseling
I believe teaching is a privilege and a great responsibility; therefore, I bring passion and energy to courses I teach. I believe that all students have the ability to achieve. My hope is for students to finish each course having done self-exploration that leads to a new or deeper understanding of themselves and the world.
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Live and Learn in the City That Works
Located in the heart of the city, the Chicago Campus was designed to provide and inspire the learning and living experience. To that end, we have created an environment that caters to your mental, emotional, and intellectual growth. Our classrooms are bright and spacious with windows to the outside world and the latest technology. In our library, you will find every resource you need to research, form, and shape your journey. At Adler University, we have more than enough room to share your thoughts and flex your intellect.
Faculty
Institutes & Centers
The health and well being of a community is one of the cornerstones of the Adler foundation and social justice mission. To that end, Adler University employs a community embedded service model of institutes and centers that provide our students with the first-hand experience in the real world, serving communities in need.
Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice
The Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice (IPSSJ) was created to address public safety challenges with socially just solutions. IPSSJ works with trauma-focused community groups to reduce criminalization in communities of color.
Adler Community Health Services
In keeping with the vision of the first community psychologist Alfred Adler, the Adler Community Health Services (ACHS) is a community-embedded program for Chicago and Vancouver communities in need of healthcare.
Faculty Spotlight
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Masters of Arts in Counseling Pyschology
Jennifer van Wyck, M.A. ’10, works in areas of the Middle East formerly controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group to help women who have experienced violence and their communities to heal. After receiving her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology in Vancouver, Jennifer went on to help people in crisis as a global aid worker. She received a Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division) from the Canadian Government for her work assisting Ebola survivors and orphans in Sierra Leone. She later managed the International Medical Corps gender-based violence programs in Haiti and is now building and running its programs in the Middle East.
Faculty Spotlight
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Masters of Arts in Counseling Pyschology
Jennifer van Wyck, M.A. ’10, works in areas of the Middle East formerly controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group to help women who have experienced violence and their communities to heal. After receiving her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology in Vancouver, Jennifer went on to help people in crisis as a global aid worker. She received a Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division) from the Canadian Government for her work assisting Ebola survivors and orphans in Sierra Leone. She later managed the International Medical Corps gender-based violence programs in Haiti and is now building and running its programs in the Middle East.
Faculty Spotlight
Name Here
Masters of Arts in Counseling Pyschology
Jennifer van Wyck, M.A. ’10, works in areas of the Middle East formerly controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group to help women who have experienced violence and their communities to heal. After receiving her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology in Vancouver, Jennifer went on to help people in crisis as a global aid worker. She received a Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division) from the Canadian Government for her work assisting Ebola survivors and orphans in Sierra Leone. She later managed the International Medical Corps gender-based violence programs in Haiti and is now building and running its programs in the Middle East.
Admissions
Come prepared. At Adler University. Our students come from all walks of life and from all around the world. If you have the aptitude, resolve and academic resume, you are Adler material and more than welcome to join us in our quest to create a more just world.
Academic Calendar 2021
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| Spring 2022 | 01.03.22 | 04.24.22 |
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| Summer 2022 | 05.02.22 | 08.21.22 |
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| Fall 2022 | 08.29.22 | 12.18.22 |
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| Spring 2023 | 05.01.23 | 04.23.23 |
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| Summer 2023 | 05.01.23 | 08.20.23 |
| Term | Starts | Ends |
| Fall 2023 | 08.28.23 | 12.18.23 |
Catalog & Handbook
2022-2023 Terms
The 2021-2022 Adler University Catalog provides comprehensive information about degree programs, course descriptions, and academic and student policies.
Adler University’s Student Handbook is meant as a guide only and does not serve as a contract between Adler University and its students. Adler University reserves the right to alter its policies, procedures, curriculum, and to do so at any time, with or without advance notice, and to apply changes regarding current and future students alike.
In our archives, we maintain a collection of historical catalogs dating back to the early 1970’s. If you have any questions or need additional information, please email the Office of the Registrar or call (312) 662-4130. Please click here to access our Catalog Archives.
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