The Catholic University of America

The Catholic University of America is a national research university with 5,700 undergraduate and graduate students in more than 250 academic programs on a residential campus in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1887 as the premier university of the Catholic Church in America, for more than 130 years we have lived out our mission to discover and impart the truth through excellence in teaching and research. Catholic University scholars in all fields embrace faith and reason as they apply the richness of the Christian intellectual tradition to help solve the problems of contemporary life and to enrich the culture around us.