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Soka University of America is a private, four-year liberal arts college and graduate school in Aliso Viejo, California. SUA’s mission is to educate global citizens who contribute to a better world. Founded on the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights, and the dignity of life, SUA offers a nonsectarian curriculum open to students of all nationalities and beliefs. The university’s commitment to fostering global citizenship is reflected in its mandatory foreign language and study abroad programs, its interdisciplinary core curriculum, and its diverse student body, with about 50% of students hailing from international backgrounds. SUA has a 7:1 student to faculty ratio and an average class size of 12.
“Soka University Ranked High for Best Value, Diversity and Happy Freshmen”
- USA Today and Collegefactual.com rank Soka University in the “Top 10 Colleges in California”
- MSN Money lists Soka University as one of a few top private colleges that offer full tuition scholarships to admitted students whose families make $60,000 or less annually
- Collegechoice.net ranks SUA as #3 for Happiest Freshmen nationally (after Yale and University of Chicago)
Article found at: http://www.soka.edu/news_events/news/2016/09/-------soka-university-ranked-high-for-best-value-and-diversity.aspx
BRINGING THE WORLD TO OUR STUDENTS.
- We believe that education is the road not just to a career, but to happiness, to fulfillment, and to a better, more peaceful, more sustainable world. Your Soka University degree prepares you for a rewarding future in your career, your life, and a contributive life of meaning and change. Come to Soka if you are comfortable with diversity in people, ideas, opinions, perspectives, values, and goals.
Information found at: http://www.soka.edu/default.aspx
Values
- Soka University is founded upon the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights and the sanctity of life. The curriculum is non-sectarian. Educational objectives are fostered at the university through the commitment to rigorous academic endeavors, free and open dialogue, and an appreciation for human diversity. Education is an integrating process in which students gain an awareness of the interdependence of themselves, others and the environment. Wisdom, courage and compassion - values treasured by the university -- do not exist in isolation. They emerge in individuals as they learn the importance of service to others, to the natural world around them, and to the great cause of peace and freedom.
University Mottos
- Be philosophers of a renaissance of life.
- Be world citizens in solidarity for peace.
- Be the pioneers of a global civilization.
University Principles
- Foster leaders of culture in the community.
- Foster leaders of humanism in society.
- Foster leaders of pacifism in the world.
- Foster leaders for the creative coexistence of nature and humanity.
Information found at http://www.soka.edu/about_soka/mission_and_values.aspx
- Soka University Ranked High for Best Value and Diversity
- Handel and Haydn Society celebrates bicentennial at Soka Performing Arts Center
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"To foster a steady stream of global citizens committed to living a contributive life."
- Daisaku Ikeda, Founder, SUA
Aliso Viejo, California Pacific Basin Research Center Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2026-2027 Academic Year)
Aliso Viejo, California
