Opening its doors in 1851, Santa Clara University (SCU) holds the distinction of being the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California and is home to one of two Jesuit theological centers in the United States. Inspired by the Jesuit philosophy of Magis — the value of striving for higher levels of achievement for the common good — SCU today aspires to a far greater role in building a more humane, just, and sustainable world.

The Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara (JST) is a global-minded center that embodies an ethos of living theology and an education grounded in an engaged pedagogy for the formation of leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion.