Loyola University Chicago - Campuses

Campuses

Operating six campuses, Loyola University has a strong presence, particularly in the Chicago metropolitan area. Loyola University Chicago is anchored at the Lake Shore Campus on Lake Michigan in the northmost neighborhood of the city of Chicago, close to Evanston, Illinois and Northwestern University. The Lake Shore Campus hosts the College of Arts and Sciences on a large campus that includes retail districts and the Chicago Transit Authority's Loyola rapid transit stop.

Notable buildings on the Lake Shore Campus include the Mundelein Center, the Madonna della Strada Chapel, the Joseph J. Gentile Arena, Dumbach Hall (formerly the "Loyola Academy"), the George Halas, Jr., Sports Center, the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons, and the Damen Student Center, currently under construction as part of Loyola's capital campaign.

Loyola University also has its Water Tower Campus in Downtown Chicago just off the Magnificent Mile of North Michigan Avenue, a short distance away from such landmarks as the Chicago Water Tower — one of the few structures to survive the 1871 Great Chicago Fire — and the John Hancock Center skyscraper. The School of Business, School of Education, School of Social Work, Institute of Pastoral Studies, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, School of Communication, and the Law School are located at this campus. Many classes for the College of Arts and Sciences are also held at this campus, hence Loyola offers a shuttle bus service to take students between the two campuses during the day. The Water Tower Campus holds Baumhart Residence Hall, the Terry Student Center, the Corboy Law Center and The Clare at Water Tower.

Loyola University also has a campus in Rome. The John Felice Rome Center was established in 1962 on the site of the 1960 Summer Olympics. It occupied several locations in Rome until finally settling in Monte Mario on the Via Massimi, one of the most affluent districts of the Italian capital. The campus offers a semester or full academic year study abroad experience for students from both Loyola and other universities wishing to live abroad. Classes in Italian language, politics, fine art, and history are offered to students who can transfer them back to Loyola or to their home university. Over 15,000 students have participated in this study abroad program offered by Loyola University Chicago.

Loyola University also has two campuses in nearby suburbs of Chicago. Its largest campus is the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, the home of a leading academic medical center in the country. During the late 1970s, this medical center became known for achievements in open-heart surgery. The campus has a medical school, the Stritch School of Medicine, and its associated teaching hospital. Other areas in which the medical center has received recognition include microneurosurgery, kidney transplants, the treatment of burn victims, and the neonatal care of very ill babies.

In June 2011, Loyola University Chicago completed the sale of the Loyola Health System to the Trinity Health Corporation. Whereas Trinity Health now owns the medical center, the Stritch School of Medicine and the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, along with several key research programs and initiatives, remain the property of and under the administration of Loyola University.

In 2010, Loyola University acquired the former Resurrection Retreat Center in Woodstock, Illinois, for use to house the university's campus ministry programs as well as for use as a unique learning opportunity for students and faculty interested in the sciences. The property contains 20 acres (8.09 ha) of natural habitat that includes ponds, streams, woods, and prairieland. The campus is officially named the Loyola University Chicago Retreat and Ecology Campus.

Loyola also owns and operates the Cuneo Museum and Gardens in Vernon Hills, Illinois that were donated to the university in 2009 by John and Herta Cuneo. The estate is currently operated as a museum while also hosting special events as well as a new paralegal academic program through the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.