Internationally recognized for excellence in scholarship and teaching, the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America offers both civil and ecclesiastical degrees at the bachelor's, master's (or licentiate), and doctoral levels. Each program of study involves extensive engagement with thinkers and texts from all periods of philosophy: ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary.

In course offerings ranging from ethics and political philosophy to phenomenology and metaphysics, students join faculty in seeking a more adequate understanding of the divine, the human person, and the world in its human involvement.