Welcome To
Kimball Union Academy

Be You. Become Who You Want to Be.

Investing in a private school education is one of the most important decisions you can make. So is determining the place you want to call home. At Kimball Union Academy, you’ll find a transformational education that puts you at the heart of the experience.
  • KUA Design KUA Design
    On the foundation of positive relationships, KUA leverages the science of how the brain works and learns to create intentionally designed experiences and challenges so that all students feel motivated, engaged, and supported.

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  • Campus Life Campus Life
    Find out how KUA's student life program offers you a family that supports, accepts, and helps you realize your full potential.
     
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  • Athletics Athletics
    We offer a competitive and engaging athletic and recreational program for student athletes looking to progress in their sport. Our coaches provide incredible instruction for developing student-athletes, at every skill level.
     
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Happening Around Campus

List of 4 news stories.

  • Mourning the Loss of Macy Piersiak '25

    Kimball Union Academy lost a beloved student and community member, Macy Piersiak '25. Macy passed away Sunday, November 10 in a motor vehicle accident at the age of 17.
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  • From the Magazine: The Return to Coeducation

    In 1937, citing a decline in enrollment of female students, KUA closed its doors to girls for nearly four decades. In February 1974, the Board of Trustees voted to re-admit young women. A few of the pioneering women in the earliest days of the return to co-education reflect on their experience 50 years ago.  
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  • Gunnar Olson and Jacques Steinberg

    Three Steps to a Happier College Admission Process

    Jacques Steinberg, New York Times best-selling author of The College Conversation: A Practical Companion for Parents to Guide Their Children Along the Path to Higher Education, joined a candid discussion at Family Weekend of practical strategies on how to support children through the college-application process.
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  • Jacques Steinberg

    Navigating College Admissions with Jacques Steinberg

    At Family Weekend, KUA will host Jacques Steinberg, New York Times best-selling author of The College Conversation: A Practical Companion for Parents to Guide Their Children Along the Path to Higher Education.
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List of 5 events.

  • Dec
    3

    STEM Scholars Seminar

    Guest speaker: Charlotte Alberts '11, Research Associate at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
    Location: Hayes Auditorium
    Contact: Ryan McKeon
  • Dec
    4

    Rock and Dance Concert

    Location: Flickinger Auditorium
  • Dec
    5

    Rock and Dance Concert

    Location: Flickinger Auditorium
  • Dec
    6

    Flick Gig: konverjdans

    konverjdans is a Brooklyn-based contemporary ballet company co-founded in 2016 by artistic directors Amy Saunder, Jordan Miller and Tiffany Mangulabnan, three women dancers, choreographers and creators
    Location: Flickinger Auditorium
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  • Dec
    7

    Annual Tree Lighting

    Location: Bicentennial Quad

KUA by the Numbers

  • 10

    Students in Average Class

  • 10

    Miles to Lebanon Airport

  • 12

    Miles to Dartmouth College

  • 40,000

    Square-foot indoor, heated turf field

  • 6:1

    Student-faculty ratio

  • 78%

    Of full-time teaching faculty with advanced degree

  • 130

    Unique Course Offerings

  • 1300

    Acre Campus

  • 1813

    Year Founded

  • 20

    AP Courses

  • 21

    Interscholastic Sports

  • 27

    U.S. States Represented

  • 23

    Countries Represented

  • 340

    Number of Students

  • 76

    Percentage Boarding

  • 13

    Miles of Mountain Biking and Nordic Ski Trails

  • 12

    Sheep on the KUA Farm
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Meriden NH, 03770
phone: (603) 469-2000
info@kua.org