Christian Brothers University

Categories: Universities
    • Established: 1871
    • Location: Memphis, Tennessee
    • President: H. Lance Forsdick, Sr.
    • Faculty: 92Christian Brothers University: Quick Facts
    • Student enrollment: 1,800Christian Brothers University: Quick Facts
    • Average class size: 16
    • Nickname: Buccaneers
    • Motto: "Virtus et Scientia" (Latin for "Character and Knowledge")
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  • Christian Brothers University is a private Roman Catholic university of higher education that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the arts, business, engineering, the sciences and teacher education.

  • History

    In 1871, the Institute of the Brothers of Christian Schools, a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, was requested by the city of Memphis to open a school.

    CBU started as a combined elementary school, high school and college, but would become a four-year institution in 1953. It opened its doors to both sexes in 1970 and today more than half of the student body is made up of women.CBU: History

  • The Campus

    CBU is located on a 75-acre wooded campus in midtown Memphis, Tennessee and is about four miles east of the downtown area.

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