Welcome to the University of Notre Dame, a community of scholarship and faith committed to being a “great force for good” as our founder, Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., first envisioned in 1842.
A Notre Dame education forms the whole person. As president, I have the pleasure of seeing this happen every day in our classrooms, laboratories, studios and recital halls. Our commitments to undergraduate and graduate education, and to world-class research and innovation find their expression in our lively pursuit of knowledge and truth, and in the abundant experience of community, friendship, and service to humanity.
Notre Dame is a global Catholic research university where tomorrow’s leaders, across every discipline and field of study, can cultivate the skills and habits of mind they will need to solve the world’s most pressing problems, and the ethical, moral, and spiritual foundation that will guide them for a lifetime. It is a place where matters of faith are addressed with respect, and where all experience a true sense of welcome and belonging.
We hope you will experience for yourself the beauty of our campus and the many extraordinary people that are part of Notre Dame.
Sincerely Yours In Notre Dame,
Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C. President
Notre Dame 2033: A Strategic Framework
As we look ahead to the next 10 years, we know that Notre Dame must be the leading global Catholic research university, on par with but distinct from the world’s best private universities. This effort to educate students and conduct research at the highest level animated by a distinctive Catholic mission is one of the most exciting and consequential experiments in global higher education.
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are committed to advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world.
“This is who we are, and who we are called to be—seekers of truth, sustainers of hope, builders of bridges, extending and expanding these gifts we’ve been given to others and to the world.”
