Loyola University Chicago (commonly referred to as Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit university located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, it is the largest Jesuit university in the United States with a total enrollment of 15,951.Loyola University Chicago has six campuses: the Lake Shore Campus in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, the Water Tower Campus in the downtown Gold Coast neighborhood. the Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois, Cuneo Mansion and Gardens in Vernon Hills, Illinois, the Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois and the John Felice Rome Center in Rome, Italy. Loyola also serves as the U.S. host university to the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies in Beijing, China.