Saint Louis University

Educating the Whole Person — Mind, Body, Heart and Spirit!

Saint Louis University — located in St. Louis, Missouri, with a campus in Madrid, Spain, is one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious Catholic universities. Founded in 1818, SLU is recognized for world-class academics, life-changing research, compassionate health care, and a strong commitment to faith and service.

Guided by our enduring Jesuit mission, we offer our nearly 13,000 students a highly rigorous and deeply transformative education that helps them develop into bold, confident leaders. Rated among the nation’s top research universities, SLU boasts 15 graduate and undergraduate programs ranked among the top 50 in the country by U.S. News & World Report.

Academically, ethics, spirituality and compassion take center stage, while outside the classroom, members of the SLU community provide more than 1.6 million service hours each year — just one reason we’re among the nation's top colleges for making an impact. In fact, more than 150 of SLU's courses integrate community engagement into academics.

Saint Louis University is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious Catholic universities. For more than 200 years, it has been providing students with a rigorous, transformative education of the whole person.

Focused on Your Success, Now and in the Future!

Every university prides itself on certain facts and figures, but at SLU, one of the statistics that brings us the most pride is success of our alumni, not only in the jobs they hold but in the impact they make on the world around us. More than 90% of recent SLU alumni report being employed, continuing their education or participating in service programs.

SLU helps you reach your goals, starting from day one.

Among many other locations, recent Saint Louis University graduates are employed* at:

• Boeing
• SSM Health Care
• Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Sunbelt Home Health Care
• Centene Corporation
• Ernst & Young
• Express Scripts Holding Co.
• Edward D. Jones & Co.
• Wells Fargo & Co.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Anheuser-Busch Companies
• Deloitte
• Capital One Financial Corp.
• World Wide Technology
• SSM Health-SLU Hospital
• Enterprise Holdings
• Nestle Purina
• Bayer Corporation

*According to data provided by Equifax Inc., Emsi Burning Glass, and the National Student Clearinghouse.

SLU by the numbers:

18% of SLU's 2022 freshmen will be the first in their families to complete a college degree.

$58M in external research support in 2022

99% of SLU's first-time freshmen received financial aid in 2022

$445M in total aid awarded to students in 2022

2,022 faculty members, with a 9 to 1 student-to-faculty ratio

13,546 students from all 50 U.S. states and 87 countries

Whether it's your first visit to SLU or you're a regular on campus, we want to make it as easy as possible to find what you need.

For information on admission requirements, kindly contact our admissions counsellor!