Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago (Loyola, LUC) is a private university located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 under the name "St. Ignatius College", and has grown to become the largest university in the United States with a total enrollment of 15 068 (per 2013) and more than 150,000 alumni.

Loyola University has six campuses throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, and also has campuses abroad remained in Rome, Italy and guest programs in Beijing, China and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Loyola has twelve undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools which offer 71 undergraduate programs, 85 master's degrees, 31 doctoral degrees, and 26 graduate-level certificate program.

The main campus, Campus Lake Shore, located in Rogers Park and Edgewater City neighborhood of Chicago, located along the shore of Lake Michigan.

Intercollegiate sports teams Loyola University of Chicago, which is commonly called "Loyola Ramblers", compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Missouri Valley Conference. In 2013, Loyola University is the only Division I school in the State of Illinois to win the national championship in men's basketball.

Religious education is still one of the advantages of Loyola as it is home to Saint Joseph's Seminary and University Studies program First Jesuits.

First Study Program Loyola is one of the three countries, with Fordham University and Saint Louis University housing the other two. During this three-year period, the Jesuit Scholastics and brothers generally studied philosophy and theology few. The first study is one part of the process of formation of eleven leading Jesuit priesthood. The program is managed by the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus.

Saint Joseph University serving the Roman Catholic Seminary of the Archdiocese of Chicago and providing vocational training to prospective diocesan priesthood. Loyola University also provides a strict religious education for those seeking a career in lay ministry with Loyola University Institute of Pastoral Studies and opportunities degree in interdisciplinary studies Catholic.

Department of Theology Loyola also offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the study of systematic theology, ethics, and study the Bible, offers a diverse set of classes that are not limited to the study of religion in a Catholic context.

Loyola University Chicago today (2014) ranked number 101 among national universities and is consistently named "best value" schools by US News & World Report.

Loyola Graduate School of Business has been ranked first in the national Ethics by BusinessWeek, the unique difference between hundreds of competitive undergraduate business programs in the United States. In addition, the Department of History of Loyola ranked sixth in the country in 2006 at the Faculty of Scientific Productivity Index, ranking systems respected the quality of graduates. In 2010, the Department of History is also ranked in the top tier in the 2010 National Research Council's evaluation of the graduate program of the nation.