Baylor University is shaping the future of healthcare on multiple fronts. From the Office of Prehealth studies to the Department of Medical Humanities and the state-of-the-art simulation facilities, students are prepared to continue their path towards becoming medical professionals.

Baylor offers a variety of programs designed to help students achieve their academic potential. 

At Baylor, students are more than a name on an attendance roster. Many professors help students with their research, find connections they can use later, write recommendations for internships and become trusted advisors they can ask big questions to. 

Baylor Send-off Parties are a place where incoming students and families gather across the nation to make friends and build connections as they meet others in their area. This year, Baylor is hosting nearly 70 parties, and registration remains open for this fun welcome in the Baylor Family.

Discover how Baylor’s resident chaplains serve students.

Baylor is distinct in higher education as a Christian research university. How does that Christian mission shape student learning? Management professor Matt Quade, explains that the University's mission permeates every aspect of the student experience.

In the last ten years, Baylor alumni have made meaningful impact in their professions, communities, and industries through innovation, leadership, and service. Here are just four examples of their achievements as Baylor continues to shape the next generation of changemakers. 

John Wood is a nationally recognized leader in the chemical synthesis of natural products that could someday become drug leads to treat cancer and other diseases. He says his greatest achievement, however, is the development of students—which is why, as he explains here, he spends so much time investing in them.

A Baylor Moody School of Education student teacher launches Best Buddies program.

Only 15 individuals have served as president of Baylor University since its founding in 1845. On July 4, the Baylor Family lost a member of that exceptional group of Christian leaders with the death of Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr. in Houston.

Baylor's Faculty-in-Residence serve as a link between the classroom and the living room for residential students. 

Baylor faculty are dedicated to walking and serving alongside students as they participate on missions trips—and committed to helping students make the most of these opportunities, both now and in the future.

Students in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business gain practical experience and enduring values that prepare them to make a difference.

Chartered by the Republic of Texas on February 1, 1845, Baylor University began with a bold vision—to educate leaders who would shape a young and rapidly changing state. Today, Baylor stands as the oldest continuously operating university in Texas, a distinction earned through generations of innovation, service, and faithful leadership. 

When it comes to pioneering education and ground-breaking research, Baylor has always been on the cutting edge.

Baylor University boasts the “just-right” fit that attracts some of the most academically prepared applicants.

The impact of a Baylor education often reaches beyond the walls of the classroom. For Cade Kegerreis (B.F.A. ’17), it remains visible on the walls of the University and Waco itself.

Residence halls at Baylor provide a foundation for student success in and out of the classroom through a caring community.

Baylor alumna Ashley Killough followed stories during her time at Baylor, during her Fulbright year in Armenia, and during the 2016 presidential campaign for CNN. Now, she's finding new stories at CNN Dallas.

For students, finding your place at Baylor means plugging into the resources and relationships within the Baylor Family that surround you with the support you need to flourish academically, socially, emotionally and physically.]