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Saint Louis University

Saint Louis University
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Latin: Universitas Sancti Ludovici
Former names
Saint Louis Academy (1818)
Saint Louis College
Motto Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (Latin)
Motto in English
For the greater glory of God
Type Private Nonprofit
Research Coeducational
Established November 16, 1818 (1818-11-16)
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Endowment $1.02 billion
President Fred Pestello
Academic staff
2,200
Administrative staff
6,000
Students 13,505
Undergraduates 8,687
Postgraduates 4,818
Location St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
38°38′11″N 90°14′02″W / 38.636497°N 90.233903°W / 38.636497; -90.233903Coordinates: 38°38′11″N 90°14′02″W / 38.636497°N 90.233903°W / 38.636497; -90.233903
Campus Urban – 271 acres (109.7 ha)
Colors Blue and White
         
Athletics NCAA Division IA-10
Nickname Billikens
Affiliations Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities

Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Website www.slu.edu
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University rankings
National
U.S. News & World Report 96
Washington Monthly 138

Saint Louis University (SLU, /ˈsl/) is a private Roman Catholic four-year research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg, It is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and the second-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. It is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. SLU's athletic teams compete in NCAA's Division I and are a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It has an enrollment of 13,505 students, including 8,687 undergraduate students and 4,818 graduate students, representing all 50 states and more than 70 foreign countries. Its average class size is 23.8 and the student-faculty ratio is 12:1.

For nearly 50 years the university has maintained a campus in Madrid, Spain. The Madrid campus was the first freestanding campus operated by an American university in Europe and the first American institution to be recognized by Spain's higher education authority as an official foreign university. The campus has 675 students, a faculty of 110, an average class size of 15 and a student-faculty ratio of 7:1.


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