聖塔克拉拉大學

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　　聖塔克拉拉大學於公元1851年成立於加州聖塔克拉拉市（Santa Clara），也就是加州矽谷（Silicon Valley）的心臟地帶，前身為天主教耶穌會所創辦的聖塔克拉拉學院（Santa Clara College）；此校最初以大學前的預科教育為辦學內容，至1853年始提供大學的課程。

　　聖塔克拉拉學院創校的前60年期間歷經美國的南北戰爭，緩慢而穩定的發展，直到1912年成立了法律學校及工程學校，才更名為聖塔克拉拉大學，因此聖塔克拉拉大學可說是美國加州歷史最悠久的高等教育機構之一。

　　聖塔克拉拉大學是一所私立的天主教大學，男校的傳統持續了110年，直到1961年開始招收女性學生，成為加州第一所男女合校的天主教大學。目前學生包括大學部4,643人，研究生3,417人，共計8060名。

　　位於加州舊金山海灣（San Francisco Bay）南端的聖塔克拉拉大學，坐落於全球盛名的矽谷（Silicon Valley），占地104英畝，學習資源相當豐富，工作機會也多。

　　此外，聖塔克拉拉大學還曾連續15年獲得美國新聞世界報導雜誌（U.S. News & World Report）評為美國西部大學排名第二名，是西部最有價值的學校之一，並指出聖塔克拉拉大學的研究所課程能有效率地提升學生的學習力，而學生亦有相當成就。

　　聖塔克拉拉大學有著152年的悠長教育傳統，教育方式以價值觀為導向，學風嚴謹，並期望在授與學術教育的同時，賦予學生健全的倫理觀及社會觀，以培育出既具競爭領導能力又富有奉獻服務精神的學生為宗旨。教學則採用小班制，師資傑出，師生比為1：12。

　　The university is situated in Santa Clara, California (2006 est. population 108,518), adjacent to the city of San Jose, California in Santa Clara County (est. population 1.8 million), which anchors the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Also known by the abbreviation SCU, its students and 71,000 alumni are called “Santa Clarans” and its athletics teams are called the Broncos. In many of its informational and promotional publications the school is billed as "The Jesuit University in Silicon Valley."

　　Built around historic Mission Santa Clara, the present university is home to a population of nearly 5,000 undergraduate and 3,500 masters, J.D., and Ph.D. students. The institution employs over 450 full time faculty members, who are divided between four professional schools and the College of Arts and Sciences, all of which are located on the 106 acre (0.4 km2) mission campus. In July of 2009, the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (JST), formerly an independent school, legally merged with the university taking the name "Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University." Although a division of SCU, the school retains its campus in Berkeley, California. JST is one of two Jesuit seminaries in the United States with ecclesiastical faculties approved by the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education. The other seminary, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, completed a similar affiliation with Boston College in June 2008, becoming Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. [3]

　　For the 2008–2009 academic year, the university's operating budget was $311 million, and the university's endowment was over $697 million.[4] For the same period, undergraduate tuition and fees was $34,950 and the average cost of room and board was $11,067.[5]

　　Santa Clara is civilly chartered and governed by a board of trustees, which appoints the president. By internal statute, the president must be a member of the Jesuit order; although, the membership of the board is primarily lay. About forty Jesuit priests and brothers are active teachers and administrators in various departments and centers located on the main campus in Santa Clara. Additionally, fourteen Jesuits currently hold faculty positions at the university's Jesuit School of Theology located in Berkeley. In total, Jesuits comprise around seven percent of the permanent faculty and hold teaching positions in biology, computer engineering, counseling psychology, economics, English, history, law, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religious studies, theology, and theater arts. They also serve in campus ministry and residence-hall ministry, and some act as faculty directors in residential learning communities.

