Office of the President
A President For The Common Good
$263 million
in sponsored research for fiscal year 2024.
In Demand
98% of recent graduates report being employed, in graduate school or in a full-time service program within six months of graduation.
In a message to the campus community after the death of Pope Francis, University of Dayton President Eric Spina reflects on his legacy and how his papacy "mirrored our values as a Catholic, Marianist university."
"Easter, at its heart, is all about hope. Hope did not die on the cross. It rose with Jesus and lives in our hearts, our daily actions, and in all the ways we respond to the needs of our campus community — and the world," President Eric F. Spina wrote in a message to the campus community.
"Institutions like yours, animated by the Marianist charism, are not luxuries. They are necessities," Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson said when he received an honorary degree from the University of Dayton. "Education — if it is to serve humanity — must form the whole person."
At A Glance
1850
Founded by the Society of Mary in 1850, the University of Dayton is a top-tier Catholic research university.