Wilmette Institute

The Wilmette Institute is an educational agency of the . It aims to engage a broad and diverse community of learners in an in-depth study of the Bahá’í Faith. Wilmette Institute courses feature personalized learning plans designed by each learner. Some students have received college credit for their Wilmette Institute course work.
It is considered a center of Bahá’í learning, in cooperation with the other Bahá’í schools and institutes in the United States: Green Acre, Bosch Bahá'í School, , and the .
The Institute was founded in 1995 to provide basic and advanced courses on the Bahá’í Faith. Its first four-year program, Spiritual Foundations for a Global Civilization, provided comprehensive and in-depth study of the Bahá’í Faith. Several months of on-line study were supplemented with on-site summer residential sessions in Wilmette, Illinois.
To provide educational classes to a broader student body, in 1998 the Wilmette Institute began offering on-line courses. It now schedules more than 50 different courses of varied length, with a limit of 40 students for most courses. More than 5,000 students, residing in at least 60 countries, have taken at least 1 course. Most courses have two faculty members, who are recruited world-wide and include authors, scholars and university professors.
The rotating courses fall in several categories: Bahá’í texts and writings, the Bible and the Qur'an, Bahá’í history, social issues, and a Deepening and Dialogue series that includes study of Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese Religions, Christianity, and Islam.
Organization
The Wilmette Institute has an appointed Board that meets twice yearly, with a Director and staff. It's offices are located at 1233 Central St., Evanston, Illinois.

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