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WELCOME

A Bit About Bastyr:

The first program offered by Bastyr was Naturopathic Medicine.

Bastyr University was founded in 1978 in honor of Dr. John Bastyr, a pioneering figure in natural medicine and a doctor and teacher who helped rescue the field of naturopathic medicine from obscurity. 

A Bit About Bastyr:

Today, Bastyr offers more than 15 different degrees and certificate programs.   

As of Winter 2024, the Bastyr University community consists of 749 students and over 6,400 alumni across the globe. 

• Bastyr has a comprehensive collection of conventional, complementary and integrated medical resources, including thousands of research and clinical databases, e-journals and e-books. ​

• Students can utilize one-on-one research consultations in person or online.

• Students have access to a free article request service for any materials outside Bastyr’s collection.

• This is an example of one of Bastyr’s classroom spaces.

• The bookstore carries all the usual supplies that you would find in a bookstore (textbooks, scantrons and school supplies), but it also carries natural health items like cookbooks, essential oils, stethoscopes and acupuncture needles.  

• The Dining Commons offers cuisines inspired from the PNW.

• The produce used in cooking is almost all organic and supports small local farms when possible.   

• The Dining Commons strives to be a low-waste leader in sustainable, large-scale cooking.

• It also features nearly 30 flags, which represent the ​home countries of Bastyr's international students over the years. 

• The Mosaic Lounge is a common study area for group work, lunch and community. 

• It is home to the Student Resource Center, where students can learn about the latest campus events, find a tutor, or pick up their mail.

• The Bastyr University Chapel features stained-glass windows from Ireland and mosaic artistry and marble from Italy.  

• Though once a Catholic Seminary, the Chapel is now a secular space used for a variety of events such as weddings, concerts and recordings. 

• Serves as a recording studio for many artists, including Dave Matthews, and for movie soundtracks such as “Brokeback Mountain,” “The Wedding Planner,” and, most recently, “Selma.”  

• Home to the Bastyr mascots, our turtles! 

• During warmer weather, the Turtle Courtyard is a great place to eat lunch and catch up with friends.  

• The Cadaver Lab allows students to take a hands-on approach to learning about the body.

• Bastyr University is one of the few ND schools to offer this as a part of their program; Each student treats the donor as their first patient.

•  Programs such as acupuncture also have classes in the Cadaver Lab.

• Students use this lab space to prepare herbal tinctures, salves, teas, and compresses, using herbs harvested from the Bastyr University Gardens. 

• Over 350 types of herbs are stored here. 

• Here, students learn stretches, physical manipulations, taping, and ultrasound technology. 

• Hydrotherapy lab includes an infrared sauna, soaking tub and treatment tables. 

• Hydrotherapy is the use of water at different temperatures and forces as a treatment that helps to increase blood flow, to get metabolism and digestion going, or stimulate wound healing.

• Bastyr University believes in a whole foods philosophy, defined as eating as close to nature as possible, with foods that are as close to being unprocessed/unrefined.

• Nutrition classes are open to all students, as whole-person health often starts with food.  

• Cooking classes use herbs and produce from the Bastyr University Gardens.

Outdoor Spaces

• Bastyr University sits inside the beautiful St. Edward State Park. Several trails on campus lead right down to Lake Washington!

• The Bastyr University Gardens are organized according to systems of the body: respiratory, digestive, endocrine, etc.

• It's completely organic!

• A variety of Western and Eastern (Chinese, Indian) herbs are grown here.

• Reflexology footpath | Based on wisdom from ancient Egypt, India and China, reflexology paths massage and stimulate acupressure points in the soles of the feet connected to various energy meridians of the body. ​

• Sacred Seeds Ethnobotanical Trail | This mile-long trail was created in collaboration with local tribes and herbalists to save seeds from endangered plants indigenous to the Northwest.

• Teaching Greenhouse
  Dedicated in April 2017 and open to the public

• The Student Village includes 11 buildings, each with 12 private rooms and bathrooms with shared kitchen, living and study space. 

• The Student Village is LEED Platinum certified by the US Green Building Council. They are energy and water efficient and have rooftop gardens!