Founded in 1865, the Virginia Union University is a historically black institution located at Richmond, Virginia. The 24 majors offered by the university are grouped under the School of Education and Interdisciplinary Studies, the Sydney Lewis School of Business, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Basic, Applied Science and Technology. The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology is a graduate program of the university and the Center for Undergraduate Studies offers undergraduate programs.