Established in 1901, University of Portland is Catholic university and is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross. It operates colleges of arts and sciences, a graduate school, and schools of business, education, engineering and nursing. The university offers a wide range of major programs, such as biology, chemistry, history, finance, physics and political science. Additionally, the university s major programs include English, Spanish, French and mathematics. It offers various other minor programs, such as economics, philosophy, sociology, communication and computer science. The university has an athletics department that offers a variety of sports, such as basketball, hockey, volleyball, baseball, tennis and soccer. The library at University of Portland offers a wide range of services, such as photocopying, televisions and fax machines.