　　SCU maintains its Catholic and Jesuit affiliation and supports numerous initiatives intended to further its religious mission. Students are invited to attend the Sunday evening student Masses in the mission church and encouraged to participate in campus ministry programs and lectures. All bachelor’s degrees require three religious studies courses as part of the academic core. An emphasis on social justice is furthered through the Pedro Arrupe Partnership and Kolvenbach Solidarity Programs, which offer service opportunities in the community and immersion opportunities throughout the world. The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the Center for Science, Technology, and Society also have programs that serve the university's Catholic, Jesuit identity.

　　聖塔克拉拉大學目前擁有4種專門學校包括商業學院（Leavey School of Business）、法律學院（School of Law）、工程學院（School of Engineering）、教育及諮商心理神職學院（School of Education, Counseling Psychology, and Pastoral Ministries），由於位居矽谷的地利之便，無形中為聖塔克拉拉大學增加了許多可貴的學習資源。

• 商業學院（Leavey School of Business）

　　商業學院成立於1926年，併在創立後的10年間發展成為首批獲得美國國家認證的商業學校之一；由於位於商業活動活躍的矽谷，聖塔克拉拉大學商業學校致力於將理論與實務訓練整合融會並應用於國際經濟上。

　　商業學院還提供了經認可且具口碑的MBA課程、學術研討會、課堂講授以及針對專職經理人才所開設的專業課程。畢業的校友分佈於全球，領導各商業組織的發展。

• 法律學院（School of Law）

　　法律學院所開設的智慧財產權（intellectual property）、高科技相關法規（High Tec Law）、社會司法（social justice）、公職法（public service law）、國際法（international law）等課程，都在相關領域排名上有不錯的評價；每年的申請者有40%是來自美國加州以外的城市及海外各國，畢業後可取得J.D.或LL.M.學位。

• 工程學院（School of Engineering）

　　課程目標是增進學生將來成為職業工程師必須具備的專業能力；亦針對已就職的工程人員開設了相關的課程，共有7種碩士學位可供選讀。

• 教育、諮商心理及神職學院（School of Education, Counseling Psychology, and Pastoral Ministries）

　　含括教育、心理治療、神職訓練及人類服務。有些課程會讓學生有機會親身在小區服務學習，並提供專業證照及學位。

• In 1777, the Blessed Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan friar, had founded the Santa Clara church, as the eighth in the chain of Franciscan missions in Alta California, at the site of the future university.

• In 1851, at the height of the California Gold Rush, at the request of the Bishop of Monterey, the Dominican Joseph Sadoc Alemany, Italian Jesuits John Nobili and Michael Accolti established the original Santa Clara College around Mission Santa Clara de Asís.

• The year 1851 saw the foundation of California's first two colleges in the town of Santa Clara -- Santa Clara College and the Methodist-founded California Wesleyan College, now known as the University of the Pacific and located in Stockton, California. Because Santa Clara College began instruction before the Methodist campus, Santa Clara calls itself the first institution of higher learning in the state. With its 1851 foundation, Santa Clara College also became the first Catholic college west of St. Louis, Missouri, where the Jesuit Saint Louis University traces its origins to 1818. For its part, California Wesleyan obtained its state charter in July 1851, and for that reason its successor, the University of the Pacific, legitimately claims to be "California's first chartered university".

• Santa Clara's Jesuit founders eventually accumulated the endowment required for a charter, which was granted on April 28, 1855.

• In 1857, Santa Clara awarded the first bachelor's degree given in California. The recipient was Thomas I. Bergin.

• In 1912, Santa Clara College became the University of Santa Clara with the addition of the School of Engineering and School of Law.

• In 1925, the Leavey School of Business was added and became one of the first business schools in the United States to receive national accreditation.

• In 1961, women were admitted to what had been initially an all-men's school. This step made Santa Clara University the first Catholic university in California to admit both men and women.

• In 1985, in part to avoid confusion with the University of Southern California, the University of Santa Clara, as it had been known since 1912, changed its name to Santa Clara University.

• In 2001, the School of Education, Counseling Psychology, and Pastoral Ministries was formed to offer master's level and other credential programs.

• US News and World Report 2006：商學〈Business〉研究所第74名

• US News & World Report 2006：西區大學排名第2名