ACU
Exceptional, Innovative, Real.
ACU is a vibrant, innovative, Christ-centered community that engages students in authentic spiritual and intellectual growth, equipping them to make a real difference in the world.
Abilene Christian University is a private, comprehensive, university with roughly 5,000 students from across the United States and more than 60 nations. We’re located in Abilene, Texas, about 2-1/2 hours west of Dallas/Fort Worth.
Abilene Christian University was named one of America’s Best Colleges by U.S. News and World Report and Forbes Magazine.
ACU is a member of the Higher Education Customer Advisory Board for Google Apps and a Google Apps for Education campus, an institution featured on Apple’s iTunes U, a North American test site for Alcatel-Lucent, and a Pillar Institution for Sungard Higher Education.
By 2020, ACU will become the premier university for the education of Christ-centered, global leaders.
The mission of Abilene Christian University is to educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world. This mission is achieved through:
- exemplary teaching, offered by a faculty of Christian scholars, that inspires a commitment to learning;
- significant research, grounded in the university’s disciplines of study, that informs issues of importance to the academy, church, and society;
- meaningful service to society, the academic disciplines, the university, and the church, expressed in various ways, by all segments of the Abilene Christian University community.
The ACU experience – whether on the Abilene campus, in Study Abroad programs, at education centers, or through an ACU virtual community – will help you develop your intellect, grow closer to God, prepare for a meaningful career and address global challenges with a Christian worldview.