Founded in 1864—just a few years after the city of Denver itself was founded—the University of Denver is one of the country's premier private universities.

The University's 125-acre campus, a few miles south of downtown Denver, is home to more than 11,500 students hailing from all regions of the United States and 83 other countries.

The University offers:

• more than 100 undergraduate programs of study.
• more than 120 graduate and professional programs.

Regardless of what they study, University of Denver students embark on a personal educational journey that helps them find and follow their individual purpose.

Their students work closely with faculty, peers and members of the community on projects, research and fieldwork. They cross disciplines to discover new perspectives and approaches to problem solving.

In and out of the classroom, their students learn by doing, whether they're collecting data in the field or putting theory into practice in a clinical setting.

Not only do they work to improve their immediate community, but they send their students and faculty abroad for study and research with wide-ranging impact. Just as important, they welcome students and faculty from all over the world to bring new ideas and insights to their campus.

Through local and international service learning programs, their students have worked alongside communities everywhere from downtown Denver to Africa, Europe, Asia and beyond. Research led by their faculty and students has made a tangible difference in a huge range of fields, generating new medical technologies, environmental safeguards, archaeological discoveries and much more.

But the most significant impact the University has is through its alumni. When they leave here, University of Denver students go on to make meaningful and lasting contributions to their professions and their communities.

At the University of Denver, their culture is steeped in ethics and social responsibility. As a result, their faculty and students represent a wide array of perspectives and enjoy the healthy dialogue that grows out of diversity.

For all their differences, the members of their community are united by a common purpose: They're determined to confront society's most pressing challenges—everything from world health and the global economy to access to education.

To prepare their students for the challenges of productive citizenship, the University of Denver offers rigorous programs that emphasize critical thinking, creative problem solving and global experience. When you leave DU, you're ready to make a difference in your communities and in the world.

Vission: The University of Denver will be a great private university dedicated to the public good.

Values: In all that they do, they strive for excellence, innovation, engagement, integrity and inclusiveness.

Mission: The mission of the University of Denver is to promote learning by engaging with students in advancing scholarly inquiry, cultivating critical and creative thought and generating knowledge. Their active partnerships with local and global communities contribute to a sustainable common good.

Goals:

• -Community: They will create a diverse, ethical and intellectually vibrant campus community to provide a challenging and liberating learning environment.
• -Learning: They will provide an outstanding educational experience that empowers students to integrate and apply knowledge from across the disciplines and imagine new possibilities for themselves, their communities and the world.
• -Scholarship: They will invigorate research and scholarship across the university to address the important scientific, sociopolitical and cultural questions of the new century.