Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) is a private Catholic University located in Belmont, California. NDNU is the fifth oldest university in California. NDNU was established in 1851 as the College of Notre Dame. Originally a women's college, by the Sister's of Notre Dame de Namur. Chartered in 1868 NDNU was the first college in California to be able to grant baccalarueate degrees to women. The school became co-educational in 1969. The campus is a California Historical Landmark in the National register of Historic Places. The NDNU Argonauts are a Division II level Pacific West Conference sports affiliate.
Whilr the campus may be small in size vs other univertity's (50) acres. NDNU is ranked 41st by U.S. News and World Report for Master's degrees. NDNU offers the traditional undergraduate liberal arts programs, along with software engineering, and business administration programs. It's graduate programs include Master's degrees and certificate programs in education, psychology, public administration, etc.
There are four collrges on the campus
1) Arts and Humanaties
2) Business and Management
3) Education and Leadership
4) Sciences