Ursinus College is a private, independent, coeducational, liberal arts college located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1869, Ursinus sits on a 170-acre wooded campus approximately 30 miles from Center City Philadelphia. Ursinus is a prestigious national liberal arts college educating undergraduate students since 1869. At the heart of an Ursinus education is consequential learning resulting from personalized and rigorous education. Ursinus students do not just learn science—they do science. They do not merely write—they also publish. They learn foreign languages, then travel to other nations to use those languages in the context of the cultures from which they sprang.