to teach, to learn, to create, to discover, to inspire, to empower and to serve.
mercer university is one of america’s oldest and most distinctive institutions of higher learning, offering rigorous programs that span the undergraduate liberal arts to doctoral-level degrees. founded by early 19th century baptists, mercer — while no longer formally affiliated with the baptist denomination — remains committed to an educational environment that embraces the historic baptist principles of intellectual and religious freedom, while affirming values that arise from a judeo-christian understanding of the world.