The University of Lynchburg is a private university in Central Virginia, founded in 1903 as Virginia Christian College. It enrols approximately 2,500 students from 34 countries and maintains a student-to-faculty ratio of roughly 10:1, with a campus in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Its stated mission is to prepare students to serve with integrity, curiosity and purpose, combining accessible academic study with Christian values.
The university offers more than 120 academic programmes across undergraduate and graduate levels. These include clinical education components within degree programmes, undergraduate research opportunities, and a full athletics programme on campus. Experiential learning is delivered through internships, study abroad, community partnerships and service projects.
Institutional culture emphasises small classes and close student-faculty engagement, the development of independent thinkers who become effective leaders, and service initiatives that shape caring communities. The university describes itself as rooted in and committed to its Central Virginia community, a tradition traced to its founder, Dr. Josephus Hopwood, a pioneer of Christian coeducation.
