Our Mission

Concordia University Irvine, a comprehensive Lutheran Christian university guided by Christ’s Great Commission, develops wise, honorable, and cultivated citizens to serve society and the church.

About Us

Concordia University Irvine, part of the Concordia University System, is a Private, nonprofit Christian University that is proud to be one of the founding institutions of higher educations in Irvine, California. For nearly 50 years, we have prepared students for lives of learning, service, and leadership through distinctive Lutheran education.

Today, we educate nearly 5,000 students on campus and online, and our alumni network has grown to over 25,000 worldwide. Ranked nationally among the "Top Performers on Social Mobility" universities by U.S. News & World Report. Once you become a Golden Eagles, you'll be part of a close, caring community that’s committed to helping you grow personally, professionally, and spiritually. www.cui.edu/

Core Convictions

Concordia University Irvine serves our students, colleagues, and community by being:

• Gospel-Centered: The faculty and staff, guided by God’s Word and the Lutheran Confessions, welcomes all qualified students who are willing to engage with its mission and proclaims God’s grace in Christ to each person.
• Faithfully Relevant: Concordia offers exceptional, rigorous, holistic, and sought-after programs in the liberal arts and professional studies, rooted in the Lutheran intellectual tradition, that prepare servant leaders who proactively address the contemporary needs of the church and the world.
• Sustainably Excellent: Concordia invests its resources of time, talent, and treasure in wise and sustainable ways by empowering each faculty, staff, and student to live out their vocations and to support the ongoing excellence and fulfillment of the university’s mission.
• Courageously Loving: At Concordia, all are called to love one another, forming a community that faithfully cultivates humility and responsibility, fosters honest and charitable conversations, and offers a path to personal growth that equips students for lives of service in a diverse world.
• Relentlessly Hopeful: Concordia is ever hopeful as it carries out its mission in the face of the world’s challenges. Our hope is rooted in the confidence that God in Christ has reconciled the world to himself and that Christ is the Lord of all creation.

Student Clubs and Organizations: CUI has over 30 student organizations including service, honorary, social, and special interest clubs.

Community Service: CUI students, faculty and staff perform thousands of hours of volunteer community service each year.

Athletics: Division II - National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) | Pacific West Conference (PacWest)

Housing: CUI has some of the most comfortable and accommodating residence halls in southern California. All students are encouraged to take advantage of these facilities.

Safety: Concordia's Department of Campus Safety (DPS), is a 24/7 365 day a year  department that is committed to fostering and maintaining a fair, secure, and supportive environment at Concordia University.  The Department of Campus Safety partners with all stakeholders and departments including the Title IX Office, Student Affairs, Student Life & Leadership, the Assessment and Care Committee (ACC), Office of Student Conduct, Athletics, Wellness Center and Human Resources. DPS works closely with outside community partners including the Irvine Police Department, Orange County Fire Authority, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.  Please call DPS at 949.214 3000 or learn more at www.cui.edu/campus-safety.

Enjoying a hilltop setting fifty miles south of Los Angeles, eighty miles north of San Diego and six miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, Concordia University is located on a spectacular 70-acre plateau overlooking Orange County.

The city of Irvine is a planned community, primarily residential but including multi-national business and industrial complexes. It is rated one of the safest cities of its size in the United States. The surroundings of the Concordia campus offer an oasis to wild life and are an ideal setting for the newest of the LCMS universities.