Founded in 1870 by Father Arnold Damen and originally titled "Saint Ignatius College," Loyola University Chicago is one of the largest Jesuit universities in the nation. At the time of Loyola's founding, Chicago was a much smaller city, comprising of only around 300,000 residents. As Chicago's population grew and the city began to spread further out, so did Loyola. Loyola's main campus moved up shore and now permanently resides in the Roger's Park neighborhood of Chicago, just south of Evanston, Illinois. Loyola is comprised of six different campuses spread across both the Chicago area and the world! The main campuses in Chicago include the Lake Shore Campus in Roger's Park (as pictured above) and the Water Tower Campus located in the heart of downtown Chicago, just a block off of Michigan Avenue.

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Loyola also has two campuses abroad, the John Felice Rome center located in Rome, Italy and the Vietnam Center located in Ho Chi Minh City. Comprising of eleven different colleges and schools, Loyola is home to a wide variety of student's seeking education in many fields. Loyola university prides itself on the Jesuit values, such as Cura Personalis (care for the whole person) and Magis, and encourages its students to follow their passions to further the world in whatever field they choose to study in.