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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 precisely what bachelor's degree you are 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 will be prepared to enter the workforce right after stepping off the graduation stage. Our professors and students work to find solutions and answers to various challenges and questions and make a lasting impact. Research at DePaul is happening in every discipline, from biology to music. Moreover, finding and fostering collaborative research opportunities across disciplines is a goal, and one way 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 ten colleges. Under the Provost's leadership, 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. It is committed to supporting goals shared across academic libraries and goals distinct to the mission of DePaul University. In common with all academic libraries, the DePaul University Library is committed to supporting its parent institution's teaching, learning, and educational missions, promoting equitable access to information, and 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 crucial contributor to our shared goal of developing faculty, staff, and students 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 academic rigor and innovation standard. Established in 1912, the Driehaus College of Business is the nation's 10th-oldest business school. It serves individuals and organizations seeking access to the highest-quality business education to achieve academic 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 global business dynamics. 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 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 outstanding education sport, fitness and recreation leadership, and world language education. The DePaul College of Law was one of the first law schools to introduce educational innovations like negotiation techniques, courses in international criminal law, and pre-trial courses in skills techniques. Today, according to U.S. News & World Report, our health law and intellectual property programs are among the best in the country. View full university