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Bellarmine College

Bellarmine University
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Former names
Bellarmine College
Motto In Veritatis Amore
Motto in English
In the Love of Truth
Type Private
Established 1950
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Endowment $52 million
President Doris A. Tegart (interim)
Administrative staff
240
Students 3,846
Undergraduates 2,651
Postgraduates 1,195
Location Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Campus Urban
135 acres (0.55 km2)
Colors Scarlet and Silver
         
Athletics NCAA Division IIGLVC
& ECAC (field hockey)
NCAA Division ISoCon (lacrosse)
Nickname Knights
Mascot Knight
Affiliations ACCU
CIC
NAICU
Kentuckiana Metroversity
Website www.bellarmine.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU Not Ranked
Forbes 224
U.S. News & World Report 11 (southern US)
Washington Monthly 76
Global
ARWU Not Ranked
QS Not Ranked
Times Not Ranked

Bellarmine University (BU, /ˈbɛlərmn/ BEL-ər-mən) is an independent, private, Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The liberal arts institution opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after the Cardinal Saint Robert Bellarmine. The name was changed by the Board of Trustees in 2000 to Bellarmine University. The university today is organized into seven colleges and schools and confers numerous Bachelor's and Master's degrees in more than 50 academic majors, along with five doctoral degrees; it is currently classified as a Master's university.

The university has a current enrollment of over 3,800 students on its main 135-acre (0.55 km2) academic and residential campus located in the Belknap neighborhood of Louisville. At its spring commencement on May 14, 2011, the school graduated 482 undergraduate and graduate students, contributing to a total of 780 graduates for the school year, up from 700 the previous year.


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