The University of Chicago is a private coeducational research university in Chicago, Illinois, that was founded by John D. Rockefeller on land donated by Chicago business man Marshall Field in 1890. It consists of the College of the University of Chicago, various graduate programs and interdisciplinary committees organized into four divisions, six professional schools, and a school of continuing education. The university enrolls approximately 5,000 students in the College and about 15,000 students overall. University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the world’s top ten universities and, as such, is widely considered a secondary Ivy League school, along with Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Sarah Harding was a scholarship student at the university before she became an assistant professor at Princeton University.
