St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the greatest philosophers and theologians of the Western tradition, stands at the heart of what we do.

TI chapters sponsor many talks from many different (and non-Thomistic) perspectives, but Aquinas’s thought remains a touchstone for the project of bringing top-notch scholars from around the world to speak on campuses in the U.S. and abroad. Some speakers are Dominican friars, and many are lay scholars.

Students organize themselves as a chapter by forming a leadership team, getting in touch with the Thomistic Institute staff and receiving approval from them, and achieving recognition from their university as a student group.

The Thomistic Institute began its campus chapters program in 2015, and it has now spread to over 100 campuses across the United States and beyond. Each chapter is led by students, who organize themselves as a campus group and are the protagonists and main catalysts of their chapter’s on-campus events. The Thomistic Institute works with undergraduate and graduate students and encourages collaboration with their faculty to develop lectures, events, and programs built upon the Catholic intellectual tradition. Thomistic Institute Campus Chapters are currently present on the following campuses:

• Arizona State University

• Ashland University

• Ave Maria University

• Baylor University

• Belmont Abbey College

• Brown University

• Carnegie Mellon University & University of Pittsburgh

• Clemson University

• College of William & Mary

• Cornell University

• Dartmouth College

• DC Young Professionals

• Duke University

• East Carolina University

• Florida State University

• Fordham University

• George Mason University

• Georgetown University

• Georgia Institute of Technology

• Harvard University

• Hillsdale College

• Indiana University

• Iowa State University

• Johns Hopkins University

• Louisiana State University

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Michigan State University

• Mississippi State University

• New York University

• North Carolina State University

• Ohio State University

• Oxford University

• Purdue University

• Queen’s University at Kingston

• Regent University

• Saint Louis University

• Saint Vincent College

• Southern Methodist University

• Stanford University

• Texas A&M University

• The Catholic University of America

• Thomistic Institute

• Thomistic Institute in London

• Thomistic Institute in New York City

• Trinity College Dublin

• Trinity Western University

• United States Military Academy

• United States Naval Academy

• Universidad Panamericana

• University of Alabama

• University of Alabama-Birmingham

• University of Arizona

• University of California, San Diego