About JIU

Glenn R. Jones, founder and Chancellor of Jones International University, has devoted much of his life to his passionately held belief that education should be available to everyone, everywhere. In 1993, he founded Jones International University, and, in 1999, JIU became the first fully online university to receive U.S. accreditation.

Today, more than a decade since it was founded, JIU continues to offer courses and degrees of high quality and relevance to careers at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to students around the globe.

Jones International University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a member of the North Central Association, a United States regional accrediting agency. Regional accreditation is the highest level of accreditation a university can obtain and is recognized throughout the United States.