Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
Type: Private university
About:
Saint Louis University is located in the arts district of the city of St. Louis – five minutes from the Gateway Arch on the Mississippi Riverfront. A second campus is located in Madrid, Spain. St. Louis hosts a variety of parks, gardens, museums, restaurants and beautiful attractions.
SLU values academic excellence, life-changing research, compassionate health care, and a strong commitment to faith and service. For nearly 200 years, the University has gone beyond teaching facts and figures, encouraging students to form ideas and identities. Today, SLU students are nearly 13,000 strong, seeking to mold their lives into something stronger.
SLU has a strong commitment to the promotion of international student success and a global perspective for the University community and welcome the opportunity to help enhance your international educational experience at SLU. Our diverse student body of more than 8,200 undergraduates and 4,600 graduate students (including medical and law students) is made up of students from all 50 states and 75 countries. SLU offers more than 40 study abroad programs and more than 800 SLU students are studying abroad all over the globe.
Fast Facts:
- Student-faculty ratio: 11-1
- Average class size: 25
- Ranked among the nation’s top 100 research universities (US News and World Report)
- Ranked #1 in Health Law in the nation (US News and World Report)
- Identified as one of the country’s top colleges by The Princeton Review, Fiske Guide to Colleges and Forbes magazine – and as one of the country’s top 10 Catholic colleges by Niche
- 550 students from SLU study abroad each year, with over 45 locations abroad to choose from
- SLU offers numerous ways for students to get involved with 239 diverse organizations such as SLU Dance Marathon, Campus Kitchen and the Wilderness Adventure Club, in addition to fraternities and sororities
Athletics:
The Saint Louis University athletics team are known as the ‘Billikens’. They participate in the Atlantic 10 Conference and are members of the NCAA Division I.
Men’s teams: Baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, and track and field.
Women’s teams: Basketball, cross country, field hockey, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.
School Information:
Programs:
SLU offers more than 90 undergraduate programs and nearly 100 graduate programs. The most popular undergraduate majors include Business Administration, Nursing, Biology, Exercise Science (Physical Therapy/Athletic Training) and Psychology. You can supplement your degree with various pre-professional programs such as pre-med and pre-law that will help you expand the scope of your major. High achieving students may be eligible for exclusive academic programs.
Saint Louis University undergraduate majors: http://www.slu.edu/majors-and-programs/undergraduate-majors-and-programs
Housing:
On campus housing in the residence halls and apartments is encouraged. 92% of freshmen live on campus.
“Living on campus will provide you with many new freedoms and personal choices, an experience in which you will meet student from across the country and around the globe, develop life-long friendships, and establish a connection to our diverse campus life. There are many ways in which students are encouraged to get involved within each residential community. This can occur by becoming involved in the various activities and opportunities to learn and grow in your community, through leadership opportunities such as becoming a member of your Hall Council and RHA or through student employment opportunities available in the residence halls and apartments. Various activities, staff and hall sponsored events, community service and leadership opportunities are all excellent ways to become actively engaged in your experience.”
Saint Louis University housing information: http://www.slu.edu/reslife
Entry requirements:
- Complete the online application and essay
- Submit transcripts of all secondary school work, with English translations (UStudy can help clients to provide an equivalent Americanized grading system)
- Submit official Standardized test scores (TOEFL, IELTS, PTE, SAT or ACT ). To demonstrate English proficiency, international students must take the TOEFL test, with a minimum (IBT) score of 80.
The following are recommended, but not required:
- Admission interview
- Resume
- Letters of Recommendation
Tuition: (2016-2017)
Tuition, room and board for undergraduates: $40,100 plus fees of approximately $626 per annum.
Saint Louis University complete list of fees: http://www.slu.edu/Documents/Rates_Portfolio_2017.pdf
Financial Aid / Scholarships:
From the Saint Louis University website on financial aid/scholarships for international students:
- “We offer several merit-based scholarships for which there is no separate application. You must submit an ACT or SAT score in order to be considered for one of these scholarships. In addition, we offer two scholarships that do require separate applications: the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship and the Presidential Scholarship. These two scholarships are only open to first-time freshmen entering in the fall semester. All qualified students are encouraged to apply for these awards. We also offer transfer scholarships to qualified transfer students for which there is no separate application.We do have some financial aid available to international students; however, the amount of these awards can fluctuate and is not guaranteed. Applicants are asked to complete College Board’s CSS/Financial Aid Profile to determine their eligibility and they can click here to complete it. There are also several private scholarships open to international students, and you can find more information about them here.”
97% of first-time freshmen received financial aid in 2014.
