Our Mission
As a community that welcomes people of all beliefs, Salve Regina University, a Catholic institution founded by the Sisters of Mercy, seeks wisdom and promotes universal justice.
The University through teaching and research prepares students for responsible lives by imparting and expanding knowledge, developing skills and cultivating enduring values. Through liberal arts and professional programs, students develop their abilities for thinking clearly and creatively, enhance their capacity for sound judgment and prepare for the challenge of learning throughout their lives.
In keeping with the traditions of the Sisters of Mercy and recognizing that all people are stewards of God’s creation, the University encourages students to work for a world that is harmonious, just and merciful.
We should be shining lamps, giving light to those around us.
Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy
As a Catholic institution founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Salve Regina University welcomes people of all beliefs to our campus community, where our mercy-inspired mission is infused in coursework, experiential learning, student organizations and service opportunities. Our trustees, students, faculty, alumni and staff demonstrate a deep commitment to making a difference in the lives of others by turning empathy into action.
Leading With Mercy
University strategic planning and leadership is guided by our mercy mission with a dedicated focus on what each Salve student needs when they graduate.
Navigate College to Career with Salve Compass
The Salve Compass combines innovative programming with a mercy-inspired focus mapped across each student's undergraduate experience. Connecting college to career, the Salve Compass fosters personal and professional success, empowering our students to discover who they are and how they can use their skills to make positive change in their communities.
Core Curriculum
Designed with our mission in mind, Salve's interdisciplinary Core Curriculum is built upon the mercy tradition, helping students develop values and behaviors that influence how they learn and interact with the world. A focus on the Critical Concerns of the Sisters of Mercy is woven throughout coursework, ensuring that our students gain the knowledge and expertise required to work for a world that is harmonious, just and merciful.
Mercy in Motion
Our students explore the five Critical Concerns of the Sisters of Mercy - the Earth, immigration, anti-racism, nonviolence and women - through academic and co-curricular programming.
Salve students contribute more than 10,000 hours of service and advocacy each year to our community partners and neighbors in need.
Current undergraduate and graduate students working for a world that is harmonious, just and merciful
Fully accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education, we are committed to fueling the imagination and encouraging the academic ambitions of our students.
Sustainability at Salve
Salve is committed to advancing environmental stewardship and sustainability on campus and in the community by integrating the social, economic and ecological values of sustainable development into institutional policies and practices. Our commitment is underwritten by the critical concerns of the Sisters of Mercy and Pope Francis’s call toward “a new and universal solidarity” in which the climate is understood as “a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.”
