Admission - Welcome to Roosevelt University
OOSEVELT UNIVERSITY is a four-year, private institution with
full service campuses in Chicago's Loop and northwest suburban Schaumburg.
The Office of Admission conducts many open houses, informational sessions, and transfer credit fairs for students. Click here for more information and the calendar of Admission events.
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History of the University
"...dedicated to the enlightenment of the human spirit."
Roosevelt’s founding in 1945 as an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational institution of higher learning was a feat requiring considerable courage. The new school had no campus, no library, and no endowment. But its founders had an ideal that enabled them to overcome great obstacles. They were determined to make higher education available to all students who could qualify academically. Considerations of social or economic class, racial or ethnic origin, sex, or age were, and remain, irrelevant in determining who is admitted. Originally named Thomas Jefferson College, the new school was soon renamed Roosevelt College in recognition of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s democratic ideals and values. Members of the early advisory board included Marian Anderson, Pearl Buck, Ralph Bunche, Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, Gunnar Myrdal, and Albert Schweitzer....Read more