University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago) is a privately run research university in Chicago's Hyde Park neighbourhood, in Illinois, in the United States. It has an undergraduate college, four graduate research divisions and seven professional schools, including business, law and medicine. The present university was incorporated in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society, with a large donation from Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller and land donated by Marshall Field.

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) places Chicago No. 10 in its 2025 edition, with 8th place for education and an overall score of 90.8. ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2025 also ranks it No. 10.

Beneath the stands of Stagg Field, the university's Metallurgical Laboratory achieved the first human-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction, known as Chicago Pile-1. Chicago scholars helped found the Chicago schools of thought in fields such as economics, law and sociology, and the University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in North America. As of 2026, its students, faculty and staff had included 102 Nobel laureates.

Sources of this text: Wikipedia · Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) · ShanghaiRanking Consultancy