SMU announces SMU Ignited — a momentous $1.5 billion, multiyear campaign to empower outstanding students, enrich teaching and research, and enhance our campus and community.
Mustang Strong:
Learn more about SMU’s response to COVID-19.
SMU and Dallas – where you can go all in on you
Unleash your potential in a vibrant community that uniquely positions you for limitless opportunities. The optimistic outlook of Dallas is at the heart of SMU, and our enterprising spirit has helped shape Dallas into a global gateway for people of all backgrounds who want to change the world.
SMU’s vibrant campus lies in the heart of Dallas.
With Dallas as your classroom, get excited about how far you can go when you go all in!
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Campus Tour with Students Ian and Abby
Join SMU Admission Ambassadors Ian Perkins-Smith and Abby Johnson as they tour the SMU campus. Featured tour stops include the Boulevard, Gerald J. Ford Stadium, the Laura Lee Blanton Building, Dallas Hall and Fondren Library. Pony Up!
You Belong Here
See why applying to SMU is the first step in making your college experience one that defines your future success.
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Top 20%
SMU ranked in the “Best National Universities” in the 2019 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges”.
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3 out of 4
3 out of every 4 undergraduate students receive scholarships and/or financial aid. With plenty of financial aid options available, 72% of students graduate without any student debt at all.
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#1
The Dallas area was named best big city for jobs by Forbes. SMU integrates internships and experiential learning opportunities outside of the classroom so that you build experience before applying for a job.
News
Drive will assist more underrepresented students, enrich research and teaching, enhance campus and community
Inspiring a new chapter for the Meadows Museum, Linda P. and William A. Custard commit $3 million, matched by an additional $3 million from The Meadows Foundation, to establish a new cultural institute within the Meadows Museum.
A $1 million gift from the Hegi Family will empower students to navigate today’s fast-changing work environment and find lifelong career success through the renovation and expansion of SMU’s Hegi Family Career Development Center.
Dallas philanthropist and civic leader Mary Anne Sammons Cree passed away July 21, 2021, leaving a legacy of leadership, generosity and nature-inspired landmarks that will delight Dallas residents for generations to come.
Events
Canvas & Silk: Historic Fashions from Madrid's Museo del Traje
September 19, 2021 to January 9, 2022
This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, and the Museo del Traje, Centro de Investigación del Patrimonio Etnológico, Madrid, Spain, and is funded by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation.
Owens Conference Impact of Migration on Economic and Human Development
September 15-16th (free and open to the public, but reservations are required)
The annual Owens Conference, co-sponsored by the Tower Center at SMU and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, will examine the complex relationship between migration and economic and human development.
SMU Campaign Kickoff
September 17, 2021 at Noon
The SMU community is invited to join us on campus on the main quad or online to celebrate the kickoff of the next campaign.
SMU Homecoming 2021
September 30 to October 2
Get ready to return to the Hilltop for Homecoming Weekend.
Charlie Brown’s America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts
October 7 @ 6pm
The SMU Center for Presidential History as historian Blake Scott Ball takes on the politics of the age-old Peanuts comics, which are at the center of his latest book
Exhibits
Image & Identity: Mexican Fashion in the Modern Period
September 19, 2021–January 9, 2022
Artists featured in the exhibition include Alfred Briquet, Carlos Mérida, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, Jerry Bywaters, Paul Strand and Manuel Álvarez Bravo. This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, and is funded by a generous gift from The Meadows Foundation.