FreeBYU is an advocacy organization dedicated to changing Brigham Young University (BYU) policies such that students can have an environment of religious and academic freedom.
Current policies as of 2025 policies prevent students who enroll in the university as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) are not able to express a change in religious beliefs or express their lack thereof without risk of being evicted from their student homes,[2] fired from their campus jobs,[3] or expelled from the university.
[10] The organization has petitioned the university,[11] as well as several of its accreditors with statements that BYU does not meet national requirements for religious freedom.
"[20][17][21] A BYU spokesperson stated in 2017 that the university believes it is in full compliance with accreditation standards and offers the option of applying for a religious exemption, though, FreeBYU states that exemptions are not being granted and students are discouraged from applying for them.
[10] In 2015 the group persuaded the president of the American Academy of Religion, Mark Juergensmeyer, to decline to speak at BYU's 2015 International Law and Religion Symposium in protest of the university's denial of religious freedom to their students.