About Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest dynamic institution of progressive learning in California and has remained in its original location back its establishment. 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 provides a fine early example of Mission Revival architecture. The college circles is classified as a “Doctoral/Professional” university by Carnegie Classification.

The academe offers bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, and doctoral degrees through its six colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education and Counseling Psychology, Leavey School of Business, School of Engineering, Jesuit School of Theology, and School of Law. It enrolls approximately 5,400 undergraduate students and very nearly 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 served as mayors of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose, and Washington, DC. The two most recent Governors of California attended Santa Clara.

Santa Clara’s sports teams are called the Broncos. Their colors are red and white. The Broncos compete at the NCAA Division I levels as members of the West Coast Conference in 19 sports. Broncos have won NCAA championships in both men’s and women’s soccer. Santa Clara’s student athletes count up current or former 58 MLB, 40 NFL, and 12 NBA players and 13 Olympic gold medalists.

Santa Clara (/ˌsæntəˈklærə/) is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city’s population was 116,468 as of the 2010 United States Census, making it the ninth-most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Located on the southern coast of San Francisco Bay brusquely west of San Jose and 45 miles (72 km) southeast of San Francisco, the city was founded in 1777 once the introduction of Mission Santa Clara de Asís, the eighth of 21 California missions. The city was superior incorporated in 1852. The mission, the city, and the county are all named for Saint Clare of Assisi.

Santa Clara is located in the middle of Silicon Valley and is house to the headquarters of several high-tech companies such as Intel. It is also house to Santa Clara University, the oldest institution of far along learning in the declare of California, which was built almost Mission Santa Clara de Asís. Levi’s Stadium, the home of the National Football League’s San Francisco 49ers, is located in the city. Santa Clara is bordered by San Jose on everything sides, except for Sunnyvale to the west, and Cupertino to the west.