 The school's curriculum is taught by instructors across the political and religious spectrum but falls broadly "within the framework of the conservative evangelical Christian thought as represented by the members schools of the consortium," —these schools include a wide range of Protestant traditions.JUC is accredited by the Asian Theological Association (ATA) and is an international affiliate of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities 

The campus has been located on Mount Zion, outside the Old City of Jerusalem near the Jaffa Gate, since 1967, and overlooks the Hinnom Valley (Valley of Gehenna).The campus grounds were formally the Bishop Gobat School (est.