--- title: University of Dallas | Our Catholic Identity description: The Catholic university for independent thinkers. image: https://more.udallas.edu/hubfs/catholicfaithculture.jpeg --- ### The University of Dallas is a proud sponsor of Regina Caeli Academy.  ![courage-under-fire-logo](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/courage-under-fire-logo.jpeg?width=300&height=300&name=courage-under-fire-logo.jpeg) - [![jameson-taylor-16-9 (1)](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/jameson-taylor-16-9%20(1).jpeg?width=3200&height=1800&name=jameson-taylor-16-9%20(1).jpeg) Learn more about how **Jameson Taylor**, PhD ’07, helped lead the fight against *Roe v. Wade*. ](https://udallas.edu/news/2022/07-27-22-Renewing-A-Culture-of-Life.php) - [![kellie-fiedorek-16-9](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/kellie-fiedorek-16-9.jpeg?width=5489&height=3088&name=kellie-fiedorek-16-9.jpeg) Learn more about how **Kellie Fiedorek**, JD, BA ’06, helped lead the fight against *Roe v. Wade*. ](https://udallas.edu/news/2022/07-27-22-Renewing-A-Culture-of-Life.php) - [![harold-burke-sivers-16-9](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/harold-burke-sivers-16-9.jpeg?width=2882&height=1621&name=harold-burke-sivers-16-9.jpeg) Learn more about how Deacon **Harold Burke-Sivers**, MTS ’00, evangelizes to the world. ](https://youtu.be/eM89oamvNEQ) - [![alexandra-koch-16-9](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/alexandra-koch-16-9.jpeg?width=2050&height=1153&name=alexandra-koch-16-9.jpeg) Learn more about UDallas’ robust Fulbright Scholar legacy — and how **Alexandra Koch**, BA ’19, found her vocation through the program. ](https://udallas.edu/about-ud/academic-excellence/fulbright.php) - [![emmet-flood-16-9](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/emmet-flood-16-9.jpeg?width=5344&height=3006&name=emmet-flood-16-9.jpeg) Learn more about how Crusaders like **Emmet Flood**, PhD, BA ’78, three-time counsel to the President of the United States, apply their UDallas education to the renewal of their country, culture and church. ](https://udallas.edu/news/2019/06-01-2019-emmet-flood-commencement-speech.php) - ![mary-hochberg-16-9](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/mary-hochberg-16-9.jpeg?width=3345&height=1882&name=mary-hochberg-16-9.jpeg) Learn more about how **Mary Hochberg**, BA & BS ’23, has used her degrees in chemistry and philosophy to advance Catholic bioethics. - [![gregory-kelly-16-9](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/gregory-kelly-16-9.jpeg?width=5472&height=3078&name=gregory-kelly-16-9.jpeg) Learn more about how several University of Dallas alumni, including Bishop **Gregory Kelly**, BA ’72 MDiv ’82, serve the Church as bishops. ](https://udallas.edu/faith-service/our-catholic-faith/serving.php) - [![heath-dowers-16-9](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/heath-dowers-16-9.jpeg?width=1500&height=844&name=heath-dowers-16-9.jpeg) Learn more about how **Heath Dowers**, PhD (cand.) MA ’21, won the prestigious Boren Fellowship. ](https://udallas.edu/news/2024/05-17-24-Doctoral-Student-Awarded-Boren-Fellowship-To-Study-Abroad-in-Oman.php) - [![matthew-hejduk-16-9](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/matthew-hejduk-16-9.jpeg?width=948&height=533&name=matthew-hejduk-16-9.jpeg) Learn more about how **Matthew Hejduk**, PhD ’06, uses his philosophy degree as an astrodynamicist. ](https://udallas.edu/news/2025/astrodynamicist-braniff-alumnus-matthew-hejduk-on-philosophy-and-flight.php) ### An education aimed at life's most important questions. A campus where friendship blossoms in the sacraments. A deep love of learning flowing from a deeper love of Christ. A education for a life well-lived. [ Find Out More about UD ](https://more.udallas.edu/courage-under-fire#more-info)   ## The Catholic University for Independent Thinkers is proud to be among a small list of Catholic universities recommended by the [Cardinal Newman Society](https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/the-newman-guide/). ![Newman