About SCU
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University blends high-tech innovation with a social consciousness grounded in the Jesuit educational tradition.
We are committed to leaving the world a better place. We pursue new technology, encourage creativity, engage with our communities, and share an entrepreneurial mindset. Our goal is to help shape the next generation of leaders and global thinkers.
Santa Clara's undergraduate and graduate programs span areas ranging from psychology to sustainable-energy engineering and from theatre arts to business analytics.
Fueling the Social Entrepreneurship Movement
Junior-year undergrads at SCU aid social entrepreneurs in reinventing a business model to open rural energy distribution centers.
Hands off
The driverless vehicle of the future? A Sunnyvale-based startup chose the Mission Campus as a proving ground for its autonomous vehicle.
Alumni Successes
Aven Satre-Meloy ’13
is heading to Oxford as SCU’s newest Rhodes Scholar after teaching English in Turkey on a Fulbright and interning at the White House.
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Phyllis Hamilton ’76
was recently named Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. She is the first African American woman to lead the court.
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Carol Reiley ’04
blends science and art to write a book helping kids view failure as a stepping stone to success.