ACU educates leaders who believe God calls us to love with all our hearts, lead with all our minds, and serve with all our strength.
Abilene Christian University is the premier university for the education of Christ-centered, global leaders, offering an exceptional education to about 4,600 students annually from nearly every state and 43 nations. This private, comprehensive university, founded in 1906 in Abilene, Texas, offers 71 baccalaureate majors in more than 125 areas of undergraduate study in addition to its graduate programs. Abilene is a friendly city of 117,000 people, located about 150 miles west of the Dallas/Fort Worth area. As an educational center for a large region, Abilene provides cultural, entertainment and support programs and services normally associated with cities twice its size.
The mission of Abilene Christian University is to educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world. This mission is achieved through:
1) Exemplary teaching, offered by a faculty of Christian scholars, that inspires a commitment to learning;
2) Significant research, grounded in the university's disciplines of study, that informs issues of importance to the academy, church, and society;
3) Meaningful service to society, the academic disciplines, the university, and the church, expressed in various ways, by all segments of the Abilene Christian University community.
