Harlaxton Manor - Present Day

Present Day

Presently, Harlaxton Manor is known as "The British Campus of the University of Evansville." It is an American owned and operated college which is home to students and professors seeking a global education each academic semester. During the summer the site is often used for various meetings, social gatherings, international conferences and private functions such as weddings. Begun by Stanford University before the University of Evansville took control in 1971, it is one of the oldest international educational programmes.

While teaching classes or studying abroad for a semester, or longer, visiting instructors and students live in either the manor house or its accompanying carriage house. Classes are held, and offices sited, in many of Harlaxton's baroque or rococo ornate gilded rooms, former bedrooms, and the dining room.

The average enrolment is around 150 to 200 students each semester. A majority of students are from the University of Evansville. Historically, this program accepted students from institutions from around the world, and included graduates attending Oxford, Cambridge, The London School of Economics, and The London Conservatory, and was Stanford's Honor Program in England until its transfer to The University of Evansville. For decades American colleges such as Duke University, Stanford, Amherst, Northwestern, Gonzaga, Berkeley and Southern Methodist University maintained a number of annual student seats. Harlaxton was one of the first independent colleges for both international and domestic study. From 1973 the University has accepted students from William Jewell College.

Today, there are also students from several other American colleges, including the Purdue University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of Southern Indiana, Emory & Henry College, Baker University, Converse College, Eastern Illinois University, Western Kentucky University, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Catawba College, Houston Baptist University, The College of New Jersey, Texas Woman's University, Christopher Newport University, Missouri Baptist University, Ball State University, Lawrence Technological University, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Florida Southern College, and Judson University.

During the summer the manor is home to the Harlaxton International Chamber Music Festival, which draws music students and faculty from throughout the world.

Since 1984 Harlaxton Manor has also been the site of the annual Harlaxton Symposium, an interdisciplinary symposium on medieval art, literature, and architecture.