page_title: Brigham Young University–Idaho
section_title: Latter-day Saint atmosphere
hierarchical_section_title: Brigham Young University–Idaho / Student life / Latter-day Saint atmosphere
caption_attribution_description: English: A high resolution picture of the Rexburg, Idaho temple at sunset.
context_page_description: Brigham Young University–Idaho is a private university in Rexburg, Idaho. Founded in 1888, the university is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, transitioned from a junior college to a four-year institution in 2001, and was known for the greater part of its history as Ricks College.
  BYU-Idaho offers programs in liberal arts including the sciences, engineering, agriculture, management, and performing arts. The university is broadly organized into 33 departments within six colleges, and its parent organization, the Church Educational System, sponsors sister schools in Utah and Hawaii. The university's focus is on undergraduate education, hosting 26 certificate, 20 associate and over 87 bachelor's degree programs, and it operates on a three-semester system also known as "tracks."
  Students at BYU-Idaho agree to follow an honor code that mandates behavior in line with LDS teachings. Approximately 99% of the university's students are members of the LDS Church, and a significant percentage of the student body take an 18- or 24-month hiatus from their studies to serve as missionaries.
context_section_description: The atmosphere at BYU–Idaho is different from most other universities due to its affiliation with the LDS Church. For example, almost every Tuesday that school is in session, a devotional is held on campus.  During the devotional, no classes are held, administrative offices close, and students and faculty are encouraged to attend the hour-long worship service either in person (in the BYU-Idaho Center), via campus TV, or on the radio at KBYI 94.3 FM. Speakers are selected from the campus and local communities, as well as from church general authorities who share a spiritually uplifting message. The school's honor code also requires students to regularly attend church services, which are held every Sunday.
  Until the construction of the Rexburg Idaho Temple in 2008, BYU-Idaho had been the only university affiliated with the LDS Church that did not have a nearby temple.
caption: The Rexburg Idaho Temple, located adjacent to the BYU–Idaho campus
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