Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago, private, coeducational institution of higher education in Chicago, Illinois. The school was founded in 1870 by priests of the Society of Jesus and was originally named Saint Ignatius College. The university is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. It was incorporated as Loyola University under an Illinois state charter in 1909. The university has five campuses: two in Chicago, one each in the Chicago suburbs of Wilmette and Maywood (which houses the medical center), and one in Rome, Italy.

The university confers bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and professional degrees in a broad range of fields. The curriculum is divided among the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business Administration, the School of Education, the School of Law, the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, the School of Social Work, the Stritch School of Medicine, a graduate school, and Mundelein College, a weekend and part-time program. Health-care facilities at the university include Foster G. McGaw Hospital; Mulcahy Outpatient Center; Russo Surgical Pavilion; and regional centers for trauma, burn, and perinatal care.

Research facilities at Loyola University Chicago include the Gannon Center for Women and Leadership, the Institute for Paralegal Studies, the Institute for Human Resources and Industrial Relations, the Parmly Hearing Research Institute, and the D’Arcy Gallery of Art.