Baylor University (BU) is a private Christian university in Waco, Texas. Chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas, it is one of the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States.

The university is divided into twelve degree-granting academic units. Three of the units are designated as colleges, while eight others are designated as schools and one is a seminary. They are:

• College of Arts & Sciences
• Diana R. Garland School of Social Work
• George W. Truett Theological Seminary
• Graduate School
• Hankamer School of Business
• Honors College
• Law School
• Louise Herrington School of Nursing
• Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences
• School of Education
• School of Engineering & Computer Science
• School of Music