Post University

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Post University was founded in 1890 as a proprietary business school to support the training and educational needs of the blossoming industries of central Connecticut. In 1896 Henry C. Post became the principal of the school, and over the next several years it became known as Post’s Waterbury Business College. It wasn’t until 1939 that the college broadened its mission and became Post Junior College. In 1960 Dr. Harold B. Post became president, and in 1965 Post College acquired its current day campus property on Country Club Road.

In this same year Mr. Harold B. Leever became the Chair of the Board of Trustees. New buildings were constructed to support the campus, and in 1968 the Traurig Library was dedicated. In 1970 the Leever Student Center opened and shortly thereafter Post College’s first off-campus site was established in Meriden, Connecticut. Post Junior College, having been previously accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, became Post College, a four-year institution of higher education in 1976, and its first baccalaureate degrees were awarded four years later. The Drubner Center was acquired 1986, providing the Post College with an athletic facility to support its growing NCAA Division II athletic programs.

Post College affiliated with the Teikyo University in Japan and became Teikyo Post University in 1990. Teikyo University transferred control of Teikyo Post University to a new Board of Trustees and a new name, Post University, in 2004.