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History of the University of Chicago. The University of Chicago was an entirely new university founded in 1891, using the same name as a defunct school founded in the 1850s which closed in 1886. See Old University of Chicago. Supporters of a new university raised money, selected a new campus in Hyde Park, and opened its doors in 1890.
Learn about the academic excellence and community of the Department of History at the University of Chicago. Explore PhD and undergraduate study options, publications, awards, news and events.
Learn how UChicago has followed a distinctively different path since 1890, blurring the lines between disciplines and fostering a culture of academic freedom and free expression. Explore the University's motto, color, symbol, and traditions that reflect its history and values.
Main article: History of the University of Chicago. Albert A. Michelson, Professor of Physics and first American Nobel laureate, delivers the second Convocation Address in front of Goodspeed and Gates-Blake Halls, with President William Rainey Harper, professors, and trustees in attendance, July 1, 1894.
Learn about the University of Chicago's history of inquiry and impact since its founding in 1890. Discover how UChicago has evolved as a community, a campus, a city, a world, and a heritage institution.
Learn about the origins, development, and achievements of the University of Chicago, a nonsectarian, coeducational institution founded in 1892. Explore its role in the social sciences, urban reform, and scientific research, as well as its campus, curriculum, and community engagement.
With The University of Chicago: A History, John W. Boyer, Dean of the College since 1992, presents a deeply researched and comprehensive history of the university. Boyer has mined the archives, exploring the school’s complex and sometimes controversial past to set myth and hearsay apart from fact.
