Shaw University

Shaw University is a private educational institution founded in 1865. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, Shaw University is an organization and educational institute operating within the education, higher education, university, and historically black colleges and universities industries.

The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, Commission on Accrediting, and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Shaw University is affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Council of Independent Colleges, and the National Athletic Association. The university's motto is "Pro Christo et Humanitate".