About The Wilmette Institute

The Wilmette Institute offers quality on-line courses on the Bahá’í Faith. It aims to engage a broad and diverse community of learners in an in-depth study of the Bahá’í Faith. Wilmette Institute courses can be completed at introductory, intermediate (undergraduate), or advanced (graduate) levels of rigor. At the intermediate level, some students have received college credit for their Wilmette Institute course work.

Since 1995 the Wilmette Institute has served some 3,000 students, many of whom have made important contributions to the Bahá’í community, serving as teachers, sharing what they have learned informally with family and friends, and taking more active roles in community development. Some have been inspired to continue their formal education at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

The Wilmette Institute is an educational agency of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States.