History
Established on June 30, 1870, as "St. Ignatius College", Loyola University Chicago began instruction close to the University of Illinois at Chicago, and it began moving to its location along the lakeshore in 1912, three years after changing its name to "Loyola University". In addition to its school of liberal arts, Loyola University established the Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1908, the Stritch School of Medicine in 1909, the school of business — now called the Michael R. Quinlan School of Business) in 1922. Loyola also established other schools of health science with the addition of the Loyola University School of Dentistry in 1923 and the School of Nursing in 1935, which became the first fully accredited collegiate school of nursing in Illinois.
In 1962, Loyola University opened the John Felice Rome Center for Liberal Arts, the first American university sponsored program in Rome. The School of Education was established in 1969 in conjunction with the opening of the newer Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. In 1991, Loyola University bought the neighboring Mundelein College from the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Once a struggling institution financially, Loyola University completed a $500 million capital campaign in June of 2011 to enhance Loyola's national and international standing while improving the quality of the education and student life for Loyola students. The transformation of Loyola to a top-tier national university was profiled in a 2006 Chicago Tribune article entitled The Miracle along the Lake.
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