Saint John’s University

OVERVIEW

Welcome to SJU

Saint John’s University is a private men’s university in Collegeville, MN. Located on 3,000 acres of incredibly lush landscape and lakes, our classrooms envelope more than four walls into a holistic, student-focused residential educational experience. Guided by our Benedictine values and the Catholic intellectual tradition. we are members of a strong community of lifelong learners.

The buildings at Saint John’s date from the 1860s and sit amidst pine and hardwood forests, an oak savanna, a restored prairie, wetlands, and lakes. At the center of campus is the Abbey and University Church, one of ten Saint John’s buildings designed by renowned architect Marcel Breuer. The University itself, founded in 1857, is one of the Midwest’s oldest institutions of higher education.

EXPERIENCE

One With Nature

Set amid 3.300 acres of varied terrain, the Saint John’s campus is remarkable in its natural beauty. It includes wetlands, several lakes, an oak savanna, a restored prairie, and hiking trails that wind through an extensive pine and hardwood forest. In addition to its recreational value, the landscape inspires spiritual and artistic reflection and fosters the Benedictine traditions of land stewardship, education, and environmental respect.

We are in Collegeville, a community in Central Minnesota. We are near St. Joseph, a town brimming with pride and things to do, as well as the Twin Cities, about 70 miles to the south and east.

SAINT JOHN’S UNIVERSITY

A Distinctive Experience

Saint John’s University designs programs to meet the needs and aspirations of young men, emphasizing leadership and a personal development profile that includes intellectual, spiritual, emotional and physical development. Our values-based and value-added residential liberal arts education provides the framework for fulfilling lives of disciplined inquiry and leadership in careers devoted to the professions, public life and service to others.