welcome to the university of San Diego located seven minutes from the beach USD was recently named Twenty Twenty Four’s most Beautiful campus by the Princeton Review while USD is a private Catholic institution it does not require one to practice a Catholic faith though it does require students to take two religious based courses prior to graduation one of the most notable buildings on USD’s campus is the immaculated Catholic Church while it is located on campus it is not part of the actual university unlike many other universities USD has no impacted majors meaning that students can apply to any major and it won’t impact their admittance decision students on campus can be involved in various sports at different levels whether it’s Division 1 sports club level or at the recreation level while USD has its own library students can access materials from SDSU UCSD and the San Diego Library as there is a multi way partnership that allows USD students to obtain materials from other institutions in the event that their university doesn’t have it where to next