ASU Preparatory Academy

ASU Preparatory Academy is part of Arizona State University's Learning Enterprise, an initiative that serves learners at every stage of life, from K-12 through mid-career professionals and beyond. Its ASU Prep Digital programme delivers preparatory learning to school-age students in an online format, alongside the university's ASU Online initiative, which offers degree programmes to learners worldwide.

The wider university was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, with multiple campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area and online programmes reaching students globally. It serves over 85,000 students drawn from all 50 states and more than 165 countries, and offers over 800 undergraduate and graduate degree programmes across 16 colleges.

Arizona State University describes itself as a "New American University", with a charter that measures success by whom it includes and how those learners succeed, rather than by whom it excludes. The institution reports more than $1 billion in annual research investment and more than 170 cross-disciplinary centres and institutes working on grand challenges in space, sustainability, health, security and education. It is consistently ranked among the most innovative universities in the country and leads the nation in sustainability in multiple global rankings.

Work spans higher education, K-12 schooling and online and digital education, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, strategic partnerships and cross-disciplinary research. Faculty are drawn from across the globe.