Santa Clara University
universityPrivate, nonprofit, research, coeducational,Jesuit
| Santa Clara University link () Website | |
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| Motto | Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (Latin) |
| Formation | 1851 |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California,USA |
| Type | Private, nonprofit, research, coeducational,Jesuit |
| Other name | Broncos |
| Private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. | |
Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California.[1] The university's campus surrounds the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asís which traces its founding to 1776. The campus mirrors the Mission's architectural style and is one of the finest groupings of Mission Revival architecture and other Spanish Colonial Revival styles.
The university enrolls about 5,400 undergraduate students and about 3,300 postgraduate students.
Among Santa Clara's alumni are governors, congressmen, mayors, senators, and presidential cabinet members. Santa Clara alumni founded Nvidia and Farmer's Insurance, and created JavaScript. Santa Clara's alumni have won a number of honors, including Pulitzer Prizes, the NBA MVP Award, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Santa Clara alumni have been mayors of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose, and Washington, D.C. The two most recent Governors of California attended Santa Clara.