Seattle University, a Jesuit university, is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world, among Seattle colleges.

A Jesuit university's educational tradition promotes independent critical thinkers informed by the humanities, open to finding and serving God in all things, and challenged by the Jesuit priority of "the service of faith and the promotion of justice" to address issues of poverty, injustice, discrimination, violence, and the environment in knowledgeable, committed, and effective ways.

Seattle University is the most racially and culturally diverse, the most genuinely urban, and the largest multidisciplinary independent university of Seattle colleges and of the Northwest. Utilizing these three assets for the education of our students and the service of society presents opportunities unique to Seattle University.