A new STEM university · Bentonville, Arkansas

We exist to dramatically shorten the distance between learning and impact.

A privately funded, residential university designed with the needs of students and community at the center. The university is a new, STEM-focused, business-infused institution opening in Bentonville, Arkansas, with its first degree-seeking class enrolling in 2029.

Aerial rendering of the Bentonville Institute of Technology campus in Bentonville: two stepped academic buildings in terracotta and copper beside a linear residential block, set among trees. — Indicative rendering · final architecture in developmentRendering: Bjarke Ingels Group

The Bentonville Institute of Technology™ model is deliberate: focused terms rather than semesters, highly experiential coursework anchored in real industry problems, and business literacy infused throughout — because engineering decisions are economic decisions.

~1,500

Residential students

500

Certificate earners

Years to graduate

2029

First degree-seeking cohort

We graduate builders of intelligent systems.

Campus

Bentonville, Arkansas.

A residential campus on the site of the former Walmart Home Office — a region with deep operating expertise across supply chain, logistics, and advanced industry.

See the campus

The main academic building at dusk, its glazed upper floors lit from within above a wide public plaza filled with people. — Rendering: Bjarke Ingels Group

Join us

We are hiring the team who will define this.

A very small founding group is being chartered to co-design the curriculum, the experiential model, operations, and the culture of the university. Official searches are opening soon, and we welcome early inquiries.

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Leadership

The team building it.

Dr. David Mazyck leads the university as founding president, joining from The Pennsylvania State University, where he headed the School of Engineering Design and Innovation.

Meet the team

News from the founding team.

All news

Aerial rendering of the Bentonville Institute of Technology campus: stepped academic buildings in terracotta and copper beside a linear residential block, set among trees.

AnnouncementOctober 2, 2026

New STEM-Focused University Breaks Ground, Unveils Bentonville Institute of Technology Name

Name reflects the city’s tradition of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Read the announcement

In the newsJune 11, 2026

A world-class STEM university is coming to small-town Arkansas

Fast Company on the plan to build a new STEM university in Bentonville, and what it means for Northwest Arkansas.

Read at Fast Company

The residences seen from below, faceted terracotta bays stepping across the facade above a timber-lined underpass.

AnnouncementFebruary 4, 2026

A new STEM-focused university in Bentonville names its founding president

Members of the Walton family announced the appointment of Dr. David Mazyck as inaugural president of the new STEM-focused university being built in Bentonville, Arkansas.