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Southern Methodist University (Southern Methodist or as commonly known SMU) is a private research university in metropolitan Dallas, with its main campus spanning portions of the town of Highland Park and the cities of University Park and Dallas in Texas, United States. SMU also operates satellite campuses in Plano, Texas and Taos, New Mexico.SMU's main campus is located about 15 minutes north of downtown Dallas, about 30 minutes from DFW International Airport, a major international transportation hub serving over 67 million passengers a year offering direct service to 171 U.S. markets and 57 international destinations. Love Field Airport, 15 minutes from SMU, serves nearly 15.7 million passengers annually. One of the busiest rail stations of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit System (DART) is adjacent to the SMU campus.
Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of what is now the United Methodist Church; there are more Catholics enrolled than Methodists, and the university is non sectarian in its teachings. As of the Fall 2018 semester, the university's 11,649 students are 6,479 undergraduates and 5,170 postgraduates from all 50 states and 83 countries. The leading states are in order of descending are Texas, California, Florida, Illinois, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, New York, Colorado, Louisiana without including non-resident aliens; while the leading countries in descending order are China, India, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Korea, Canada, Vietnam, Taiwan, Nigeria, Italy, with 1596 non-resident aliens from 83 countries, 521 undergraduate and 1,075 graduate.The university grants degrees from the seven schools comprising of the Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering, Meadows School of the Arts, Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, Perkins School of Theology, Cox School of Business, and Dedman School of Law, as well as students enrolled in the Guildhall and Research and Graduate Studies.SMU's national ranking recently rose to #59, according to US News.