DePaul University

At DePaul, your "college town" is the entire city of Chicago — and it's all yours to explore. Find everything from neighborhood boutiques to tech startups right outside your classroom. It's often hard to tell where the campus ends and the city begins.

Guided by the university's 2018 strategic plan and its mission statement, the Office of Mission and Values collaborates with university departments and constituencies in ways that measurably enhance their understanding and support of DePaul University's distinctive Catholic, Vincentian, and urban identity. Together we provide the leadership that enables the university to achieve excellence in its educational mission, serve its diverse student body, and maximize its strategic capacities. As the premier international resource for Vincentian studies, the Office also serves a wide range of external constituencies who seek to deepen their engagement with Vincentian history, spirituality, and service.

Whether you know exactly what bachelor's degree you’re interested in or are coming in undecided, our undergraduate majors will challenge you. With faculty members who are experts in their field and 130+ majors, you’ll be prepared to enter the workforce right after you step off the graduation stage.

Our professors and students work to find solutions and answers to a range of challenges and questions and to make a lasting impact. Research at DePaul is happening in every discipline from biology to music. And finding and fostering collaborative research opportunities across disciplines is not only a goal, but one way in which DePaul seeks to be innovative.Research at DePaul isn't just for faculty and graduate students. Our faculty is dedicated to providing undergraduate research opportunities across all 10 colleges.

Under the leadership of the Provost, the Office of Academic Affairs provides strategic direction, striving to improve academic quality, teaching excellence, scholarly research, service and diversity. Mark your calendar with quarterly begin and end dates, important deadlines, exam schedules, and more. Apply for graduation and view news, announcements, and resources regarding DePaul’s commencement proceedings.

Faculty at DePaul contribute to the university’s mission through their teaching, research and service activities. Their efforts are supported in a wide variety of ways. The development of its deans, chairs, and other administrators is an essential part of Academic Affairs as it strives to achieve the university’s goals. The governance of DePaul University originates with the Board of Trustees and is shared with various constituents of the university, including the administration, faculty and staff. The Academic Fiscal Administration unit facilitates appropriate actions and resolutions related to financial, space, and academic personnel matters.

The DePaul University Library is a critical feature of the educational landscape at DePaul and is committed to supporting goals shared across academic libraries as well as goals distinct to the mission of DePaul University.In common with all academic libraries, the DePaul University Library is committed to supporting the teaching, learning, and scholarly missions of its parent institution, to promoting equitable access to information, and to serving as a trusted steward of its resources, collections, and cultural heritage.

Beyond these commitments, the DePaul University Library is distinguished by its support of the distinctive blend of characteristics Catholic, Vincentian, and urban that define DePaul University. The library is a key contributor to our shared goal of developing faculty, staff, and students who are prepared to engage the challenges of the twenty-first century as socially-responsible and information-literate citizens.

Whether you're just beginning college or seeking an advanced degree, DePaul's schools and colleges adhere to the highest standard of academic rigor and innovation. Established in 1912, the Driehaus College of Business is the nation's 10th-oldest business school and serves individuals and organizations seeking access to the highest-quality business education as a means for achieving intellectual and professional goals. The college also encompasses our highly respected graduate programs in business.The Kellstadt Graduate School of Business prepares students to be leaders by frequently updating its programs to keep pace with the dynamics of global business. The College of Communication provides students with a combination of timeless principles and up-to-the-minute tools, whether they're pursuing communication studies including media and cinema studies, multicultural, organizational, and relational communication; digital communication; health communication; sports communication; journalism; or public relations and advertising. The College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) offers students a collaborative education where technology, artistry and business intersect.

The College of Education prepares educators, counselors and leaders who are committed to creating compassionate, intellectually rich and socially just environments.The college offers degree programs in bilingual/bicultural education; counseling; curriculum studies; early childhood education; educational leadership; elementary education; exercise science; middle grades education; middle school mathematics education; physical education; reading specialist education; secondary education; social and cultural foundations of education; special education; sport, fitness and recreation leadership; and world language education.The DePaul College of Law was one of the first law schools in the country to introduce educational innovations like the study of negotiation techniques, courses in international criminal law and pre-trial courses in skills techniques. Today, our health law and intellectual property programs are among the best in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report.