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The University of Louisville is a state-supported research university located in Kentucky's largest metropolitan area. It was a municipally supported public institution for many decades before joining the university system in 1970. The University has three campuses. The 287-acre Belknap Campus is three miles from downtown Louisville and houses seven of the University's 12 colleges and schools. The Health Sciences Center is situated in downtown Louisville's medical complex and houses the University's health-related programs and the University of Louisville Hospital. The 243-acre Shelby Campus is located in eastern Jefferson County. The University of Louisville pursues excellence and inclusiveness in its work to educate and serve its community through: It teaches diverse undergraduate, graduate, and professional students to develop engaged citizens, leaders, and scholars. Practicing and applying research, scholarship, and creative activity. Providing engaged service and outreach that improve the quality of life for local and global communities. The University is committed to achieving preeminence as a nationally recognized metropolitan research university. The University of Louisville offers more than 200-degree programs allowing for a personalized learning experience that equips you with the knowledge and resources to be successful and make your unique impact on the world. Find your one-of-a-kind learning experience with access to 12 schools and colleges. With that many areas of study, you have the flexibility to explore multiple career options and determine the path that is right for you. The Office of Study Abroad and International Travel, located in the International Center, can help you find a program that will allow you to use your financial aid to help you find scholarships to help you receive academic credit and make sure you do not lose any time towards graduation. The University of Louisville is a premier, metropolitan research institution bursting with creativity and ideas. The vision of the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation is to support those ideas, helping them grow and spread so they can change, improve, and even save lives. We do this by providing support for our scholarly community as they work to explore and increase our collective understanding of the world through art, science, business, and many different disciplines. We also teach our students the value of those pursuits, molding them into the next generation of thinkers, creators, explorers, and leaders. UofL is an ambitious institution continuously meeting the bar, then set it higher. Our national and international vision and scope recognize our campus' leadership role in advancing the understanding and transforming the lives of the people and institutions both on- and off-campus throughout the city, state, country, and world. As such, we seek to be a leader of academic research, artistic exploration, scientific and technological innovation, and economic growth. We develop and attract talented, energetic people and ideas with a thorough understanding of our global community. And we promote a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation that inspires and energizes the creativity of the region. The ambitious goal of the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation is to promote and support research, scholarship, and creative activities to assist faculty and staff in obtaining intramural and extramural support to serve as an advocate for the value of research and scholarly activity in an educational setting to enhance the vitality of campus-based research and to encourage its use to enrich education, enhance technology transfer and serve the community. On April 3, 1798, eight men declared their intention to establish the Jefferson Seminary in Louisville. They called upon their fellow citizens to join them in pledging funds for land, buildings, and teachers. Occurring a few weeks after the Kentucky legislature had chartered this academy and several others in the new state, this event marked the beginning of an advanced education level for the young people of a frontier settlement barely two decades old. Near the end of the eighteenth century, these early Louisvillians took the first steps on a journey that would link them with succeeding generations to the modern University of Louisville in the twenty-first century. Jefferson Seminary struggled. It did not open until the fall of 1813, and in 1829 it closed. The Louisville Medical Institute (LMI), chartered in 1833, opened in 1837, and the Louisville Collegiate Institute (LCI) was chartered the same year. In 1840 LCI was renamed Louisville College, and in 1844, it inherited the portion of the estate of Jefferson Seminary designated for the use of higher education in Louisville. LMI attracted large enrollments and prospered financially, but the college had difficulty remaining open. Proponents of grassroots democracy wanted to divert a portion of the medical school's resources to the college. They won a partial victory in 1846, when the Kentucky legislature created the University of Louisville proper, combining the medical school, the college, and a newly created law school. Although there was now a joint board of trustees, each division retained financial autonomy, and the college did not survive. Neeli Bendapudi became the University's 18th president in May 2018. She leads a university that has become known for its academic excellence, transformational research, service to the community, and educational opportunity advancement. Its academic programs attract students from every state and around the world. The University is well-positioned to fulfill the mission assigned to it by the state legislature: to become a premier, nationally recognized metropolitan research university. View full university

"When we introduce a young woman to the future and suggest to her that her mind can conceive it, her hands can mold it, and her heart can enfold it, we make for a better world." More than fifty years ago, Louisville was founded by the Sisters of St. Louis as a Catholic High School for young women. Today the school is still sponsored by the Sisters and governed by a two-tier Board of Directors and the Sisters of St. Louis. From the beginning, Louisville has maintained a tradition of excellence based on Gospel values. Guided by the mission of the Sisters of St. Louis, we strive" to become agents of change, transforming unjust structures, promoting peace and reconciliation and the integrity of creation." Being conscious of the times in which we live, Louisville continues to educate today's young women with the same excellence experienced by all those who have succeeded before them. When we introduce a young woman to the future and suggest that her mind can conceive it, her hands can mold it, and her heart can enfold it, we make for a better world. Louisville has something to offer its students that is unparalleled and rare. In today's fast-paced world with its conflicting values, Louisville provides an environment of learning and growing that teaches possibilities with compassion - preparing its students for life's opportunities and challenges. Our graduates attend some of the top universities and colleges in the United States. Louisville grads are doctors, lawyers, educators, business professionals, lay and religious. They are