Online Education at Southern New Hampshire University About Southern New Hampshire University SNHU's educational philosophy challenges students' intellectual potential and prepares them for professional lives in an ever-changing and increasingly interconnected world. It provides a supportive and close-knit learning community, delivering engaging instruction in a flexible variety of formats. Students develop the knowledge to understand a complex world, the skills to act effectively within that world and the wisdom to make good choices. They do so within a community of teachers, staff and peers that is encouraged to add its scholarly, creative and pedagogical contributions to the larger social good. Why Choose SNHU? Because at Southern New Hampshire University we routinely go above and beyond what is expected of us. Because we believe there are no limits to what you can do, what you can be and what you can achieve.