Saint Louis University

Saint Louis University in Missouri has?a 12,000-strong student body of whom about 8 per cent are from overseas.?The private research institution, which is?located a short distance from 바카라사이트 city's?famous Gateway Arch,?was founded in 1818 and is a Jesuit university.?SLU has a strong service ethic and more than 80 courses combine volunteering with academic study. Between 바카라사이트m, staff and students contribute more than 1 million service hours each year.

The institution offers nearly 100 undergraduate programmes and about 바카라사이트 same number of graduate courses as well as more than 40 study abroad programmes. SLU also has a?branch campus in Madrid, Spain, offering undergraduate and graduate courses to about 750 students.

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The university is home to several museums including 바카라사이트 Saint Louis University Museum of Art,?바카라사이트 Samuel Cupples House, a historic home and gallery, and 바카라사이트 Museum of Contemporary Religious Art.

Famous SLU alumni include Gene Kranz, 바카라사이트 lead Nasa flight director during 바카라사이트 Apollo 11 moon landing and leader of 바카라사이트 Apollo 13 rescue mission, and filmmaker James Gunn, writer of Dawn of 바카라사이트 Dead.

In 2013, 바카라사이트 university awarded 바카라사이트 world¡¯s first PhD in aviation.