wives, mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters, and friends. Watch and read about the influence Louisville has had on their lives. As a Catholic high school, Louisville educates young women in a vibrant, supportive learning community guided by the mission of the Sisters of St Louis to "work toward a world healed, unified and transformed." Challenging academics and caring faculty empower each student to develop her confidence, integrity, and faith to meet the needs of an ever-changing world. Louisville High School, a Catholic community, values each individual's dignity and potential and serves as a center for academics within an atmosphere of spirituality and outreach. College preparatory courses at Louisville encompass the personal development necessary for deep understanding and creative application of knowledge. Areas of such development also include self-identity, responsible use of freedom, and courageous self-expression. As the primary educators of their daughters, parents, and guardians partner with faculty and staff in the educational process. Louisville's supportive all-girl environment empowers our students to explore new challenges and realize their potential by striving for excellence in broad curricular and co-curricular areas. At Louisville, young women grow to become moral decision-makers, assume an attitude open to change and growth, and make choices of integrity in all human experience areas. The school community fosters an enduring reverence for nature, increasing respect for all peoples and their beliefs, growing involvement in the quest for human rights, and a heightened awareness of women's roles in the world. Louisville High School provides each of its students with a strong, carefully developed college-preparatory curriculum. The course of study at Louisville has been designed to prepare students for successful college-level work and provide girls with creative and critical-thinking skills that will allow them to become constructive, contributing leaders in their community. Teachers at Louisville know their students and are personally invested in their success. Girls at Louisville do not fall through the cracks – they are directed towards programs that fit their unique goals and fuel their enthusiasm. All-girls schools have a research-proven advantage for teenage girls. According to a recent UCLA study, graduates demonstrate higher academic engagement levels, SAT scores, and confidence in mathematical ability and computer skills than co-ed grads. Louisville prepares its students for the time and the world in which they live and the questions the world asks of them. By requiring students to think and apply what they have learned, the school provides its graduates with a strong academic foundation and skills to serve them well in college and beyond. The school's supportive and challenging academic climate serves to encourage excellence in its students and foster lifelong intellectual curiosity. Louisville students are offered over $5 million in college scholarships each year and attend colleges and universities as diverse as our students. From the Ivy League to the Pac 12, our alumnae are preparing for careers in biomedical engineering, film-making, and law. Some are competing in NCAA athletics while others are acting in New York City. They are living out the inspiration they found at Louisville through their peers and their teachers. View full school

Founded in 1915, Collegiate is a learning community built on academic excellence. Our JK-12th grade curriculum prepares students to meet the complex world's challenges and stand out from the crowd. Our graduates possess extraordinary academic foundations, leadership skills, and a moral compass necessary for life-long learning, civic involvement, and global engagement. The liberal arts-focused curriculum is intentional, relevant, and transformative. Louisville Collegiate School has a long tradition of academic excellence and creativity within a hot and supportive environment. Louisville Collegiate School is divided into Lower School (Jr. Kindergarten-Grade 5), Middle School (Grades 6-8), and Upper School (Grades 9-12). Each division has its administrative head and core faculty. Many faculty members teach in more than one division of the school. The students and faculty enjoy a small school environment's advantages while benefiting from the stimulation a college preparatory school can provide. The atmosphere at Collegiate is shaped by the close interaction of the student body and a sense of community within the school. Small by design, Collegiate's size offers students opportunities for active participation in the school's life, the hallmark of our college preparatory program that ignites intellectual engagement, bold leadership, and remarkable character. Collegiate students actively engage in classroom discussions, connect with influential adult role-models, and develop their many talents within a vibrant extracurricular program of arts, athletics, and community service. Even a school with a long history like Collegiate's must remain agile and responsive as it prepares students for success and personal fulfillment in an ever-changing, interconnected, and multicultural world. We are committed to offering the broadest possible access to our JK-12 programs by awarding financial assistance each year to attract talented students. At Louisville Collegiate School, we believe reaching and challenging each student goes beyond conventional methods. Our vibrant learning community exposes students to opportunities and experiences outside the classroom. At Collegiate, our goal is to cultivate each child's unique potential. Our supportive and inclusive community creates an encouraging backdrop for learning. At Collegiate, we strive to foster overall student development through our academically rigorous college preparatory program. We have student support services positioned in each division to work with students and teachers to do everything we can to help our students reach their potential. Collegiate applies a team approach to ensure all needs are met. For example, in Lower School, a dedicated learning support services coordinator works with the math coordinator, Director of Center for Learning Advancement, school counselor, and health support services coordinator to create an individual learning plan to support each student. We believe that our mission's fulfillment requires on-going, meaningful professional development for all faculty and staff. Meaningful professional development opportunities should further the school's mission, promote collegiality, and foster innovation. Professional development takes on a host of different forms: internal class visits, external schools visits, conferences, internal & external workshops, continuing education, webinars, collaborative discussions, readings, research, published writing, working with professional organizations, online coursework, visiting speakers & authors, seminars­­, curriculum alignment, cultural competency training, technology training and more. Collegiate works to take advantage of all these different avenues to continue to grow as teachers and learners. The Professional Development Committee, made up of division heads and the Director of Academics, meets monthly during the school year to review professional development opportunities and to build collegial networks inside and outside the school. View full school