Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University is a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university with 8,377
students located in the heart of Silicon Valley. The University offers a rigorous undergraduate
curriculum in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus nationally
recognized graduate and professional programs in business, education, engineering,
counseling psychology, law, and pastoral ministries.

In 2006, for the 17th consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report ranked Santa
Clara University second for overall academic quality among all regional universities in
the West. The University sustains its high national reputation by offering a strong
core curriculum, integrated learning environment, and research opportunities for all
undergraduate students.

SCU has the second-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master’s universities.
U.S. News in 2007 ranked the University’s MBA program in the top 20 among the
nation’s part-time programs and fourth best in California. For nearly a decade, the
School of Law’s intellectual property program has been recognized among the top 10
in the country. In 2005, the School of Law was named one of the country’s best law
schools by Princeton Review.

Santa Clara University’s diverse community of scholars, characterized by small
classes and a values-oriented curriculum, is dedicated to educating students for competence,
conscience, and compassion. California’s oldest operating higher education
institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. The traditions
of Jesuit education—educating the whole person for a life of service—run deep
in all of its curricular and co-curricular programs.

SCU celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2001 and recently completed a $400 million fundraising campaign.