Overview

The Catholic University of America is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C., educating undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Its academic work connects the Catholic intellectual tradition with study in the humanities, sciences, and professions. The university awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through schools that include law, engineering, nursing, philosophy, and theology, while its canon law school prepares specialists in the law of the Catholic Church. It began as a graduate research institution and added undergraduate education in 1904. Founded in 1887 and opened for classes in 1889, the nonprofit university has its institutional seat in Washington, D.C.