North Park University - Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, US
3225 West Foster Avenue, Chicago
Last updated: 15/03/2025
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About North Park University - Chicago
North Park University’s history and heritage reach back to a Minneapolis church basement in 1891, where classes in language and business gave Swedish immigrants the skills needed to prosper in America. With an offer of land in Chicago, the school moved to the North Park neighborhood which was then just beyond the city limits. Old Main, the first building on campus, was completed in 1894. At various points in its history, North Park was an academy, a junior college, and a four-year liberal arts college. In 1997, North Park University was established alongside a theological seminary.
Today, North Park University is Chicago’s city-centered Christian university and serves undergraduate from around the world. Within a diverse, close-knit community, North Park University offers a values-based education to students through more than 40 undergraduate majors.
Through time, North Park University has grown from a humble, immigrant institution to a cosmopolitan University. Through great change and transformation, a single mission has persisted: a community where “great intellects are warmed by great hearts, and great hearts are enlightened by great intellects”.
Located in Chicago, North Park University draws on the extraordinary educational assets of a world-class city. Students benefit from a multicultural campus that will prepare them for an increasingly diverse and urban culture—plus endless opportunities for internships and career training.
With 2.7 million residents in the city limits—and a total of 9.5 million people in metropolitan Chicagoland—this is the third largest city in the nation, and a destination for nearly half a billion visitors each year from all over the world. The iconic Chicago skyline can be seen from many places across the city, reminding viewers of the businesses, industries, and people that have built Chicago into the world-class city it is today.
For North Park University students, the city is an integral part of learning, entertainment, and service experiences. Because North Park University is an urban campus, students can travel easily by public transportation to internships downtown or in other neighborhoods. North Park University professors will use Chicago to help students learn about people, history, economics, languages, communication—the city offers hands-on experiences in nearly every subject and discipline.
Why North Park University?
- Diversity: North Park University's zip code—60625—is one of the most ethnically diverse in the nation. More than 40 languages are spoken in the neighborhood’s schools, with the area having one of the highest percentages of foreign-born residents among Chicago neighborhoods. North Park University's neighbors (and their students, faculty, and staff) come from throughout Latin America, the Middle East, the Philippines, India, Korea, Cambodia, Somalia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Romania, Pakistan, and beyond.
- Renovated Facilities: North Park University's campus facilities have recently been extensively renovated, including the LEED-certified Johnson Center for Science and Community Life, the Helwig Recreation Center, the Holmgren Athletic Complex, and the Brandel Library.
- Metropolitan Chicago: North Park University students have year-round access to professional music, theatre, dance, and art to spark their own creativity. Students can seek out hidden gems throughout the city’s 77 community areas, or catch any of Chicago’s professional sports teams in action. Students might even be able to eat at a different restaurant every day they’re in the city, no matter how long they’re in Chicago.
- Faith: North Park University is the University of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Founded in 1891 by Swedish Christian immigrants, North Park University continues to embody Covenant values and affirmations. Accordingly, they strive to foster respectful discussion and engagement among people of all beliefs. At North Park University, all students are welcome, regardless of their faith convictions.
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