University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or Uchi). A private research university in Chicago, Illinois. The university has its main campus in Chicago’s Hyde Park.

The university is composed of an undergraduate college, four graduate research divisions, and eight professional schools, most of which also house academic research: the Law School; the Booth School of Business; the Pritzker School of Medicine; the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice; the Harris School of Public Policy; the Divinity School; the Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies; and the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

The university has additional campuses and centers in London, Paris, Beijing, Delhi, and Hong Kong, as well as in downtown Chicago.

University of Chicago scholars have played a major role in the development of many academic disciplines, including economics, law, literary criticism, mathematics, physics, religion, sociology, and political science, establishing the Chicago schools of thought in various fields.

The university is also home to the University of Chicago Press, the largest university press in the U.S.

The university’s students, faculty, and staff has included 99 Nobel laureates. The university’s faculty members and alumni also include 10 Fields Medalists, 4 Turing Award winners, 52 MacArthur Fellows, 26 Marshall Scholars, 53 Rhodes Scholars, 27 Pulitzer Prize winners, 20 National Humanities Medalists, 29 living billionaire graduates, and 8 Olympic medalists.