Guide Seal](https://more.udallas.edu/hubfs/Newman%20Guide%20Seal.png)   ### Want more information about the University of Dallas? ![weigel-1](https://more.udallas.edu/hubfs/weigel-1.jpg "weigel-1") ### "The University of Dallas offers the finest undergraduate education of any university in the nation." ##### **George Weigel, **acclaimed Pope St. John Paul II biographer and Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center # WHAT SETS UDALLAS APART? #### Academic excellence embodied in a rigorous Catholic education dedicated to a lifelong pursuit of wisdom, truth and virtue. #### ![religious_life_0001_udallas0413_2100x1398_300_RGB](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/religious_life_0001_udallas0413_2100x1398_300_RGB.jpg?width=1500&height=1395&name=religious_life_0001_udallas0413_2100x1398_300_RGB.jpg) ### **1,500 **Undergraduates ### **80%** Catholic Students ### **Daily Mass** [![0008_IPSCoreClass_Braniff_UDallas0915_720x481_72_RGB](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/0008_IPSCoreClass_Braniff_UDallas0915_720x481_72_RGB.jpg?width=720&height=481&name=0008_IPSCoreClass_Braniff_UDallas0915_720x481_72_RGB.jpg) ](https://www.udallas.edu/constantin/core-curriculum/index.php) ### [The Core](https://www.udallas.edu/constantin/core-curriculum/index.php) University of Dallas students share a formative experience in studying the great deeds and words of Western civilization together. The Core Curriculum is an opportunity to inquire into the fundamental aspects of being and our relationship with God, nature and our fellow men. [![0006_rome_capbar_cc_udallas_0214_720x493_72_RGB](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/0006_rome_capbar_cc_udallas_0214_720x493_72_RGB.jpg?width=720&height=493&name=0006_rome_capbar_cc_udallas_0214_720x493_72_RGB.jpg) ](https://www.udallas.edu/rome/index.php) ### [The Rome Program](https://www.udallas.edu/rome/index.php) It’s one thing to read the Great Books. It’s quite another to experience firsthand where many of them took place. In that instant, history comes alive, and our students change forever. [![OLG-16](https://more.udallas.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/social-suggested-images/OLG-16.jpg?width=520&height=347&name=OLG-16.jpg) ](https://www.udallas.edu/catholicfaith/index.php) ### [Our Catholic Faith](https://www.udallas.edu/catholicfaith/index.php) The light of the Catholic faith illuminates every aspect of life at UDallas. We support academic and religious freedom and foster spiritual development to prepare students for their calling as men and women of faith in the world. [ Find Out More about UD ](https://more.udallas.edu/courage-under-fire#more-info)   ### The University of Dallas is dedicated to the pursuit of wisdom, truth and virtue as the proper and primary ends of education. The University of Dallas seeks to educate its students so they may develop the intellectual and moral virtues, prepare themselves for life and work in a problematic and changing world, and become leaders able to act responsibly for their own good and for the good of their family, community, country and church. ![Commencement0084UDallas0513_2100x1398_300_RGB-1](https://more.udallas.edu/hubfs/social-suggested-images/Commencement0084UDallas0513_2100x1398_300_RGB-1.jpg) [ Find Out More about UD ](https://more.udallas.edu/courage-under-fire#more-info) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "VideoObject", "contentUrl" : "https://20518287.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/20518287/social-suggested-images/Love%20of%20Learning%2c%20Love%20of%20Christ.mp4", "dateModified" : "2025-01-24T17:48:06.550Z", "duration" : "PT2M11.398S", "height" : 2160, "name" : "Love of Learning, Love of Christ", "thumbnailUrl" : "https://20518287.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/20518287/social-suggested-images/Love%20of%20Learning%2c%20Love%20of%20Christ.mp4/medium.jpg?t=1737740886550", "uploadDate" : "2023-09-05T20:42:28.320Z", "width" : 3840 } ```