Sacred Heart University, located on a 57-acre campus in suburban Fairfield, CT, was founded in 1963 by the Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport. Sacred Heart University is the second largest Catholic University in New England. Embodying a new direction within American Catholicism, the University is led and staffed by the laity. Personal attention to each student is emphasized. Sacred Heart University challenges its students to think critically, analyze carefully, grow morally, evaluate with a sense of justice and proportion, and to convey conclusions in an intelligible and articulate fashion.
Sacred Heart University is ideally situated 1 hour north of New York City and 2 1/2 hours south of Boston.
UNIQUE/SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Sacred Heart University is a "wireless" campus and a nationally recognized Laptop University. The University's innovative Student Mobile Computing Program is designed to place students at the cutting-edge of technology -- preparing them for a lifetime of computer literacy. Each student will receive two notebook computers during their four years at the University.
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