Santa Clara University educates leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion for a globalizing world. For more than 150 years, SCU has offered a student-centered, values-based curriculum in the Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person.
Academic Excellence
SCU is nationally recognized as a top comprehensive university, with a challenging academic environment and student-centered curricula. Undergraduates have the chance to work alongside outstanding professors who are active scholars and engaging teachers; this foundation for success allows Santa Clara graduates to go on to great jobs and top graduate programs.- SCU Earns High Marks from U.S. News
- Majors & Programs
- Honors Program
- Learning Commons & Library
- Study Abroad
- Future Directions: The Mission of Santa Clara
- SCU Vision Statement
- Guiding Principles
- Resources for Excellence
- Future Directions: The Teaching Scholar
- Faculty Collaboration Leads to Pioneering Research
- Prestigious and Prolific Engineering Scholar
Jesuit Philosophy
SCU's academic approach is informed by a 450-year-old Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person. With emphases on ethics, global issues, service to others, and critical thinking and reflection, Santa Clara's values-based education provides the ideal framework for 21st-century citizenship.- University Mission, Vision, and Values Statement
- Future Directions: The Mission of Santa Clara
- Statement of Purpose
- Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education
- The Jesuit Tradition at Santa Clara
- Educating the Whole Person
- Future Directions: Theology and Culture
- Opening to Solidarity
- A Pedagogy of Engagement
Ideal Location
Santa Clara University is in the heart of Silicon Valley, the technological capital of the modern world. Students here have access to unlimited educational, cultural, recreational, and career opportunities.
Engaged Community
SCU offers the ideal combination of a diverse, dynamic community within an intimate environment that focuses on personal attention and growth. Students, faculty, staff, and neighbors intersect in valuable and enriching activities that promote solidarity and caring.- Applied Ethics Center and O'Connor Hospital
- Connecting with the Homeless
- Fundamental Values
- Future Directions: Diversity and Inclusive Excellence
- Future Directions: International Education
- Future Directions: Student Life
- Global Social Benefit Incubator
- Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center
- Northern California Innocence Project
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
- Arrupe Partnerships for Community-based Learning
- Rebuilding in Post-Katrina New Orleans
- Residential Learning Communities
- Santa Clara Community Action Program (SCCAP)
- Student Organizations
- Study Abroad
- The Impact of Immersion
