For more than 3,600 undergraduate students, Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, represents a bridge between youth and adulthood. Students come to Samford seeking the road to a productive life, and the University strives continuously to help them travel that road successfully.
Samford offers small classes, personal interaction, and skilled teaching. Its faculty are well prepared, with degrees from more than 180 universities and colleges in the United States, France, Germany, England, and Scotland.
The Samford campus is one of striking beauty, with buildings of consistent Georgian Colonial architecture in a wooded valley. The moment you enter, one fact is clear: this is how a college campus should be. Its spectacular setting and lasting design bespeak quality, security, and a sense of community.
Yet Samford’s location—less than six miles from downtown Birmingham—provides all of the advantages of a thriving metro area. Birmingham is Alabama’s cultural, educational, and economic center. Campus life is lively, with intramurals, concerts, lectures, special-interest groups, fraternities, sororities, 17 NCAA Division I sports, and more.
Founded by Baptists in 1841, Samford is a Christian university where faith is encouraged and students have opportunities to put faith into practice through a variety of service projects and other activities.
Samford is focused on a global future, with its own residential study center in London, England, and programs touching five continents. Students may choose the semester abroad program based in London or a variety of other locations.
Students have access to hundreds of PCs and iMac Apple computers in labs around campus, as well as wireless access throughout the campus.
Samford offers many distinctions, including interdisciplinary courses that help students analyze and synthesize the many streams of information that make up a strong education.
Recognition by U.S.News & World Report, Forbes, The Princeton Review, and the John Templeton Foundation is a clear signal that a Samford education is an exceptional value . . . an education designed to bring out the best in students as they bridge the gap between high school and adulthood.
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