HISTORY

                The University of Dayton’s history is one of perseverance, tenacity, ingenuity and transformation.  The school began with an act of faith more than 150 years ago.  On July 1, 1850, St. Mary’s School for Boys, a frame building that not long before had housed farm hands, opened its doors to 14 primary students from Dayton, Ohio.  Known at various times as St. Mary’s School, St. Mary’s Institute and St. Mary’s College, the school assumed its present identity in 1920. Today, the University of Dayton is recognized as a top-tier national research university.

UNIVERSITY INITIATIVES

                As a community with such a variety of interests and concerns brought together under the colloquial motto of “Learn. Lead. Serve.”, we’re always doing something to push the envelope.  Whether we’re establishing an institute in China, working with Emerson Climate Technologies or GE Aviation, or exposing the need for human rights discussion, we always have something of importance going on. 

RANKINGS

• We’re the largest private university in Ohio.
• We're the No. 2 Catholic University in the nation for sponsored STEM research (math, physical sciences and engineering combined).
• With more than 7,400 full-time undergraduates, a 14-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio and an average class size of 27, we are constantly engaged and inspired by one another.
• Flyer Enterprises is the country's fourth-largest student-run business, with annual sales of $1.5 million.
• Our students manage more than $18 million of the University's endowment.
• We're the first American university to open its doors in China's Suzhou Industrial Park, which is home to more than a third of the world's Fortune 500 companies.

OUR Departments

• Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Department of Engineering Management and Systems
• Department of Engineering Technology
• Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

ACCREDITATION

• The Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org, accredits our undergraduate chemical, civil, computer, electrical and mechanical engineering programs.
• The Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org, accredits our undergraduate electronic and computer, global manufacturing, industrial, and mechanical engineering technology programs.

For more information on University of Dayton, visit www.udayton.edu or email goglobal.udayton.edu