الجامعة المثودية الجنوبية

Coordinates: 32°50′19″N 96°46′59″W / 32.83855°N 96.78294°W / 32.83855; -96.78294
(تم التحويل من Southern Methodist University)
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Southern Methodist University
ملف:Southern Methodist University seal.svg
الشعارلاتينية: Veritas liberabit vos
النوعPrivate research university
تأسستأبريل 17, 1911; 115 years ago (1911-04-17)
الاعتمادSACS
انتساب ديني
United Methodist Church[1]
الانتساب الأكاديمي
الوقف$2.7 billion [2]
الميزانية$923.0 million (FY2025)[3]
الرئيسJay Hartzell
ProvostRachel Davis Mersey
الطاقم الأكاديمي1,163 (fall 2024)[4]
إجمالي الطاقم3,037 (fall 2024)[5]
الطلبة12,544 (fall 2025)[6]
طلبة قبل البكالوريوس7,545 (fall 2025)[6]
طلاب الدراسات العليا4,999 (fall 2025)[6]
الموقع
University Park, Texas
،
United States

32°50′19″N 96°46′59″W / 32.83855°N 96.78294°W / 32.83855; -96.78294
الحرمUrban enclave, 234 acre (0.95 km2)[7]
Other campusesTaos
NewspaperThe Daily Campus
ألوان المدرسةRed and blue[8]
         
الكنيةMustangs
الانتساب الرياضي
التميمةPeruna
الموقع الإلكترونيsmu.edu
ملف:Southern Methodist University logo.svg
خريطة

Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in University Park, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico.[9] SMU was founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South—now part of the United Methodist Church—in partnership with Dallas civic leaders.[10][11] It is currently non-sectarian in its teaching and enrolls students of all religious affiliations. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research spending and doctorate production".[12]

As of fall 2025, the university had 12,544 students, including 7,545 undergraduates and 4,999 postgraduates. As of fall 2024, its instructional faculty was 1,163 members, with 788 being full-time.[4]

In the 2020 academic year, the university granted over 3,827 degrees, including 315 doctoral, 1,659 master's, and 1,853 bachelor's degrees. Graduate degrees are offered in eight schools: the Edwin L. Cox School of Business, the Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, the Dedman School of Law, the Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering, the Algur H. Meadows School of the Arts, the Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Perkins School of Theology, and the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development.[13][14]

History

The university was chartered on April 17, 1911, by the southern denomination of the Methodist Episcopal Church. At the time of the charter, church leaders saw a need to establish a Methodist institution within a metropolitan area.[15] Originally, this new institution was intended to be created in Fort Worth through a merger between Polytechnic College (now Texas Wesleyan University) and Southwestern University. However, the church's education commission instead opted to create a new institution in Dallas to serve this purpose after extensive lobbying by the Dallas Chamber of Commerce. Robert Stewart Hyer, previously president of Southwestern University, was appointed as the first president of the new university.[16][17]

Constructed in 1915, Dallas Hall remains the centerpiece of the campus.


Academics

Undergraduate admissions

For the class of 2024 (entering Fall 2020), 14,010 students applied, 7,379 (52.7%) were admitted, and 1,531 enrolled/matriculated (20.7%) – including 758 women and 773 men, and the 1 year retention rate (entering Fall 2019) was 92%. The average SAT was 1,343 while the average ACT was 30.6.[18] The middle 50% SAT range for enrolled students was 630–710 for Evidence-Based Reading & Writing, 620–740 for math, while the ACT Composite range was 29–33.[19][18]

University Honors Program

First-year undergraduate students admitted to SMU are automatically reviewed for admissions into the highly selective University Honors Program (UHP). Generally, first-year students that rank in the top 10% of their incoming class will receive a formal invitation to join the UHP. Students that do not receive an invitation must have completed at least one full-time semester on campus with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher before formally applying for admissions.[20] The University Honors Program is a liberal arts honors experience that serves to supplement the basic SMU University Curriculum. Students are required to take honors courses throughout their time at SMU, and the program culminates with a final senior project or experience. Each student's experience can be unique, and students are encouraged to pursue projects in their area of study or about their passions.

Reputation and rankings

ترتيب الجامعة
على المستوى الوطني
U.S. News & World Report[21] 88 (tie)
Washington Monthly[22] 977
على مستوى العالم
ARWU[23] 701–800
QS[24] 1,001–1,200
USNWR graduate school rankings[25]
Type Rank
Biological Sciences 186 (tie)
Business 34
Chemistry 136 (tie)
Clinical Psychology 115 (tie)
Computer Science 120 (tie)
Earth Sciences 70 (tie)
Economics 60
Education 49 (tie)
Engineering 160 (tie)
English 90 (tie)
Fine Arts 135 (tie)
History 86 (tie)
Law 43 (tie)
Mathematics 103 (tie)
Physics 136 (tie)
Psychology 165 (tie)
Statistics 54 (tie)

In the 2025 edition of the U.S. News & World Report college rankings, SMU was tied for 88th in the rankings of "national universities".[26] U.S. News & World Report ranked the Dedman School of Law tied for 43rd in the U.S. for 2025.[25]

In the 2025 edition, SMU was ranked 103rd by Forbes.[27]

Research centers, institutes and related facilities

Among the university's research centers, institutes and related facilities are:[28][29]

  • AT&T Center for Virtualization: housed within the SMU Lyle School of Engineering.
  • Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom[30]
  • Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility
  • The Brierley Institute for Customer Engagement: at SMU Cox[31]
  • Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security: housed within the SMU Lyle School of Engineering.
  • Southwestern Graduate School of Banking: based within the SMU Cox School of Business.
  • Temerlin Advertising Institute: based within the SMU Meadows School of the Arts.
  • John Goodwin Tower Center for Public Policy and International Affairs: Named after John Tower (MA 1953), United States Senator for Texas from 1961 to 1985.
  • SMU Guildhall: The university also awards the Master of Interactive Technology (MIT) in Digital Game Development, as well as the Professional Certificate in Digital Game Development, with specializations in Art, Design, Production, and Programming – the only graduate program in the country to offer all four pillars of game development and has been ranked as the #1 Graduate Program for Game Design in the world by the Princeton Review for two years in a row.[28][29]
  • SMU DataArts: National Center for Arts Research
  • William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies
  • O’Donnell Data Science and Research Computing Institute

Libraries and museums

Libraries

Fondren Library


Student life

Student demographics

Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
Race and ethnicity[32] Total
White 63% 63
 
Hispanic 13% 13
 
Asian 8% 8
 
Foreign national 6% 6
 
Other[أ] 5% 5
 
Black 5% 5
 
Economic diversity
Low-income[ب] 9% 9
 
Affluent[ت] 91% 91
 


Notable people

قائمة أكثر شمولاً، انظر List of Southern Methodist University people.

Notes

  1. ^ Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
  2. ^ The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.
  3. ^ The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.

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Further reading

  • Whitford, David (1989). A Payroll to Meet: A Story of Greed, Corruption, and Football at SMU. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 9780026271912. OCLC 19555913.

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