Brigham Young University-Provo

Brigham Young, located in Provo, 45 miles south of Salt Lake City, has 10 colleges, including a graduate school, law school, and school of management. BYU offers over 170 bachelor’s programs with an array of majors including wildlife and wildlands conservation, physics, philosophy, neuroscience, exercise science, Arabic language, nutritional science, and linguistics.Guided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, BYU’s mission is to support students who seek perfection and eternal life. BYU encourages students to integrate their faith with their education; undergraduate students must take one religion class each semester until they earn 14 semester hours. The student body represents over 100 countries, and more than 23,000 students participate each year in over 70 community service programs. Certain degree programs require applied learning experiences like internships, clinical work, or field studies, while other programs recommend it to enhance a student’s major.BYU’s academic environment, unique among colleges in Utah, extends beyond the classroom. BYU is home to a 100,000-square-foot museum of art, a science museum with three million biological specimens, and an archaeological and ethnographic museum with special expertise in prehistoric Utah and the American Southwest.