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Giving GLORY TO GOD through SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, & ENGINEERING.

Where Your Faith
Meets Your STEM Career

Catholic Polytechnic University is a nonprofit Catholic institution of higher education, providing a place for Catholics in STEM to illuminate research and education with faith.

 

Focusing on the intersection of faith and science, CPU combines scientific, technological, engineering, and business degrees with the enduring truths of the Catholic faith.

THE MISSION & MORE

Catholic Polytechnic University provides a Los Angeles-based Catholic STEM college education, enabling students, faculty, and researchers to achieve their goals and conduct research without compromising their principles, as a strong voice in a world that often suppresses religious expression.

Though we currently offer a 100% remote online education, ideal for potential students who require flexibility, we are excited to announce our plan to be on campus in the next two years.

Our tuition is currently donation-based. Due to the generosity of our donors, we are pleased to be able to provide an education for which our students pay whatever they can. We care for our students and reject the idea that accumulating debt is necessary to obtain a higher education. We ask only for a monthly donation, the amount determined by our students' ability to give.

Resources for You

Our university catalog contains our mission and vision statements, our policies, information on our programs, our available courses, and much more! Access it here, along with our School Performance Fact Sheet, student brochure, and most recent annual report submitted to the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education.

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Catholic Polytechnic is provisionally approved!

This institution is provisionally approved by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education to offer degree programs. Approval does not imply endorsement. To continue to offer this degree program, this institution must meet the following requirements: (1) Become institutionally accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, with the scope of the accreditation covering at least one degree program; (2) Achieve accreditation candidacy or pre-accreditation, as defined in regulations, by December 21, 2025, and full accreditation by December 21, 2028. If this institution stops pursuing accreditation, it must: (1) Stop all enrollment in its degree programs, and (2) Provide a teach-out to finish the educational program or provide a refund. An institution that fails to comply with accreditation requirements by the required dates shall have its approval to offer degree programs automatically suspended.

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Give Catholic STEM students an education in their faith and their field, and support evangelization in the world of business and the sciences. 

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Catholic Polytechnic University is a Catholic institution of higher education and research, uniting academic freedom in the quest for scientific, technological, engineering, and business expertise with the enduring truths of the Catholic faith.

This institution is a private institution approved to operate by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE). Approval to operate means the institution is compliant with minimum standards contained in the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 (as amended) and Division 7.5 of title 5 of the California code of Regulations. Approval does not imply endorsement.

Any questions a student may have regarding this institution may be directed to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education at 1747 N. Market Ave., Suite 225, Sacramento, CA 95834, P.O. Box 980818, West Sacramento, CA 95798, www.bppe.ca.gov, toll free telephone number (888) 370-7589 Fax (916) 263-1897.

Catholic Polytechnic is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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