About

Niagara University educates its students and enriches their lives through programs and career preparation, informed by the Catholic and Vincentian traditions.

Inspired by these hallmarks, and convinced of the harmony of faith and reason, Niagara University cultivates virtues of intellect and character, encouraging people to study, listen, and engage the ideas of a variety of persons, cultures, and disciplines:

• Promoting a spirit of inquiry that looks to solving complex problems guided by strong faculty advisement that gives students confidence.
• Engaging the Catholic Intellectual Tradition coupled with career-related experiences are a lens to examine self and world: that gives clarity of direction.
• Preparing students for personal & professional success while committed to its Vincentian values, helping them gain a heightened sense of purpose.

As a Catholic University, we are guided by the academic ideals presented in the Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Universities ECE, including:

• a Christian inspiration not only of individuals but of the university community as such;
• a continuing reflection in light of the Catholic faith upon the growing treasury of human knowledge, to which we seek to contribute by our own research;
• fidelity to the Christian message as it comes to us through the Church; and
• an institutional commitment to the service of the people of God and of the human family in their pilgrimage to the transcendent goal which gives meaning to life.

The University’s curriculum, policies and activities draw on the wisdom of the Church regarding ways to build a just society and live lives of holiness in the modern world. To that end, the University engages key themes of modern Catholic Social Teaching identified by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops:

• • life and dignity of the human person;
  • call to family, community, and participation;
  • rights and responsibilities;
  • option for the poor and vulnerable;
  • the dignity of work and the rights of workers;
  • solidarity; and
  • care for God’s creation.

As a sister to Adamson (Philippines), DePaul, and St. John’s Universities, Niagara University is committed to academic and professional excellence. We strive to promote the common good and to assist individuals to lead lives of balance, generosity, and integrity. We reflect upon Gospel values as taught by St. Vincent de Paul and therefore take seriously:

• the primacy of God and the things of God;
• reverent listening for the varied ways in which God is revealed;
• the formation of community built on respect for individual persons, especially the marginalized, who are each regarded as Christ himself;
• the development of a profound awareness of the meaning of one’s existence; and
• the exercise of good stewardship.

Motto 

Ut Omnes Te Cognoscant – That all may know Thee.