The city of Westbrook will welcome its first college campus next week when Husson University celebrates the grand opening of its new southern Maine campus, on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

The event, complete with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, will take place at the school’s recently completed, 17,000-square-foot building on County Road, and will feature speakers such as university President and CEO Robert Clark and Westbrook Mayor Colleen Hilton.

Husson University, based in Bangor, operates satellite campuses in Presque Isle, Wells, and previously South Portland, which is relocating to the larger Westbrook location.

The new campus offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in 20 programs. It opened to students Jan. 18.

According to a press release, the building has 15 classrooms, which offers “more classes, to more students, than the previous location in South Portland.” This is the first time Husson University has owned property and educational facilities outside of Bangor.

In the release, Charles Collins, executive director of Husson University’s southern Maine campus, said the Westbrook location is beneficial for the university and new potential students.

“We’re just a little over a mile from Interstate 95 at the corner of County Road and Spring Street,” he said. “That makes our new campus both convenient and accessible to the thousands of high school graduates and working professionals in southern Maine who are interested in furthering their education.”