# Joshua Broggi

> Joshua Broggi is the founder and CEO of Woolf, a software-powered collegiate university that lets qualified organizations launch accredited, globally recognized degree programs in weeks. A former Faculty of Philosophy member at the University of Oxford and a Humboldt Fellow, he is rebuilding the plumbing of higher education from the API up.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Woolf
- **Organizations:** Woolf, University of Oxford (former), Wolfson College, Oxford (former), Ambrose College
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** PhD, Theology and Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, Graduate study, Yale University, Undergraduate, University of Edinburgh
- **Known for:** Founded Woolf, the first software-powered global collegiate university, Built API infrastructure that lets bootcamps, companies and academic groups issue accredited degrees, Woolf member-college degrees recognized in 60+ countries

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Completed PhD in Theology and Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh
- **2016** — Published 'Sacred Language, Sacred World' with Bloomsbury
- **2018** — Founded Woolf to make accredited degrees globally portable
- **2021** — Closed a $2M seed round to scale Woolf's collegiate model
- **2024** — Woolf creating one new accredited college per month; member colleges grossing $18M annually

## Achievements

- Founded Woolf, the first software-powered global collegiate university
- Built API infrastructure that lets bootcamps, companies and academic groups issue accredited degrees
- Woolf member-college degrees recognized in 60+ countries
- Member of the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford and of the University's governing Congregation
- Humboldt Fellow researching the definition and measure of human progress
- Author of 'Sacred Language, Sacred World: The Unity of Scriptural and Philosophical Hermeneutics' (Bloomsbury, 2016)

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Woolf reports creating one new accredited college per month; member colleges grossing $18M in trailing 12 months.
- **2025-02** — Featured speaker at ASU+GSV Summit on rebuilding higher-ed infrastructure.

## Links

- Website: https://woolf.university
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuabroggi/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/JoshuaBroggi
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/WoolfUniversity

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Last updated: 2026-06-30