University of Dallas

The Catholic University for Independent Thinkers

Four colleges offer creative, rigorous undergraduate and graduate programs that shape thoughtful, skilled and virtuous leaders in life and work.

The Core. The Rome Experience. Capstone. Our Catholic Faith. Examine UD more closely and you’ll find many more answers to the question: Why UD?

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Job fairs on campus help students determine how best to put their marks on our problematic and changing world through their pursuit of wisdom, truth and virtue.

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michelle stone, MTS '15

“The School of Ministry is helping me draw upon 2,000 years of Catholic Church history and apply it to ministering to a 21st century community. Theology is faith seeking understanding. You already have faith, now find the understanding.”

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MARTI JEWELL, ASSociate PROFESSOR

“Being a part of the School of Ministry has been a rewarding experience, as the faculty, in addition to its mission to form and educate persons for ministry, also fulfills the university's mission to serve the Catholic Church in North Texas.”

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News

ALUMNI ENGAGE IN SUSTAINABLE FARMING VENTURES

From Oregon to Ohio, from backyard beekeeping to completely self-sustaining farms, alumni are seeking simpler, healthier lifestyles through old ways and traditions. READ MORE

University of Dallas Dedicates Cardinal Farrell Hall -- Its New 'Front Door'

The University of Dallas community gathered on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, for the formal blessing and opening of Cardinal Farrell Hall, named after our former bishop of Dallas, previous chancellor and longtime friend of the university, Kevin Cardinal Farrell. The opening of the new student-focused building marks the completion of one of several capital projects, a part of a broader institutional effort to transform the university's Irving campus.

Textile and Ceramic Exhibition Arrives from North Carolina Mountain Range

The Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery proudly announces the opening of a two-person exhibition, "What Remains," featuring artists Rachel Meginnes and Assistant Professor of Ceramics Kelly O'Briant. The exhibition is curated by Penland Gallery Director Kathryn Gremley of the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina. In 2001, O'Briant received a two-year Core Fellowship from the Penland School of Craft, where Meginnes recently completed a three-year residency.

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Events

2.4-4.22.16 - MARC CHAGALL: INTERSECTING TRADITIONS

A free exhibit in the Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery features a collection of original hand-colored, religious-themed etchings by world-renowned Jewish artist Marc Chagall. LEARN MORE

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