Chicago, University of
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Chicago, University of
Chicago, University of
a major higher educational institution of the USA, located in the state of Illinois. Founded in 1857, the university suspended operations from 1886 to 1889 but reopened in 1890 with the financial support of J. D. Rockefeller; regular instruction began in 1892. In the late 19th century the University of Chicago became one of the first American universities to admit women. The university’s medical school was founded in 1927.
The payment of tuition is required for study at the university, which comprises 12 subdivisions: graduate divisions of biological sciences, hurpanities, physical sciences, and social sciences; graduate professional schools of theology, business administration, library science, education, social service administration, medicine, and law; and an undergraduate college. The University of Chicago has 8,000 students and more than 1,000 faculty members. The Oriental Institute and a university press are attached to the university. The university library, founded in 1892, contains more than 3.3 million volumes.