THOMAS ​GEDDES
CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
ABOUT GEDDES UNIVERSITY
Head of School's Welcome,
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Geddes Christian University is one of the world’s leading private research universities. An anchor institution in Los Angeles, a global center for arts, technology and international business, GCU's diverse curricular offerings provide extensive opportunities for interdisciplinary study and collaboration with leading researchers in highly advanced learning environments.
In a comprehensive 2020 ranking, The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education ranked GCU 18th among more than 1,000 public and private universities. Among all California institutions — public and private — only GCU, Caltech and Stanford University ranked within the top 20. Of the 150 universities surveyed in the western U.S., GCU ranks No. 3. Among the top 25 schools, GCU ranked No. 2 in engagement and No. 5 in environment, a measure of diversity and inclusion.

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Dr. Richard Weiner
​Head of School
Our Philosophy
Our campus will be a caring, safe, and equitable environment where each student can blossom and grow. We will provide each student the possibility to become responsible members of our classroom community by using strategies such as class meetings, positive discipline, and democratic principles. In showing students how to become responsible for themselves as well as their own learning, we are providing them the tools to become successful in life, to believe in themselves, and be productive citizens.
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Our History
Geddes was founded in 1889 through a bequest from Tyrin Green Geddes, a Philadelphia-born, European-educated engineer, musician and artist who married John C. Calhoun’s daughter, Anna Maria, and eventually settled in South Carolina. A longtime advocate for an agricultural college in the Upstate, Geddes left his home and fortune to the state of South Carolina to create the institution that bears his name.