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About SJU

Welcome Jesuit Tradition

Campus Life

Athletics A Connected Campus Community Our Philadelphia Location Living on Campus Student Support

Academics

Academics College of Arts and Sciences Erivan K. Haub School of Business School of Education and Human Development Beyond the Classroom Become a Scholar Complete Your Degree at SJU School of Health Professions Philadelphia College of Pharmacy School of Nursing and Allied Health

Student Stories

Meet Elaine ’19 Meet Kyle ’17 Meet Maddi ’19 Meet Toliver ’20

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Outcomes & Success Internships & Co-Ops

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Hawk Hill University City
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Become a Scholar

Challenge yourself academically and grow as a scholar. Our Honors Program broadens cultural interests, integrates knowledge and encourages student involvement, with unique benefits including an 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio and priority class registration. We also offer a wide range of research opportunities including the McNulty Scholars, Summer Scholars Program and Center for Undergraduate Research. Beyond these programs, you can pursue independent study, research or senior capstone courses to expand your academic interests and receive course credit.

Saint Joseph's leading centers and institutes also combine classroom studies with unique hands-on learning opportunities, led by experts in their fields. These centers include:

  • Kinney Center for Autism Education and Support
  • Institute of Clinical Bioethics
  • Maguire Academy of Risk Management and Insurance
  • Academy of Food Marketing
  • Center for Addiction and Recovery Education (CARE)
The Honors Program is an eight course curriculum that allows students to take honors courses in some of their general education requirements in some of their major requirement, and then all of our students will complete a capstone thesis project in their senior year. The standard for admission is really quite high. It's based largely off of the combination of your GPA and your SAT score. However, if you're a high achieving student here at St. Joe's after your first semester, there is a second application process where you can gain admissions to Honors. You can also participate in the Honors thesis process through your college or school. There are also great opportunities for independent directed research, both at the major level and through our Summer Scholars Program. Summer Scholars is really quite unique. Students have to identify a mentor, a faculty member who's going to basically direct their research during the summer, and then they receive a grant for $3,000. They have the opportunity to live here in student housing, and really focus for three months exclusively on a research project. We have a number of centers and institutes in addition to our college and schools, the Institute for Clinical Bioethics, The Faith Justice Institute, which is really committed to working with community partners. These institute's offer our students, a wealth of opportunities, not only for service, but also for team project based research.

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Academics College of Arts and Sciences Erivan K. Haub School of Business School of Education and Human Development Beyond the Classroom Become a Scholar Complete Your Degree at SJU School of Health Professions Philadelphia College of Pharmacy School of Nursing and Allied Health
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