Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university located in Provo, Utah, United States. founded in 1875 by Brigham Young, is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and, not including online students, is the largest religious university and one of the largest private universities in the United States, with 34,000 on-campus students.

Approximately 98 percent of the 34,000 university students are members of the LDS Church, and one-third of American students who come from within the state of Utah. Students are required to attend attend BYU honor code, which mandates behavior in line with LDS teachings such as academic honesty, adherence to dress and standard of care, and abstinence from sex outside of marriage and of the consumption of drugs and alcohol. Many students (78 percent male, 10 percent female) took a two-year hiatus from their studies at some point to serve as a Mormon missionary. An education at BYU also cheaper than at private universities the same, because "most" of the university operating costs are subsidized by the church tithe funds.

BYU offers courses in liberal arts, engineering, agriculture, management, and law. The university is broadly organized into 11 colleges or schools in Provo main campus, the college and certain divisions define their own admission standards. The university also runs two satellite campuses, one in Jerusalem and one in Salt Lake City, while its parent organization, the Church Educational System (CES), sponsored a sister school in Hawaii and Idaho. The main focus is on undergraduate education university, but also has 68 master's and 25 doctoral programs.

BYU athletic teams compete in Division I NCAA and are collectively known as the BYU Cougars. College football team they are NCAA Division I Independent, while their other sports teams compete well in the West Coast Conference or the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. BYU sports teams have won a total of fourteen national championships.