- Overview
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in University Park, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South—now part of the United Methodist Church—in partnership with Dallas civic leaders. However, it is nonsectarian in its teaching and enrolls students of all religious affiliations. It is classified among “R-2: Doctoral Universities – High Research Activity“.
As of fall 2022, the university had over 12,000 students, including approximately 7,000 undergraduates and 5,000 postgraduates. As of fall 2019, its instructional faculty is 1,151, with 754 being full-time.
In the 2020 academic year, the university granted over 3,827 degrees, including 315 doctorates, 1,659 master’s and 1,853 bachelor’s degrees and offers over 32 doctoral and over 120 masters programs from eight schools: the Edwin L. Cox School of Business, the Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, the Dedman School of Law, the Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering, the Algur H. Meadows School of the Arts, the Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Perkins School of Theology, and the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development.
- Contact Information
Contact Information
Sean Whitten
Director of Strategic Partnership
Email: sewhitten@smu.edu
https://www.smu.edu/
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Undergraduate
• Accounting
• Advertising
• African/African-American Studies
• Anthropology
• Applied Physiology and Health Management
• Art
• Art History
• Bassoon Performance
• Biochemistry
• Biological Sciences
• Biophysical Sciences
• Business Analytics and Supply Chain Management
• Cello Performance
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Clarinet Performance
• Communication Studies
• Computer Science
• Corporate Communication and Public Affairs
• Creative Computing
• Dance Performance
• Data Science
• Double Bass Performance
• Earth Sciences
• Economics
• Economics with Finance Applications
• Educational Studies
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• English
• Environmental Engineering
• Euphonium Performance
• Fashion Media
• Film and Media Arts
• Finance
• Flute Performance
• French
• French Horn Performance
• French Studies
• General Business
• Guitar Performance
• Harp Performance
• Health and Society
• History
• Human Rights
• Individualized Studies in Liberal Arts
• Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts
• International Studies
• Journalism
• Management
• Management Science
• Marketing
• Markets and Culture
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medieval Studies
• Mexican-American Studies
• Music
• Music Composition
• Music Education
• Music Therapy
• Oboe Performance
• Organ Performance
• Percussion Performance
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Piano Performance
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Public Policy
• Public Relations and Strategic Communication
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Finance
• Religious Studies
• Saxophone Performance
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Sport Management
• Sport Performance Leadership
• Statistical Science
• Theatre
• Trombone Performance
• Trumpet Performance
• Tuba Performance
• Viola Performance
• Violin Performance
• Voice Performance
• World Language
Graduate
• Accounting
• Advertising
• Anthropology
• Applied Economics
• Applied Economics and Predictive Analytics
• Applied Geophysics
• Applied Science
• Art
• Art History
• Arts and Nonprofit Leadership
• Bassoon Performance
• Bilingual Education
• Biomedical Instrumentation
• Business Analytics
• Cello Performance
• Chemistry
• Choral Conducting
• Civil Engineering
• Clarinet Performance
• Comparative and International Law
• Computational and Applied Mathematics
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Counseling
• Creative Technology
• Cybersecurity
• Dance
• Data Engineering
• Data Science
• Data Science and Applied Statistics
• Datacenter Systems Engineering
• Design and Innovation
• Digital Game Development
• Dispute Resolution
• Double Bass Performance
• Economics
• Education
• Educational Leadership, PK-12
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Entrepreneurship
• Engineering Management
• English
• Environmental Engineering
• Finance
• Flute Performance
• French Horn Performance
• Geology
• Geophysics
• Guitar Performance
• Harp Performance
• Harpsichord Performance
• Health Promotion Management
• Higher Education
• History
• Information Engineering & Management
• Instrumental Conducting
• International Arts Management
• Law
• Liberal Studies
• Management
• Manufacturing Management
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medical Anthropology
• Medieval Studies
• Molecular and Cell Biology
• Music Composition
• Music Education
• Music Theory
• Musicology
• Network Engineering
• Oboe Performance
• Operations Research
• Organ Performance
• Organizational Psychology
• Percussion Performance
• Physics
• Piano Performance
• Piano Performance & Pedagogy
• Psychology
• Public Policy
• Quantum Engineering
• Real Estate
• Religious Studies
• Sacred Music
• Saxophone Performance
• Software Engineering
• Sport Management
• Statistical Science
• Sustainability and Development
• Systems Engineering
• Taxation
• The Learning Sciences
• Theatre
• Theology
• Theory Pedagogy
• Trombone Performance
• Trumpet Performance
• Tuba Performance
• Urban Educational Leadership
• Viola Performance
• Violin Performance
• Voice Performance
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