Concordia University System

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For Concordia University in Montreal, see Concordia University.

The Concordia University System (CUS) is an organization of ten colleges and universities throughout the United States operated by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS). All ten institutions are named "Concordia" and all include professional church work programs as part of their curricula.

Each Concordia is independent and unique, with its own president and faculty. At the same time, the ten schools interact with one another and share some resources and services. Any student enrolled at one Concordia has the option of permanently or temporarily transferring to another with relatively little difficulty. Altogether, 15,000 students attend Concordia System colleges.

The ten Concordias are:

There are many other institutions named "Concordia" which are not part of the Concordia University System. Both LCMS seminaries are named "Concordia" and are operated by the LCMS but are not part of CUS.

Similary, the institutions of the LCMS's Canadian counterpart (the Lutheran Church - Canada) are called "Concordia". Concordia University College of Alberta and its Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton, were founded by the LCMS, but are now owned by the LC-C and are affiliated with the University of Alberta. The LC-C's other seminary, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, is affiliated with Brock University.

Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota is associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Concordia University in Montreal has roots in the Jesuits and YMCA; neither is associated with the Concordia System. For more universities named Concordia, see Concordia University (disambiguation).