Salem International University

Salem International University is a small private, for profit institution of higher learning in Salem, West Virginia. It has about 750 students, enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. Classes are available through both on-campus and online learning environments. The school was founded as Salem College by the Seventh Day Baptist Church in 1888. It soon became a non-sectarian nonprofit college. Over the next 100 years, the school continue... more

Salem International University is a small private, for profit institution of higher learning in Salem, West Virginia. It has about 750 students, enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. Classes are available through both on-campus and online learning environments. The school was founded as Salem College by the Seventh Day Baptist Church in 1888. It soon became a non-sectarian nonprofit college. Over the next 100 years, the school continued as a liberal arts, teacher education, and nursing college. In 1989 it formed an alliance with Teikyo University of Tokyo, Japan, which changed the focus of the school to one of education of international students in a unique atmosphere. Salem College was renamed Salem-Teikyo University. The alliance with Teikyo ended in 2000, when the school was purchased by investors from Singapore. At that time, the school changed its name to Salem International University. Salem International University was acquired by Salem Education, LLC in June 2005.... less