Saint Louis University (SLU) is a premier Catholic, Jesuit research university. Founded in 1818, SLU is the second-oldest Jesuit university in America. The University’s main campus is in St. Louis, Missouri, a centrally located and easily accessible U.S. city that is home to the world-famous Gateway Arch. SLU also has international campus in Madrid, Spain. Offering more than 90 undergraduate programs and nearly 100 graduate and professional programs — many of them nationally ranked — SLU educates nearly 13,000 students from all 50 U.S. states and nearly 80 foreign countries. At SLU, 99 percent of tenured and tenure-track faculty members hold a Ph.D. or the highest degree in their fields. The University has an impressive student-faculty ratio (11-1), which ensures that students receive personalized attention from prestigious scholars. As one of only eight Catholic universities in the United States with a high or very high research activity designation (Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education), SLU also offers students at all levels the opportunity to collaborate with innovative researchers on groundbreaking work that is changing lives. For information about Saint Louis University, visit http://www.slu.edu.