The University of Chicago, also called UChicago, U of C, or just “Chicago,” comprises 211 acres in Woodlawn and Hyde Park, south of Chicago’s downtown. It was founded in 1890 as a secular, coeducational school by the American Baptist Education Society on land donated by Marshall Field. John D. Rockefeller provided funding, and classes began in 1892.
U of C offers a number of graduate programs. There is a school of continuing education along with six professional schools and interdisciplinary committees organized into four divisions. U of C is acknowledged as one of the world’s most prestigious schools.