Northwestern University
Northwestern University, a private institution of higher learning in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois. The main campus is in Evanston, on the shore of Lake Michigan. The Chicago campus is just north of the city's business district.
Located on the Evanston campus are the College of Arts and Sciences; the schools of education, journalism, music, and speech; the Technological Institute; the Graduate School; and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. On the Chicago campus are the schools of medicine, dentistry, and law; the Evening Divisions; and the McGaw Medical Center and affiliated hospitals. Within Northwestern University are the Traffic Institute and the Transportation Center.
The university's Evanston campus consists of a main campus of 147 acres (60 hectares) and the James Roscoe Miller Campus of 84 acres (34 ha). Noted buildings at Evanston include University Hall (the oldest building on campus, completed in 1869), the Rebecca Crown Center, the Alice S. Millar Chapel and Religious Center, the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, and Deering and University libraries.
The university was chartered in 1851 as North Western University. Classes were first held in 1855. The name was changed to Northwestern University in 1867. Women were first admitted two years later. The Chicago campus was dedicated in 1926. The Miller Campus in Evanston was built on filled land in Lake Michigan in the 1960's.