Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is the flagship university of the Church Educational System of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. BYU offers academic programs in the liberal arts, engineering, agriculture, management, physical and mathematical sciences, nursing, music and law, organized into 11 colleges and schools at its main Provo campus. The university also administers four satellite campuses in Jerusalem, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C., and London, and it is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.