Dallas Crusaders

University of Dallas

Seal of the University of Dallas
Latin: Universitas Dallasensis
Motto	Veritatem, Justitiam Diligite
Motto in English	Love Ye Truth and Justice
Type	Private, coeducational
Established	1956
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Endowment	US$58.826 million (2015)
Chairman	Dr. Thomas Zellers
Chancellor	Most Reverend Edward Burns
President	Thomas W. Keefe
Provost	Dr. Charles W. Eaker, Ph.D.
Academic staff	136 full-time, 102 part-time
Undergraduates	1,342 (2015)
Postgraduates	1,045 (2015)
Location	Irving, Texas, U.S. 32°50′42″N 96°55′33″W / 32.8451074°N 96.925807°W / 32.8451074; -96.925807Coordinates: 32°50′42″N 96°55′33″W / 32.8451074°N 96.925807°W / 32.8451074; -96.925807
Campus	Urban; 744 acres (301 hectares)
Colors	Navy and White
Athletics	NCAA Division III – SCAC (non-football) Texas Rugby Union, Men's Collegiate Division II
Sports	14 varsity teams; 1 Texas Rugby Union team
Nickname	Crusaders
Affiliations	ACCU CIC NAICU
Website	www.udallas.edu

Established in 1956, the University of Dallas is a private, independent Catholic regional university located in Irving, Texas that is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. According to U.S. News & World Report, 80% of 2010 graduates participated in international programs, which is the sixth highest percentage of students from any higher education institution in the US to study abroad.

Since at least the late 1960s, the University of Dallas has consistently been mentioned as one of the leading Universities for both Catholic orthodoxy and traditional academic excellence. The college has been especially praised for its conservative cultural perspective by many leading voices in political conservatism for most of its history. William F. Buckley, Brad Miner, and Pat Buchanan are just a few of the leading lights of the conservative movement who have spoken at UD over the years.

The university comprises four academic units: the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the Constantin College of Liberal Arts, the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business, and the School of Ministry.

Dallas offers several master's degree programs and a doctoral degree program with three concentrations. There are 136 full-time faculty and 102 part-time faculty, and the school has an 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio.

The University of Dallas' charter dates from 1910 when the Western Province of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) renamed Holy Trinity College in Dallas, which they had founded in 1905. The provincial of the Western Province closed the university in 1928, and the charter reverted to the Diocese of Dallas. In 1955, the Western Province of the Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur obtained it to create a new higher education institution in Dallas that would subsume their junior college, Our Lady of Victory College, located in Fort Worth. The sisters, together with Eugene Constantin, Jr. and Edward R. Maher, Sr., petitioned the Diocese of Dallas to sponsor the university, though ownership was entrusted to a self-perpetuating independent board of trustees.